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Replying to: prc2 (May 19, 2009 8:07 am) In Oregon, Dealer Doc fee is set to $50.00 fixed, by law. Bank fee - what the heck is that? There is title and sales tax where I live. Both are well documented, easily calculated, and reasonable. I recently haggled over a 2009 level 6 Touring. Got the deal negotiated to invoice +$509 + $50.00 Doc fee + $8.00 title transfer fee + 6% sales tax (I'm an out-of-state buyer). I didn't accept the deal and walked away because I felt the car should simply have been sold a flat invoice. The sales manager didn't want to go lower, because he felt there was still demand for the 2009s, and he wanted at least $500 over invoice. That, and I think I p***ed him off because I had the gall to tell him the vehicle was only worth invoice, *at best*. The dealership had a couple of other 2009s on the lot, and had already received and sold a 2010 (at a healthy markup, I might add). I'll be curious to see what will happen. In this part of the world, Toyota is offering $1,000 cash rebate or 0% for 60 months. In Nevada, it's a $2,000 rebate. I suspect Toyota may have to increase rebates to move unsold units in June. For a number of years (almost a decade!), Toyota has had the hybrid market to themselves, and have had the luxury of "the wind at their back". A good economy, ever rising fuel prices, and a growing market with no real competitors, return customers who traded in for newer models, and great word-of-mouth. Toyota Dealers have had the luxury of basically cashing the MSRP purchase checks from hard working well meaning buyers. All of a sudden, fuel prices are half what they were a year ago, the economy is, shall we say, poor, and there's competitors like Honda and Ford getting into the hybrid game. Granted, Toyota (and their affiliated dealers) are not impaired the way, say Chrysler and its dealers are, but it's more a headwind than a tailwind right now for Toyota dealers. For me, I'm going to take a hard look at a F**d hybrid. I'll wait and see if Toyota raises its rebates in June before I go back to look at a 2009 Prius. I don't need to buy a new car, let alone buy one right now. There's going to be several *years* of tough economy ahead of us, and there's always another sale on the horizon. Don't rush out to buy a 2009, either. There are plenty of 2009s out there on the dealer lots. And the 2010s look a better buy. My best to you, -Kevin
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Replying to: boiseboomer (May 19, 2009 9:10 am)
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Replying to: prc2 (May 19, 2009 9:14 am) If they simply want to gouge you tell them to do it straight to your face. I hate hidden fees. |
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| Hi just got a dealer quote (in MN) for a prius w/ package 6 for 27960 with tax and title. Is this reasonable? Thanks in advance. | |
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My wife and I just purchased a Package #5 with Options P7 (XM Satellite Radio Kit) EF (Rear Bumper Applique) and CF (Carpet Floor Mats and Cargo mats) For $24,437 + Tax and $150 doc fee. Took the 0% financing option. This was about 200 bucks above invoice for this vehicle. Best deal I found on a package 5 in Indianapolis. Interested to know if anyone found a better deal in Indy.
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Over the Memorial Day weekend I finally picked up a 2009 black touring prius with package #5. This was after 3-4 weeks of negotiations with multiple dealers. The OTD price was $26,190. This is in Texas. Although there are plenty of 09 priuses out there, I had difficulty finding the color/model/package combination. This particular dealer had plenty of the base models, but only 3 touring left. Most dealers had similar inventory and unfortunately a lot of the cars have "port" installed options. |
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| Memorial Day weekend I also picked up a 2009 Spectra Blue Touring Prius, package #5. I live near Raleigh, NC, and did some serious hagggling with the local Big Dealer in town. I ended up driving about 75 miles to Goldsboro NC, and bought my car there. The car was not what I had planned for(had agreed to a Standard package #3 for$23,000), but the price for the Touring was unbeatable - $23,770 OTD (tax,title, dealer prep and everything). I traded in a 2004 Corolla (88K miles) and got a top trade for this. I got better than $2500 below invoice, and about $2000 better than the Big Dealer in town. The dealer and everybody else was great to deal with - will definitely head there the next time I look for Toyotas. | |
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Replying to: dcgoody (May 26, 2009 4:38 pm)
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Replying to: scottkim11 (May 27, 2009 4:57 pm) I haggled with Obrien, Tom Wood, Butler, one in andersonville, and Andy Mohr. I ended up purchasing from Beck on the southside as they gave the best deal after 2 weeks of haggling with the others. Ask for Carl. Tell him David Goodrich sent you. He made the experience enjoyable. Good luck |
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Replying to: ellisda1 (May 27, 2009 8:55 am) A few notes about Touring: Consumer Reports likes it way better than the standard Prius due to its better handling and braking. I have say that I do tend to agree with them, but here are the trade-offs: Touring gets 42mpg realworld, Standard gets 44mpg, sez CR. That's 13 gallons a year/12k miles difference. My Touring came with Bridgestone Turanzas and I liked them but they only lasted 30k miles. They are about $200 more to replace than are the Standard's tires. (I'm switching to Michelin Primacy for $600/set at Costco.) I paid $500 more for the Touring than for the Standard. So, assuming gasoline at $4/gal and that you don't get any higher price for Touring when you go to sell it, the additional cost for Touring over 60k miles is $260 gasoline, $200 tires and $500 depreciation=nearly $1,000. Not a huge difference, but worth considering, particularly if you are committed to maximal mpg. I had a very, very hard stop on the highway approaching Las Vegas--we must have been nuts to want to go there--and I think the Touring-ness may have saved us from a collision. I'm not sure but I think I'd get a Touring again.
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