I'm a High School Math Teacher in Simi Valley, CA....

I'm a High School Math Teacher in Simi Valley, CA. On Aug 31, 2016, my wife and I purchased a brand new 2016 Toyota Rav4 XLE Hybrid from a truly wonderful salesman, Cody Segal. I would recommend Cody Segal to any friends, colleagues, or students looking to buy a car. Cody was knowledgeable and really cared about us finding what was right for our needs; we gladly put our trust in Cody, now and in the future.

We began our search several months ago. My wife and I were planning on buying a 2-3 year old used Toyota with low miles. We stopped by the Simi Valley Toyota dealership to test drive a Corolla, Camry, and Prius. While at the dealership, I met the salesman, Cody Segal. Cody also had us sit in the Rav4, and my wife immediately fell in love with this Crossover SUV...that decision was made, we wanted a Rav4!

At this time, we were still expecting to buy a used Rav4.. But then I started reading online about the Rav4 HYBRID models. I fell in love with the idea of this gas saving Hybrid, along with Toyota's front-running experience with Hybrids (because of their Prius background). And since, the 2016 was the first year for the Rav4 to offer a Hybrid, there simply weren't any used ones available! My wife and I started to consider buying a new vehicle Hybrid instead.

So, we started talking to Cody Segal about the pros and cons of New vs Used, Hybrid vs Gas-only, etc. Cody was always terrific; he never pressured us to buy one car over another. Instead, Cody would listen to all my thoughts and concerns, and then give me excellent food for thought in his knowledgeable and always upbeat responses.

As we moved into August, we started to lean towards buying NEW, so we started getting down to business on price negotiations. Since I'm a public school teacher, I registered with my union benefits to be able to receive "Internet" pricing from all the Southern California Toyota dealers (I also registered with AARP deals and something called Edmunds as well...but all these "Internet" pricing deals were basically the same.) However, when I registered online, suddenly I was overwhelmed with e-mails from lots of Toyota dealerships here in So. Cal. Typically, I would discuss the deals with Cody at SV Toyota. He never said a bad word about any of these other dealers; in fact, he often sincerely suggested we take one of the other deals if that would make us happy.

As August unfolded, Toyota's 2016 clearance specials began to surface. Suddenly, there were rebates and financing options that started to significantly bring the prices down. Now we were in full negotiation mode, and all that remained was being able to afford it on my single teaching income! I would call Cody day or night or weekend to fire questions at him, as well as try to negotiate an affordable price. Cody, at all times, kept up his always-positive-attitude and would always try to accommodate my issues. Again, note that I was also in contact with several other Toyota dealerships as well...and believe me, they all wanted my business as well!

Finally, on Aug 31, we decided to bite the bullet and buy our new Rav4 Hybrid. Cody had gotten us a great price for a new White 2016 Rav4 that he had on the Simi Valley lot. Note that Frontier Toyota had a Blue one I wanted and they agreed to match the price we were offered at the Simi Valley dealership! But when I discussed it with my wife, she said she would be happy with White, and we both agreed that we wanted to buy our car from Cody Segal in Simi Valley. After two months of analysis and negotiations, we felt like Cody was almost family to us, and we were thrilled to finally do business with him.

We've now owned the car for less than 1 month. We love it. And every time I show my friends the car or tell my students about it, we bring up Cody. He's the reason we purchased our car from DCH Toyota of Simi Valley, and we would not hesitate to buy other cars from him in the future!
Thanks Cody. My wife loves our new 2016 Rav4 XLE Hybrid, and Happy Wife = Happy Life. :)