My dealer is making me mad

Assume you've tried Long Beach Toyota? Did you try Cabe? (Over near Long Beach Blvd---used to go to them for parts instead of LBT when I lived there.)

What dealers have you tried so far?

 

Longo Toyota, in El Monte.

 

Another shout-out for Longo Toyota.

I heard Carson Toyota was going selling Priuses for $1K over MSRP after the first of this year.

Toyota of Hollywood and Toyota of Santa Monica supposedly sell at MSRP, but according to several posters here, they have mandatory add-ons like LoJack and paint protector that they charge you extra for.

This thread might help you find a good dealer to work with.

 

Hey, I just bought the prius #8 in socal. I bought from Carson but those usually sell at above MSRP, if you get a quote from a saleman before and he gets manager approval, they will honor it. They were about to let me walk out but when I told him I got approval that morning they got in contact with the sales guy and when he verified it, I got the price MSRP.

Try North Hollywood, not Hollywood, they quote MSRP.

Longo is the best because they don't screw with you in the extras and no pressure. But hard to get a car from because even though they get a lot in, they sell a lot and everybody knows they are good.

Glendale sells for MSRP, so does Long Beach. Just call everybody, that's what I did and I found my place.

Don't be a fool, don't pay over MSRP, don't feed dealer greed. There are so many dealers in SoCal that it's not that hard to find the car at MSRP, I did and found one in a couple of days. Actually found it the first day but the sales manager was a jerk so I bailed.

Alex

 

Kearny Mesa Toyota in San Diego. Contact Howard Sheehy, the internet sales manager.

Tell him Mary with the Black Prius with the big "owie" sent you.

 

Just bought our 2005 Pk3 on Fri for 900 under MSRP from Keyes Toyota in Van Nuys. Talk to Brandon. He was really terrific. 661 312-1981 is his direct line. (Mike his manager is a pain and will make you jump through hoops but stick to your guns. Be willing to walk away. They WILL come back. As of Fri they had one more 05 and a couple of 06's on the lot)

Norwalk Toyota was also willing to do 400 under MSRP no add ons on an 06. Kevin is your guy there. None on the lot and a few weeks till delivery.

Symes in Pasadena, North Hollywood, Northridge and Frontier all quoted us MSRP too. However none of them had any available.

One caution about Frontier. they are also a dealership that will put you through the negotiating wringer. We bought our Avalon in 95 from them. But again, like Keyes, don't waver from your position and you will make a deal. The road might be a little bumpy. My feeling though is you never have to talk to them again.

Good luck.

 

I got mine in July from South Bay Toyota in Gardena. Paid MSRP and got the car within a couple weeks of the order. That was shortly after the stalling stories were in the papers, they might be more difficult now.

 

Do you mean you got $900 off a 2006 or a 2005? Is that a good deal? It seems you'd get more off a pkg 3 than that seeing it is already a year old. Just wondering!

 

I'll also add LONGO. MSRP, No Add On Items, Reasonable wait time. Relatively hassel free transaction. GOOD LUCK!

 

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Do you mean you got $900 off a 2006 or a 2005? Is that a good deal? It seems you'd get more off a pkg 3 than that seeing it is already a year old. Just wondering!




we got it off a new 05 pk3. For whatever it's worth, Hollywood Toyota and Wondries had 05s and wouldn't go below MSRP. In fact Chris Cartwright at Hollywood told me that if I could I should go make the deal at Keyes and to call him back if I did. He thought they would force us into all kinds of add ons. They didn't. And you can bet I called him! If you work at it long enough some dealer will go below MSRP. As our salesman said, "Some deals are better for us than others." The numbers are fluid. They don't expect to make exactly the same amount on each deal.

We ultimately decided on the 05 because after our 2006 tax rebate we'll have bought a brand new car for $19,500. But then we're cheap and don't really care about all the techno upgrades on this particular vehicle. The extra 10K wouldn't change the things we would change in the car. It's not exactly a luxury ride. It's about the hybrid technology and gas mileage for us which we got. (Although we're not doing so well in that dept. We've only put on about 30miles since friday and are averaging 33MPG Any advice is appreciated)

As of last week there still were some 05s around. If you're interested I'll dig up the list of dealers that had them.

In my last post I also forgot that Poway apparently is selling 06s below MSRP (didn't deal with them in person though) AND Culver City will do MSRP although they will make you take the paint protector for about 500 dollars. It's an add on but living here in Southern California the sun really beats up the paint. Our '97 truck had the paint protector on it and still looks great.

Hope this helps

 

Got mine at Puente Hills Toyota, they had stock ones for MSRP, and some with add-ons at MSRP + add-ons. Got mine with Dark Grey Leather and shiny rims.