Any eyes spy a Prime instock at dealers in Sandy Eggo County, CA?

How about OurRanch County, to the north? We've got a lot of free ranging Prii Primes out here!, Har, har. Prices are better on the East Coast, but we're closer to SandyEggo County!! Unfortunately, haven't been out chopping since I got Advanced, so you'll have to check pricing/availability. Give me yell here if you're interested; I'll see what I can do to help. What part of Flyover are you in?

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Ha!! It used to be OurRanch County when I was growing up there in the 1960's. Back when Irvine Ranch was still a real ranch. Now it should be called OffRamp County.

 

Those free range Prii are the best....gotta keep them out of those cages so they can roam free!

 

you sir, are the Prime Example why Primes should roam free

 

why not make a separate trip east, and save yourself $4-5,000.?

 

I live here in SD, don't bother it is a captive market. No dealers have cars on the lot and getting a price quote is near impossible.
I bought mine from Autonation Cerritos in L.A. highly recommend, or better yet as mentioned go to east coast where they have $2500 Toyota rebate. Even in L.A. it will be hard to find one to buy off the lot, call ahead and make arrangements to reserve one.

 

even dianne is struggling to get them.

 

My local dealer has 5 on the lot. Come east to get one.

 

Who is Dianne?

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@DianneWhitmire is the Director of fleet sales at Carson Toyota. Great woman. Bought my 2015 Prii from her.


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Thanks!
Primo, Web Sales Manager at Toyota Place in Garden Grove California has a silver Prime Plus, Moonstone interior in stock as of 11:30am 5-12-17, and a white Prime Premium, black interior due in about 4 days (at the port, nearby). They sell at MSRP. They service my cars; I tried to buy Advanced there, but they didn't get car as quickly as Longo. He said very few Advanceds available and that there are 5,000 Primes being shipped west of the Mississippi, and that's it; most of those go to California!!
Ouch!

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Mine came from Toyota of Sandy Eggo. I found it online at cars.com and called them. They were unaware that they had it but checked their stock and confirmed they did have the exact one I was looking for and called them about. I drove to San Diego to see it and they pulled it around from the back with the packing material still on it. I came back the next day to drive it home(we stayed overnight in San Diego). They currently show 5 in their inventory and it looks like a rainbow of colors. There's several other dealers in that area in Poway and Escondido that also show some inventory. Some might be preorders for others, but it only costs a phone call to see what they really have hiding in the back. Search all on cars.com from your zip code and search by distance to figure out if those dealers may work for you. Message me if you end up buying in California if you have questions about how they work the registration for out of state purchases. That was a nightmare for me.

 

Same happened to me at Gateway Toyota in NJ. They had a Red Plus but I wanted a Silver Premium. They were going to check other dealers for it, but they actually had one in the back that just came in that they weren't aware of. Karma can be pretty cool sometimes!

 

If you look on auto trader in San Diego, there are only a few. Much more are in LA. However, there is one in San Diego: a red Advanced for $31k certified pre owned with 700 miles on the odometer (Good deal, but I don't know why someone would sell it that soon). Orange County has a little bit more than San Diego. If you're coming to San Diego, it'd be wise to look in LA because there's more selection. Good dealers around here are Toyota Carlsbad (San Diego), AutoNation Toyota Irvine, and Santa Margarita Toyota.

 

I was just in Schaumburg and saw a Prime from El Cajon Toyota charging at the charger next to me. He had bought it out in CA since there were no vehicles local, so you may want to check some of the smaller dealerships in that area as well. I will say that 10 hours driving in a Prime is a long day. Plan accordingly if you are going a long way to get one.

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I just checked Toyota SD and they have 7 in stock, 5 Advanced, 1 Premium, 1 Plus.
So availability looks to be getting better. I got $1,000 rebate plus $700 off MSRP from Autonation so I would try to negotiate for something like that.