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Koons was preferred due to its proximity of our house, but once you lie and play all those stupid car dealer games, I shutdown and stop listening...
In the past 2 years, we have purchased two cars from 355 Toyota. Each time, all the pricing was done via email, and they honored all that when we arrived to finalize the paperwork.
Inventories might be artificially low by Toyota because they have all of their Prii locked up in storage lots in Long Beach, CA. Back in 2008, we wanted to get a Prius, but supply was tight and we couldn't justify the cost difference between the Prius and a Camry, even with the gas mileage differences. We bought the Camry, and within 2 weeks, there's a story on Yahoo about how Toyota had stored all the incoming Prii in storage lots, and not releasing them to dealers. So, go back to those slimy salesman and ask them to check the storage lots in Long Beach for your Prius, in the color YOU want. :-)
Thanks!
That price sounds really good! We ended buying one last Saturday for $500 below invoice through the Costco Auto Program here in Silicon Valley. The cost of the Prius3 base w/floormats is $24,867.00 which is a lot more than the price you got.
There were no rebates on the Prius, only the Highlander. I think the rebates changes from month to month.
No room for price haggling...
The MSRP was originally 24,848. That of course, includes the $750 freight charge. They also included carpet mats and the rear bumper Prius applique. (I had no choice there).
The price before taxes, title, tags and $200 processing fee was 21,980. Toyota was running a $1000 rebate in the Mid-Atlantic states, so the advertised price came out to 20,980 before TTT. The TOTAL price of the vehicle was $21,957.
I'm currently averaging 54.7 MPG based on about 490 miles.
would appreciate if you can let me know where you got yours from.
thanks.
sam
I got my Prius 3 from Piercey Toyota in Milpitas, CA through the Costco Auto Program. Basically, $500 below invoice.
Give Costco a try. If you do buy from Longo, tell Russell Lowe that I said "Hi" .
Kwai
Since you are in the LA area, I would check out those storage lots that Toyota uses to hold cars. If a dealer says their supply is constrained, I would tell them to release the cars from the lots, and stop trying to screw potential customers. Personally, I think right now is the worst time to get a hybrid. With the gas prices really high, the dealers are playing off this and marking up the prices. Wait until the gas prices stabilize and the dealers will be offering discounts again... I've seen this trend here in the DC area.
http://www.truecar.com/
and see what dealers pop up...
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22,560 Car
760 Destination
140 Carpet Floor Mats and Cargo Mat
60 Estimated invoice for all weather cargo mat
23,520 Total Invoice
23,385 Car price, including destination and accessories above
399 Doc fee
23,784 Purchase price (plus TTL)
23,784 Purchase Price
23,520 Invoice
264 Over invoice
I used the fightingchance dot com method and got eight other proposals ranging from 1,926 over invoice to 457 over invoice.
Interestingly, we ended up purchasing from the first place we went to and nearest our house (after eliminating a closer dealership because we did not like our initial experience).
We did have one bid for a 2011 Prius Two for about $500 less out the door than our purchase (no 1000 incentive per what I found . Given the distance, additional hit for depreciation because it is a model year older, and no bluetooth we were happy paying a little more for what we got.
If you're shopping, good luck!
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Could you share that information? Thanks.
Eric
How much OTD? I'm going to buy one very soon.
Thank you very much.
Eric
Talk to Ryan from internet sales at Miller Toyota in Anaheim. This was their advertised special, except it was a black one. They were supposed to only have one at that price, but gave Ryan a call and he got me the silver one I wanted. Brand new. No test drives. 4 miles from factory. Full tank of gas, floor mats, fresh detail, all for freezies.
I opted for the 6 yr 100k extended warranty for an extra 1,028. They got me 2.75% APR 60month financing too. My total per month is about 375 for 60 months, plus 4400 down up front.
I think I got a great deal. My buddy at Longo told me the best they could do was 23,300.
Thanks for information. Price is good. 2.75% also good.
Anyone do better in Bay Area? Thanks for sharing.
We are located in the Bay Area (San Jose).
Thanks!
In Bay Area , CA is 8.25% for sale tax. I'm not sure but in LA, CA only $7.25% sale tax.
Thank you for sharing.
Eric
Excellent buying experience through email, spend just 2 hour there to ride back great car.
im also looking for a prius 2 2012 in either grey or blue
I'm in Hartford / Eastern CT Area
best regards, Bob
(Eric?)
Eric
Got the Prius 3 for 24K+ 1335 (costco pricing for the solar panel option) = 25335 + TTL = ~27990.
Invoice price for the Prius 3 without the solar panel and without transport fee, carmats etc, was 23799.
Negotiated the price for the Prius and they gave me no problems matching what other dealers had to offer and gave me lots of better perks, better financing.
Added the Gap insurance (600) plus extended warranty 7yr, 100k miles (1600)
Minus my trade in value ~500, I financed for ~29690
Very happy with my purchase and experience seeing as the sticker price alone minus TTL, was about 28500.
They had one of their internet specials on some of these. This had Dealer Invoice date of March 2012. Has Floor mats Only.
The lowest deal I found prior to this was from Longo Toyota, El Monte, CA for $23,200 +TTL. Same configuration.
Also checked Power Toyota, Irvine, CA with Costco pricing - $23,649 + TTL. (it included a TDA fee of $437 that kind of negated the Costco $500 below Invoice on package II).
Interestingly Costco's Package III pricing is $100 over Invoice.
MSRP was 28270
Dealer: Toyota Palo Alto
ThankS, I'll check them out again.
The price mentioned was for a 2011 Model, Prius 2. It did include a $1000 rebate from Toyota. Although the car was 2011, it was brand new with only 2 miles on the odometer. Check the Washington Post on Friday/Saturday... 355 Toyota had a Prius 2 for something like 22.8 + TTT last week... so maybe you can get similar deal on a Prius 3. We don't need leather seats (hot in the summer, cold in the winter) or a GPS, so a Prius 2 is fine for us. I have filled the tank 3 times since getting the car in February, and each time, the mileage has been hovering in the low 50's with a mix of highway and city driving!
I can't remember exactly which dealers participate in truecar in the dc area. I want to say passport toyota, some dealer in bowie? and Woodbridge?? They weren't household names to me, so that's why I can't remember them now.
Eric
Eric
MSRP - $36,844 (included applique, mats, special color charges)
Sales Price - $34,500 (Invoice using edmunds.com was about $34,050)
Hope this helps some of you out there. Good luck....
I originally was going to go through the costco program at another dealer. Their best offer for the same car was $24,400 (pre taxes) I sent them the above quote and they said they could not match it.
I had tried Carwoo.com but got only one hit. I then decided to email as many area dealers on my own. I emailed the top rated sales people on dealerrater.com. I got lots of quick replys and almost everyone was eager for my business. Bidding started at $26752 OTD (w/o warranty) and I ended it yesterday by accepting a $25819 OTD + Extended Warranty.
I was very courteous, honest, and treated the sales people with respect which is why I think they kept negotiating. By using only email, I never spoke to a single dealer! I recommend taking your time, decide when you are ready to buy, and email your interest to dealers. I found all the local are Washington DC dealers to be very respectable.