On Tue, 10 Sep 2002 00:36:27 -0500, you wrote: > >Josh wrote: > >> Since you appear to be the owner of a company, I think one route you >> could explore would be to contact Toyota as a "fleet purchaser". >> While they will not sell to consumers outside of 25 or so dealerships >> in Calfiornia, they will sell to fleet buyers. > >Um, except isn't the whole point of being a "fleet purchaser" is that you would buy a >fleet of vehicles ?
No, I don't think so. In this case, I believe it means you are not an individual consumer but rather someone purchasing (or leasing) on behalf of an incorporated (or the like) company. Certainly I could be wrong, and would like to learn if I am so that I don't misinform people. I don't know whether Toyota has minimum unit numbers for those going this route. However, I have spoken to at least one Californian who lied and pretended to be a fleet purchaser (prior to the vehicles being made available to consumers here) and he-she only had got one. >Additionally, I thought the Rav4EV fleets were all leases, Could be. I don't know the answer to that. Beggars can't be choosers, as I see it. It's a factory EV and it's available outside California, so even if it is limited to leasing and not buying, I will mention it to folks. For that matter, it has good range and speed, and if there are problems with the NiMH batteries after a few years, maybe keeping it under a lease-warantee would be best in some way? Just speculating. I don't know much about that sort of thing. However, as we know, it is available for purchase to consumers at the 25 or so dealerships in California, so maybe that purchase approach extends to some of the fleet programs as well? which would all eventually be turned back in to Toyota. If any of them were fleet >sales, I would like to know to whom, as that would make one nice used vehicle. > > >Vince >
