Intro: Hello from Dallas, Texas

Hi Brent, welcome to Priuschat.

I am not in the DFW area, but if you want to avoid that dealer prep stuff, try to buy from out of your state and fly in and drive home, here is the opposite : My Sister in-law did that she is from Witchita ,KS Active Airforce she flew out to Texas and then drove home in her new car, ( not a prius) after she has been seeing our mileage when we drive out to visit, she is pissed that they did not get a prius. So shop the net, do your test drives locally then arrange to go out and drive home the PRIUS OF YOUR DREAMS.

 

welcome
alot of prius knowledge here
enjoy

froley

 

No you only pay for taxes and title for the state you reside in is what I was told , So you might even save on taxes

 

Welcome to PC. What color(s) are you considering? Hope you will have a good experience buying the car.

 

The vehicle shield package is $349. The extra mile packages are $1k+.

Texas state tax is 6.25% and that's what you'll pay... no local taxes.

Currently, Tourings are hard to come by so they're going for msrp. But, standard Prius are plenty available and you should be able to get one for invoice.

 

I bought mine at Patt Lobb in McKinney. Very nice dealership. Toyota of Richardson is a good place, too.

I would recommend you shop each dealer against each other and only contact their Internet Manager by email or online. Collect your best prices and go with the best deal. If you get the lowest price available, the Gulf States add-ons are irrelevant. They will obviously be pruned to earn your business with the lowest price.

Do not even think of discussing a trade-in until you have a price. Tell them you don't have a trade-in.

Make sure the price/vehicle they're quoting is an in-stock vehicle. Don't let them tell you it's "available". All that means is you'll pay more because they'll have to negotiate it out of the hands of another dealer.

Show up with a blank check from your bank and your own interest rate - do not allow them to make up for a low price or good trade value by increasing your APR. Let them compete with your bank for your business. They will almost always beat your bank's APR to finance you.

REMEMBER THE CARDINAL RULE: If they get you discussing payment vs. price, you've already lost. Might as well bend over at that point.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(brentmeister @ Jun 27 2007, 12:00 PM) [snapback]468869[/snapback]</div>

I just bought a Metallic Gray 2007 Prius last Friday (June 22) at Classic Toyota in Round Rock, TX. It had the Extra Mile package and the Package #2. We did go into the selling process telling them we had a trade but we had a special circumstance with the trade in. We got really no negotiations on price since as we were looking at mine someone else was eyeing it too. We were told whatever is left on the lots is all the 2007's they have. Not sure how true that is. We did have them give us a better rate on the car than our bank USAA. The total of the car came to 24,600. They tried to sell us the extended warranty but would not budge on the price of it so we declined. We really had a good experience with the salesman who also was a College professor and selling cars was his summer job. Will Boroski is his name if you consider looking into dealing with someone in Round Rock.

We have had the car for a less than week and it has been an awesome experience. I have also been contacted 3 times by our dealership to make sure we are enjoying the car and that we had a good customer experience.

I am impressed.

I hope your finding of your Prius goes well.

 

See the Forum on this site ....Dealers and Pricing.

From my experience...go internet..get a quote...then visit...and deal.

They can tell you what is available. Know exactly what you want(and what you need) before you comitt.

I bought a Classic Silver with Package #2, which fits my needs very well.

Cheers !!!

 

I just bought my Prii yesterday after waiting for 2 months. Yes, I did the preference-order back in May.
Since all the car in this area had lots of add-ons, I decided to order the car with the package, colour and options I chose. I negotiated the price in May when there were lots more Prii on the dealer's lot so I got a good deal. (In fact, they refused to sell me this car once yesterday when I went to pick up the car because now they can sell the same car for more money. Some dealer told me now they can sell the Prius $500 above the MSRP)

I recommend you to wait to buy the Prius until fall since there are much less car on the lot now in this area.
Silver one only comes with the grey interior. (That was another reason, I ordered my car because I liked the beige interior) Silver Pine Mica comes with both beige and grey interior.

I waited for a long time but it was worth waiting. I love it!! :lol:

Good luck!!

 

Welcome to Prius Chat. I am down at Fort Hood. If you can keep the daily commute to the suburbs (avg of 35-45 mph) then you can get great mileage. I drive about 15 miles one way every day and getting about 70+ mpg (on mile 620 with 2/10 bars left on the gas gauge).

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Xabiche @ Jun 27 2007, 11:15 AM) [snapback]468849[/snapback]</div>

I was told that if you ask at Classic Toyota in Round Rock to not have the GST extra "GORP" added they would get you a Prius that way.... I would get that in writting. I went out of state (Carson Ca) just because of the "Value Pkg" I had my Vin so I was able to get my ins to give me a card... I had to pay the Ca Temp car tag and drove it home to Austin (1,300 miles)

Now getting one without the pkg will mean ordering and a longer wait..

I would hit the internet and check out the dealerships in New Mexico, Ok, you just might find what you are looking for...

Oh, and welcome to the "Chat"

 

Welcome!!!! I know that you are looking in the Metromess, but don't forget to look at some of the smaller dealers in East Texas. I bought Maggie from Loving Toyota in Lufkin and I have been really impressed with them...from the initial cliffdive of putting my name on the wish list to the service I get when I go in for oil change. I drive 90 miles round trip everyday to Huntsville and with the hills I average around 48 mpg at about 70 mph. (Have a lead foot, that has lightened some!) PC is where I did 99% of my research, where I found solace after Maggie got smushed in March and when I just want to keep up with what is going on. I hope you enjoy this place as much as the rest of us!!!


P.S. -- Might look at Tyler too!!!

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(brentmeister @ Jun 27 2007, 11:08 AM) [snapback]468846[/snapback]</div>

I believe the Driftwood Pearl is the only one that doesn't come with a gray interior, ivory only.

 

You will most likely see the same invoice if you go to the dealerships in this area since they are pulling it
out from the same source. (I was told by them when I was shopping around and that was true) I only communicated with the internet department. The thing is what they call of "invoice" is not the actual invoice price. Their invoice price included all the ad fee, whole sale floor fee or whatever they call it.

I'd think that the silver cars are not hard to find because it's the most popular colour. Mine was not very easy to find so I ordered. Yes, you see well over one hundreds Prius in the area now but this is all spread in more than 10 dealerships in Dallas/FW area. In April, there were about 450 or more Prii in the inventory lists. Sounds you are thinking about buying it in three months, and I don't think you should make decisions now. Take your time. Keep doing your research. And remember, Toyota is increasing the production of Prius.