Tideland Pearl BC/05Nov2003/Tysons Toyota

Date Ordered: 05 November 2003
Dealer: Tysons Toyota, McLean VA
Timeframe given for delivery: initially before the end of 2003.
Color:Tideland Pearl
Option Package: BC

I'm in a quandry. So I ordered the car in November and was told the car could be delivered by the end of December. Then I was told that the prediction had been overly optimistic and the car wouldn't come until March. In February, my salesperson told my car would come in between March 8 and 12. Than at the end of February, he told me he was leaving the dealership and the car would be coming in at the end of March. In early March the new salesperson called me to say the car is coming in between March 8 and 12. Last week he called me to say "my Prius has arrived!" I went to see the car and it turned out to be black :? , which was my third choice backup color (obviously one of the cars on the truck that someone saw being unloaded). When I asked the salesperson whether I could pass on the black car and wait for my first choice, he said I could but I would go to the bottom of the waiting list. :x I said this made no sense and asked to speak to a manager, who said that I would have to go to the bottom of the list because there were no more '04s available and would have to wait 8 months and pay $500 more. :cussing: I finally reached another manager who said, no, I would not go to the bottom of the list if I passed on the black car. He directed me to the inventory manager who confirmed that I would not go to the bottom of the list. But the inventory manager, who was straightforward :lol: , said that there are three Tideland Pearl orders ahead of mine. And that my first two choices, Tideland and Seaside Pearl, are rare. He said Koons hasn't received any Tidelands in the previous few allocations. I don't know whether to gamble and wait for my first or second choice, because I have no sense of how long it will be until one comes in. Any advice? :?


Post split from another post by Jim to follow uniform guidelines of the Order Tracking forum

 

I turned down a Black #9 in March in the hope that I might get my first or second-choice colors (Blue or Green) in the April allocations. Yesterday the dealer told me that in the just-announced allocation, there were no package #9 Priuses for the dealership at all. The next allocation won't be until the 19th. Then this morning he called to say he just got hold of a package #9 in Driftwood Pearl, which is my last choice color. He said I can take it or swap it for Tideland Pearl (Green) or Seaside Pearl (Blue) if either comes in on the next allocation. What do folks think of the Driftwood color?

 

Picked up my Seaside Pearl #9 Prius

I almost went into cardiac arrest when my salesperson called to tell me that my vehicle had been rolled off the truck 10 minutes ago. My Seaside Pearl #9 was supposed to arrive during the last week of May, but the straight-shooting inventory manager told me that the boat was delayed and that the car would come between June 1 and June 4. I called the dealer on the 1st and my salesperson told me that it hadn't arrived, but that several other Priuses had. Then on June 3, the salesperson said it still hadn't arrived and that it might not arrive until June 9. But he said he had a good feeling it would arrive on June 4. Sure enough, he called yesterday to say that the car was at the dealership and we drove it home last night. Seaside Pearl was our second-choice color, but it was our son's first choice and since he's almost 7, he calls the shots. Now I've seen it, I think it's a fantastic color, worth waiting for.