Trying Not to Lust After the Prime

Mine is 60 cents

 

In addition, try to get another $2500 off the sticker. Adding in the federal tax credit and the rebate—I would go for it!

 

All 2017 Primes in Oregon have the $2,000 Toyota factory incentive not just Portland. And listen to Steve Bowie you should be able to get a lot more off of it than that.

No difference in 2018, just a much smaller factory incentive and the dealer is less likely to take much if any more off

EDIT. $500 factory incentive in Oregon for 2018 Primes

 

All in all, I think you’ve analyzed the trade-offs quite well. I’ll add another couple thoughts:

First, I have found the reduction in cargo space to be not as big of a concern as I had originally expected. It’s a little bit of an annoyance occasionally, but getting our fuel for what works out to be about a quarter of the cost of gasoline (because of certain local utility incentives), easily makes it worthwhile. Still, for me, even if it weren’t cheaper, I’ve gotten to the point where ICEs really kind of disgust me!

Second, there is one thing about the big 11.6 inch screen that I think is badly designed, and it’s not the usual things people cite (e.g., matte finish, which I have generally not found to be all that big of a concern): All of the menus, such as for HVAC and audio, come up from the bottom of the screen. That takes my eyes farther off the road than if they dropped down from the top of the screen.

 

I would do it now, and get the 2017. A bird in the hand = the current discounts. Call a dealer with a Toyota rebate—and tell them “right now we’ve decided to wait until the end of this year—unless you can give us a heck of deal—what say you?”

 

Sure--but that's where the quote comes from "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." The keyword in your post is "should."

 

Except a 2017 will always be a 2017. By the end of the year, you might even have 2019 models - and there could be some upgrades in it. I've bought "last years" model a few times - they hit you at trade in time.

 

Oh, and - sometimes when the dealer knows you're hanging back for some reason, they'll come back with an offer "too good to ...".

Friend had that recently - showed interest, but said, no, don't want to pay more than $xxx - which was the price of different brand equivalent. And put it out of his mind till after Christmas - to have an offer come back in a few days with $1000 off - NOPE. After the 3rd offer, reducing quite substantially, he said "YEP".

 

not that i recall.

 

have you driven one yet?