Looking for a Prius

Looks like I"m going to be looking at either a new Prius c or a used Prius. I can't get financing through my step-dad, and I"m going to try to get financing through the dealership to see if I can beat the 13-14% I have through Capital one. If I can't do either, I guess I'll get a cheaper car.

 

Test drove a 2013 Prius c today. I liked how it's like a car, but can't stand where the shifter and EV/Evo buttons are at. So both the Prius and the PrRius c have issues that I have to get over. That said, both dealerships I hit today were so evasive about actually locking down an interest rate and not telling me to pick a car first (see, I thought you could get financing FIRST go fig), that it pissed me off.

So, when I go back on Monday, I'm going armed with Kelley Blue Book pricing and shooting low right off the bat. I shouldn't need to test-drive anything else unless it's a different used car (which there are a few I'm looking at).

 

Winner winner, chicken dinner!

I now have a Certified 2011 Prius Two with just under 22,000 miles. Single owner and clean Carfax.

They had it for $19.3k before TTL, and after doing a test drive (and determining that the Prius c was TOO SMALL FOR ME), I told him that I wanted to see if we could swing getting the car for $20,000 out the door, before my down payment, as it'd make it where my payments were solid no matter what.

A bunch of finagling later, and we got it just above 20k, with payments at my crappy Capital One loan (72 months, 12.81% interest) of $361.

Then, I went to talk to the finance guy. Now, I had told my salesman (who was fairly low pressure the entire time) that if we could work either the price down or the financing rate down, I'd consider getting gap coverage, and if a miracle happen, I'd consider an extended warranty (fully planning not to pay the $2-3k it'd cost).

I tell this to the financing guy, and he starts typing.....five minutes later he says that he has a quote from Chase for 8.5%, which would get me gap and the extended warranty for $355. Now, I was already planning on paying $350ish for the car, so this isn't too bad a deal to me. He shows me the printout, and he also marked down the extended warranty to just over $1000, and I confirmed with him that everything was final today.

So, long story short, I now have a car. I am going back on Monday to get a free detailing, as I mentioned it was kind of dirty inside, and they said it'd take 2-3 hours to detail (and I was on a time crunch).

Now how do I do the fuel thing I've seen you guys do?

 

Why did it post upside down?