Bay Area Prius cost - how much did you pay?

Hm, when I bought my '06 #6 at Toyota/Steven's Creek down by Lawrenceville Expressway, I paid MSRP, plus destination charge ($580, which seems to be standard according to Edmunds), floor mats ($185, again standard as per Edmunds) a small doc fee (maybe $45 or whatever), DMV fees, and tax.

A friend of mine bought his '06 #6 at Toyota/Sunnyvale on El Camino shortly thereafter, and paid MSRP - $500, if memory serves -- the dealer was offering $250 off by that time (but saying that the delay for new orders had grown), and doubled it due to a deal with my friend's employer.

I witnessed the latter deal as well, and found Toyota/Sunnyvale's finance person to be a bit less pushy and a bit less gouge-happy than the one I dealt with; for instance, he was only asking for ~$2000 IIRC instead of $2500 for the Platinum Ext. Warranty :blink: which neither of us opted for. Both, interestingly, used the "we're not supposed to do this, but we'll still sell it to you if you change your mind in a few days" sales pitch on that. Toyota/SC also gave more bogosities (e.g. saying that you could charge the SKS remote by inserting it in the slot -- which is a bizarre proposition, considering that it uses a non-rechargeable CR2032 cell, IIRC; and verbally defining 'minimum finance charge' in a way that fundamentally differed from the definition on the paperwork, even though I was already reading the fine print and intentionally being very obvious about it. Obnoxious. I think if I throw my maintenance business to one of these two dealers, it'd be T/SV, not T/SC.)

No unwanted dealer-installed accessories or coatings etc were involved. Don't recall the salesmens' exact names, sorry.

 

i know i paid somewhere in the 28k range.. fully loaded '04.

I picked my car up in stockton.

 

MSRP at Toyota 101 in Redwood City. No pressure to buy anything extra like mats. Extended Warranty mentioned but after 1 "no" nothing further. $45 doc fees (standard in CA), registration & other garbage but nothing extra. From initial contract to out the door was 3 days but it could have happened in 1 day.

 

I ordered mine From Santa Rosa Toyota then waited almost two months and took delivery on January 6th. Paid MSRP, but they added in floor matts and a rear bumper applique sp? I was not about to argue with them as I needed a car and wanted to make sure I got my HOV stickers or it would have been a $31,000 mistake. I still think I got someone elses car, but I was the one calling the dealer asking for it...so I got it! White with grey interior package 7.

 

invoice price at city toyota, march 2005.

i think it was 23k for the navi package or something...

walked in with my cousin who arranged the deal, and walked out about 2 hrs later...no waiting for days and/or weeks...

it was only fitting that i paid like $1500 for the warrenty

 

Another happy customer of Toyota 101 here. I paid MSRP. Salesman, Bob Romeo, was terrific. Finance lady wasn't pushy either. Great place to deal with as they don't work on commission -- their bonus comes only from "customer satisfaction" surveys.

 

Had the same experience at Toyota 101. Worked with John Lee, the internet sales guy. From ordering the car I wanted to having the keys took about 3 weeks.

 

I purchased mine from Hayward Toyota in December '05 at MSRP. Unfortunately, I did have to pay for the floor mats and the bumper applique. No pressure from the finance guy regarding extended warranty. I said "no" once and that was it. It was my 3rd Toyota purchase from that dealer and saleman (Harley). Highly recommended. 2006 Package #6 in Super White/Beige interior.

Justinc

 

I bought mine used 2004 with 12k miles extended warranty for $25550.00 on Dec 12th 2005 Yup it was a base model too, NO Hid or Nav... oh well.. guess I'll have to make up for it in gas savings

 

I'm about 300 yards NE of the Bay Area officially, but I'll chime in anyway.

Purchasing tomorrow at Hanlees in Davis. $750 under MSRP, no floor mats or any other dealer add-on. Just MSRP -$750. This is through the Costco program. Not all dealers are part of that program, certainly, and the amount seems to change daily from zero to $500 to $750.

 

I paid MSRP for my Pkg #6 today. Daly City (City Toyota).
I found their docs & reg fees to be a bit high ($225 total I think)

I know Sunnyvale Toyota offers $350 off MSRP if you're a
Costco member.

 

My Silver Pkg. 8 with gray leather is on order at Capitol Toyota. I called around to Capitol, Stevens Creek, Piercy, and Sunnyvale first week of Jan and found Capitol and Sunnyvale both offered a $350 Costco discount.

Capitol originally said the car would be here in 6-10 weeks, depending on whether it came in the first, second, or third allotment. Later the dealer denied saying 6 weeks and said the minimum wait I was quoted was 8 weeks, which has now gone to 12-16 weeks (other threads talk about shortage).

Two other people in my office in North San Jose drive a Prius and I've seen several parked in the Naglee Park area (downtown San Jose).

If you live downtown, you might want to consider buying in San Jose to get the free parking for meters and city-owned parking lots, all other things being equal. Especially if you frequent the library on weekdays. Parking is high there and there is no library discount. To get the free parking sticker, you must buy from a SJ dealer.

 

How did they get you to $31k? Toyota site prices at $28k+ with leather.

 

I got mine from Piercey Toyota through Costco. MSRP - $100

Email: [email protected]

TJ Ha gave me great service.

Glen

 

Just wanted to confirm that my deal was real. Picked up the car this morning. MSRP -$750 with no other add-ons. Nice.

 

I was quoted MSRP from Toyota 101 in Redwood City for Package 8. I gave several color choices.

It's been nearly three months since I ordered. Clearly the rumored slowdown in deliveries in not a rumor. I checked with them again today and they can give me no hints as to when I might get my Prius.