Picking up my 2008 Prius this week!

I picked up my Prius on Friday from Cincinnati. I could not get it in the color I wanted (pine mica green).
I wanted the touring edition, little more difficult to get. I got instead classic silver touring Prius with package 3.
I purchased through Costco buying service. MSRP 26.4 K. I paid 25.2 with bumper appliqué and lousy carpeted floor mats.
I already ordered some from Prius chat stores.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(BluRay @ Nov 4 2007, 10:45 PM) [snapback]534801[/snapback]</div>

I'm about a 1 month old owner, and went with package #2 08. fabric interior, and managed $24,400 out the door. Taxes, dealer fees, destination, etc etc etc, whatever. Everything inclusive, that was out the door. I had to really wheel-and-deal to get that too. So, if that price you are stating is the out-the-door price, thats not too bad, i dont think.

 

Start at offering the dealer $500 over invoice(they would jump at that for most cars) and see how close to that you can get it for. Politely decline the extended warranty and get it here to save yourself a bunch of money and help support Prius Chat.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(partipilo @ Nov 5 2007, 12:27 AM) [snapback]534836[/snapback]</div>

i'm in wpb, and waiting for mine to come in, but, wouldnt go to pb toyota, left deposit at another dealer in the area...wher'd you get yours?

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(BluRay @ Nov 5 2007, 09:00 AM) [snapback]534893[/snapback]</div>

I'd highly recommend contacting the dealer's Internet Sales Manager either by email or phone and ask for their best price. The internet sales team offered me $1500 off MSRP right away and I settled on $2000 off with just a little negotiating.

In my experience dealing with the internet sales team has been very easy and almost enjoyable way of purchasing a new vehicle.

 

See Consumer Reports online or at your friendly neighborhood library (the April issue) for car buying advice. I did all my shopping by phone, email and fax. It saved me money, time and bother. But *do* take a test drive before buying. A few people can't stand the car seats.

An extended warranty is a waste of money. Buy a 6 or 12 month bank CD instead and pocket the interest. If one can't afford to cover the cost of an unlikely big repair then that is evidence that one really can't afford to buy a new car.

 

I paid $26k for mine including tax, tags, title, dealer prep, etc. Same package as the one the OP listed.

I got the extended warranty (bumped to 100K miles), but only because they provided me a money back guarantee. If I don't use the warranty, I get the money back (minus a $45 processing fee). That warranty is normally even more expensive than the "normal" extended warranty, but they offered it to me at the same price. I wouldn't have bothered if not for that.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(lefat1 @ Nov 5 2007, 07:25 AM) [snapback]534878[/snapback]</div>

Earl Stewart. Great dealership. I shopped around, and I got the best customer service and best price at Earl Stewart. A wonderful dealership. I was quoted over $2000 more at Toyota of Palm Beach, and the salespeople there just didnt seem to care at all. They were oblivious. They also only had 3 prii on the lot, whereas Earl Stewart had an entire floor of them in their garage. The people there tell me that outside of California, they are the #1 prius dealership (outside of CA)... This car is all over the roads here in the palm beach/west palm beach area.

I think priuschat has a poster who is a master tech that works there, too.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(partipilo @ Nov 6 2007, 04:28 AM) [snapback]535373[/snapback]</div>

Strange replying to my own post, but wow, this past Thanksgiving week, I went to a Publix in the Jupiter FL area, and parked my Prius, and there were 3 others in the same lot, all looked 2004+ design. I had no idea the car was this popular. There were maybe 40 cars at most in the lot. once i parked mine that made for a 10% presence. Never seen that kinda presence with any other car.

 

Extended Warranty Question

Hi all. I've only just put a deposit down on my Prius so I've got a long wait and am mulling over the extended warranty idea. I plan to have it a long time but I've recently retired and don't need to use it for work each day, etc. so time will probably accumulate rather than mileage for me. I'd like the protection for those really expensive items but am not sure about how to factor all this in.

What's the best way to shop for different extended warranties?

I see one advertised on this site for $900. Anyone looked into that?

Any ideas/suggestions/etc. would be greatly appreciated. I've done a lot of research online and see comments for and against...now, that really helps !