Plus display vs Premium and Advanced

How so on the tax credits? They’re still available until Toyota hits that 200,000 EV cars sold mark.
The 2020’s release in July and my 2005 Prius hybrid battery is on life support so I’ll be buying this year. I want the 5th seat though, so I’m waiting on the 2020’s.

 

Yeah, that keyless sensor for the trunk is important to me. My 2005 Prius has it so I’ve gotten used to it over the last 14 years. That may push me to getting a premium, though I’m with you on cloth seats. Much prefer cloth.
Too bad some of these aren’t a la carte options

 

I looked at a Prime Premium today and that large screen was ❤️

 

Now to pull some money out of a fund I have, and look for the elusive 2019
premium in blue magnetism with moonbeam interior, if there are deals OR drive a relative’s car a couple months and wait for the 2020’s.
Dealer yesterday said after the 6/3 rebates expire , there will likely be others.
Supposedly they’ll look for the color I want.
$1500 was mentioned as trade in value for my ‘05 with faulty hybrid (ie close to not running at all).
There’s other dealers but I’m not sure the car would make it much farther than the place 5 min away.
Maybe I’ll pull the car fax report and all my service history and post it here for sale. Give me flexibility of heading farther up into NE for the car I want. ( I’m in RI.)
All NE states except NH are CA emissions states with the extra warranty period on the hybrid system. Just have to buy and register in one, so no problem around here.

 

Ive only ever bought one new car, and that’s my current Prius 14 years ago.
The salesperson was 20 something and I knew more about the Prime and upcoming 2020 model than he did. He also didn’t listen when I said I’m not prepared to buy today. That’s me being upfront, not coy, but he still was pushing the car they had- very nice but not the color I want plus I had no money ready hence the ‘I’m not ready to buy today’.
Brings me a sheet with a $2995 extended warranty on it. Seriously? On a Prius. Plus the extra paint coating for god knows what for another $995. I pointed those out and said I’m not interested in either one.
Plus the MSRP they started with on the premium was about $1000 more than what Toyota has posted. Turns out it included the side trim pieces which I do want, and the full car mat package, which I may not necessarily get.
Sales manager came over and was obviously more experienced. Realized I’m not a same day sale, but if he wants my business, he’d better leave me with a good impression.
I’d deal with him, but I’m turned off the whole place now.
My current Prius won’t even shift into drive anymore, the hybrid battery is so gone. That was a fast death. To even turn it in or sell it, it’d have to be towed in in current state.
I’d do that, but it limits the distance I can go due to getting the car towed there.
At least I wasn’t stranded somewhere far. I was a mile from home and got the car into the driveway.
Thank you for the advice. Car salesmen suck.
I’ll be looking at others In the area, see what they use as their MSRP starting point, and visit a couple.
I’m not towing my car to a dealer then let them think they can low ball me because the car is there. I’ll tow it home before feeling taken advantage of. It’s not worth a lot but every $500 counts, and everything on the car is in very good shape. The timing of the hybrid battery going isn’t ideal, but it is what it is.

 

This dealer said The manufacturers rebate of the $2500 cashnack for example, requires that you finance through them. Unless you’re all cash.
I need to look this up.
But they said do the dealer finance then do a refi through whomever I want to get both the rebate and better financing
AAA has 3.04% right now that I qualify for. I went through them the first time.

 

Exactly, I'm going to check other dealerships. The Premium Prime seems in short supply now after all those big $5k rebates in jan/feb. I may be waiting for the 2020's anyway and drive a relative's car in the meantime. I could never go back to a "regular" car. My Prius had me spoiled