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I bought a Prius last night from Toyota of Greenville. Price paid for package #2 plus floor mats was $22,200 (includes $675 destination for being in the southeast) plus $289 docs, $675 NC tax, $56 tags; $23,208 out the door. Claire Olsen-Ramirez is their internet sales manager, and she's terrific to work with. She found me the color I wanted from another dealer so I can pick it up tomorrow. It took almost an hour to get the last $200 off, but they finally agreed. Also, Jim Barkley Toyota in Asheville, NC has no haggle pricing for just a few dollars more than that ($22,498 plus tax plus $85 tag = $23,258 out the door). Ask if their finance department charges a loan fee, though.
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Replying to: prius07 (Feb 20, 2007 4:57 pm) BTW, the forum moderators have no problem with us mentioning a particular dealership that served us well but they would prefer we not post specific names of the folks that served us.
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Replying to: cruising7388 (Feb 20, 2007 6:38 pm) I am in the middle of negotiating with a couple of LV dealerships on a 2007 Touring Package #2 with Floor Mats. 1. 23910 OTD (not including tax but all other doc fees) 2. 24348 OTD (not including tax but all other doc fees) - this also includes alarm, tinting. Are these reasonable prices? Seems a bit expensive. thanks. |
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A reporter would like to talk to a recent Prius buyer who took advantage of the lease deals Toyota is now offering. If interested, please respond to jfallon edmunds.com no later than February 28, 2007 with your daytime contact information and a brief description of your purchase experience.
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Replying to: KarenS (Feb 22, 2007 5:43 pm) OTD (including $45 doc fee, 8.5% tax & CA license) was $22,569-$400 recent college grad rebate. At 0%for 24months with $2500 down my payments are still under $850. Purchase experience was great at Downtown Oakland Toyota with my Internet salesperson (but he said not to expect this kind of deal on a normal day, was kind of a end of the month, low sales, special!) The finance guy did try the hard sale on the extended warranty and pre-paid maintenance but backed off once I told him it was under a grand for the 7/100 platinum from other dealer reps (plus you can purchase right before the standard warranty runs out) and that no way 5yrs/50K miles of service could cost over $2K as the the prius is fairly low maintenance. I also had to have him re-print out the sales contract after he tried to sneak in a ~$180 theft deterrent charge (not exactly sure what that was going to be about but there was a place for it on the standard CA new car contract). I had called or emailed about 10 dealers in the bay area. Misc. tips I gathered; The closest, Fremont Toyota, seemed like total d*cks. I came in asking about priuses, and the sales guy I got knew very little about them. He didn't talk much at all during the test drive and was not too social. Besides they only had 6 or 7 in stock (supposedly the biggest Toy dealer in northern cal?) and most had dealer options like $3,000 leather or a $3,000 moonroof added.... I noticed Piercy in San Jose and Melody on the peninsula and the walnut creek dealers were offering $2500 off but only had package 4 or above in stock. Berkeley Toyota had $2,000 off any in stock, but the Internet sales guy claimed he was the #1 prius dealer in the area but had never seen a base prius at a dealer without packages and that a base 2007 would have no side airbags so I avoided them even though they had lots of HGs (package 2) for $2K off. I got various quotes from a few other bay area dealer (walnut creek again, marin toyota, daly city, dublin) and all seemed similar with $1600-2000 off HGs but less off base models if they had any in stock. Sunnyvale Toyota claimed they would match other deals but the sales guy just laughed when I asked for the $2500 off that other dealers advertised. Personally I think on a package 6 you could probably find places offering a tad over $3K off these days, $2500 is decent for a #5 or #4 and $2K off a #2. Never saw any #1 or #3s here in CA. All had $199 floor mat option already added to the factory window sticker. Only a few dealers had base prius in stock. At all bay area dealers, the Touring model was in low supply and most of the above discounts would not apply.
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Replying to: luckyboy (Feb 26, 2007 10:09 am)
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Replying to: cruising7388 (Feb 26, 2007 10:29 am) My best price on a 2007 touring package 2 including window tinting and floor mats is 24035 OTD not including sales tax. |
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Replying to: runonmd1 (Feb 20, 2007 4:07 pm) |
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Replying to: drbreecher (Feb 11, 2007 8:29 pm) Cindy |
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Replying to: cindiann1 (Feb 28, 2007 11:34 am) But the dealer did convince me to purchase what they called the service contract, which is a 7 yr/75000 mi deal for $900. According to him any Toyota service center will fix any problem other than regular oil changes, brake pads and tires, no fine print exceptions. Further, he said that I have 60 days to cancel it if I change my mind and it is transferrable to the next owner. He took care to explain that it was not an extended warranty, which simply extended the manufacturer's original limited warranty. This, he said, was like an insurance for any problem, including ones that were not covered by the standard or extended warranty. He seemed like an honest and sincere fellow, and besides since I had 60 days to change my mind, I went ahead and signed up for it. Anybody heard of this? Is it worth it? Or money down the drain? |
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