Midwest availability

Do you know how many people were ahead of you in line at the dealership you ordered from? Has production increased since the end of last year or has it been pretty constant?

 

New 2017 Toyota Prius Prime For Sale MN | serving Minneapolis MN | St. Paul MN | Inver Grove Heights MN - VIN# JTDKARFP0H3033797 - Inver Grove Toyota



Inver Grove Heights Minnesota

 

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I'm in OK. I ordered mine June 30 and the arrival is expected October/November.

 

Alas... even if I had not yet heard anything about "my" car, Inner Grove Heights is about 500 miles from here. If I were going to go THAT far to find one, I'd probably be just as well off by heading to up-state NY and visiting family for a week or two while hunting.

 

That seems about right... at least, when compared to my situation. I ordered ours on the 1st of May, and it looks like we MIGHT get it by the end of August... 4 months. If we say your order date was the 1st of JULY and it arrives by the end of OCTOBER, then that's also 4 months. But of course, NONE of this is "final" until it's... well... until it's "final"........

 

Yep... as of NOW, the last 6 characters of the VIN that I've been given are 28CI52... and no, I'm not giving any VIN-#s to anyone yet, although I have given my insurance agent a heads-up that we will be swapping out cars fairly soon. And WOW... 14 days to be shipped those last 15 miles? If the "local holding lot" in my case is Indianapolis, then it's probably about 15 miles from my dealership, too.

 

Mr. Son, are you expected to receive a 2018 Prime or does anyone know? Also, what would be specs of car, assuming a 2018 model??

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Do you feel as though they're treating you like a mushroom: they keep you in the dark and feed you B.S.??!!

 

The timing for both seems to match what others have said here. I saw a web site schedule on one of the fleet company's sites that showed the dates of Prius orders, date of manufacture, and delivery dates, etc. I stupidly didn't book mark it, but it jived with what we've been told. I'll try to find it again. It seems like I was Googling shipping dates or something like that a couple of weeks ago.

I had hoped I'd have mine during some quality warm weather to test it out, but late October delivery is not helping.

 

also @Son of Gloin and @Mark57, you will be official when when you take ownership of that coveted and elusive Toyota Prius Prime

 

Mine was ordered after his and it's going to be a 2017.

 

i had started talking to another new york state dealer and the car from the first dealer arrived... took a train to rochester and picked it up... had no problem with the out of state purchase, other than the confusion about where the car was...
apparently, it was in transit from muskegon, michigan, but was held up while one dealer waited for their trade to arrive... there was some muttering about the flatbed driver not being the sharpest...
really enjoying my prime... have 2k miles on it now, drove it back from ny via michigan, and then back and forth to michigan again last week...

 

I haven't done any research or anything, but I've been to three different dealerships since about the middle of June. At all three, I asked about the 2018s... and at all three I was told that "typically" Toyota doesn't "change over" to the next year's Prius line-up until at least November, so I guess it will be about the same with the Primes.

And no, I don't feel like a mushroom... at least not at the moment. I did, after all, get the news about production date of my car (and vessel arrival date) not long ago. ALSO... I'm sort of used to lengthy waiting periods. It was just about a three months' wait from when I ordered our '08 (the first week in April) until it was in our garage on the 4th of August).

 

When I got my Prime it was November 30th and I think the assembly date was the beginning of November

 

Ahem... doing my best Jim Carrey impersonation: "All-righty, then!"

And NO... we don't have our Prime yet, BUT...

...on the 14th, I shared an image showing our Prime's ORIGINAL "build sheet" info. And today I'm sharing an image showing our Prime's REVISED "build sheet" info that I received a few days ago. Both images are below (ORIGINAL above REVISED)... but the long story made as short as possible:

Our Prime's "vessel arrival" date is now six days EARLIER than it was... the 1st of August instead of the 7th....

 

Great news. If yours is a bit quicker, then mine might be as well. It's still a glimmer in the eye of a build robot in Japan.

 

I feeling for ya man!! It's the Agony and the Ecstasy! The car is not a Michelangelo creation, but it is a Masterpiece!! You must be a doctor, to have such patience!

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yuk yuk

 

Yup... those "plastic smell issues" are a YUGE concern for MANY people!

 

And yet AGAIN with the "All-righty, then!"

On the 16th, I posted that the VIN that I had been "given" ended "28CI52", but just yesterday I was "given" a new VIN ending "038828". So... does that mean that what will EVENTUALLY (?) become my Prime / Premium is REALLY "real"?

PS: If in the "relative" area / if "you" might be interested in this dealership (about 15 miles west of downtown INDY) ... ask for Max Hopper ... (317) 713-8181....