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311 messages, Last post on Apr 26, 2009 at 5:43 AM
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I'm also very interested in the new Honda Hybrid. I bought my current Civic over the Prius because of the uncomfortable and barely adjustable seats in the Prius. Does the Honda Hybrid have it's own forum yet? I will consider the new 2010 MY Prius when it comes out but no question I will compare it to all the other cars hybrid and otherwise that are available at that time. Toyota has ticked people off with minimum $1,000 deposits for waiting lists. Dealers have a right but when they have plenty of cars people will remember how they were treated, no matter the brand.
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Replying to: tiff_c (Jul 26, 2008 12:37 pm) $500 - $1500 deposits have been de rigueur on specially-ordered vehicles ever since I began in this business. Since you don't have one and presumably are not interested in a current one I find it curious that you'd make such an issue of it based on what are second-hand reports at best. BTW this concerns not only the current Prius but the current Corolla, last year's Tundra when it debuted, the 07 Camry before that, the 04-06 Prius' before that, the 04 Sienna before that. It was also de rigueur on the SSR's when they first arrived, the new Corvettes, the first Silverado's, the Hybrid Tahoe's, the first of the new Civics,etc, etc, etc.
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Replying to: kdhspyder (Jul 26, 2008 3:12 pm) What's second hand? I went to the dealer, my wife wanted to get a Prius a couple of months ago. Not a chance, they need $1,000 down and then they Match an incoming car to your needs and sell it to you. The $1,000 merely gets you in line. So that's NOT a special order and a few months before that I could have easily bought the car below invoice. Dealers tend to do things like this which is why on the top 10 list of untrustworthy professions Car dealers are near the top.
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Replying to: tiff_c (Jul 27, 2008 6:18 am)
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Replying to: tiff_c (Jul 27, 2008 6:18 am) Ahhh, in your 2nd paragraph you tipped your hand as to the real reason for your dissatisfaction. You missed out on buying in the early part of the year when there was plenty of supply and Prius' were being sold for a discount off MSRP. Then fuel went to $3.50 and then above $4.00 and even up to $5.00 and the entire population of NA went to its local Toyota strore and said "I'll take a Prius now"...and then they were all gone. You were in this rush and you missed out on the discounts in the early part of the year. Timing is everything. Relax, it's just supply and demand and the market operating efficiently. The market is supplying those who are willing to pay a certain price and it's not supplying those who want a lower price. At some time in the future it will balance out again....assuming fuel doesn't get stupid. And yes dealers do these things. It's called Capitalism. It's called a market-based economy. It's not at all questionable. Simply put you weren't quick enough this year and you lost out on the better buy. It happens every day all across the world. |
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Replying to: lotusfan (Jul 27, 2008 8:35 am) We are up in New Hampshire and they are all sold out and claim 6 months before they get any new stock in even if you are on their waiting list. Every other car you see up here lately is a Prius. It's like the Ford Pinto/VW Bug of the new Millennium. I can't drive anywhere up here without seeing half a dozen of them.
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Replying to: lotusfan (Jul 27, 2008 8:35 am) His email might have said 'available' not 'in stock'. It's highly unlikely that any dealer in the US has any 'in stock' except a few isolated ones where an 'orderer' might have backed out, certainly not in NoVa. Laurel Toyota CARMAX is the largest Toyota dealer on the EC and I believe it's No 2 in the country. http://www.carmax.com/enUS/locations/Maryland-Both-Laurel-Toyota-7806.html It has ZERO Prius' new or used in stock. Now some stores may have 20 or more 2008s in stock right now today.....but these are all fleet turn-ins from Hertz or Enterprise or off-lease vehicles, all purchased at auction. For example our Richmond store had 27 of these 10 days ago.
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Replying to: tiff_c (Jul 27, 2008 12:27 pm) There are roughly another 10+ buyers who are waiting for a specific package/color/interior so they've just continued to bump themselves down the list until their specific combo arrives. OTOH a goodly number of buyers have had to wait less than 3 weeks. But again this is just a characteristic of supply and demand. The biggest supply goes to where the biggest demand is.
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As per a news article that I had forwarded to me this morning, Toyota announced that there will be an increase in MSRP of $500 on the 2009 Prius vs. the 2008 models. There was no information leading to a re-design for the 2009 model, so it appears that they will be holding off on the re-design for the 2010 model at this point. Ken |
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Replying to: kdhspyder (Jul 27, 2008 12:33 pm) The e-mails I get definitely say "in stock".
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