2023 Prius Prime - official prices paid thread

I did this same lease with 4500 rebate deal in July on a Prime XSE Premium. Per this post (Thanks Bozi), I registered and logged into the TFS site just a few days after the lease contract was signed and was able to get the expected payoff amount. And I also got my credit union payoff check soon after and sent it off to TFS. Toyota received my payoff check on 8/14 but it still hasn't processed as they are currently having payoff delays as their site has this posted at the top of the page when you sign into your account.

"Lease Purchase Transaction Processing Delay
We are currently experiencing delays in processing lease purchase transactions. Our team is working diligently to expedite the process."

My 2nd lease payment is due on 9/1 and as of today, per a call to TFS, and since they have not been able to process my lease payoff check yet, my lease is still technically "open". So, per the call and a review of my contract, if I don't get notification that my lease payoff has processed by 9/9, I'll probably make that 2nd lease payment (which will eventually be reimbursed after the lease payoff is processed) in order to avoid any possible impacts/alerts/etc. Per my contract, I have until 9/10 before any late fees/alerts assessed. Per the TFS call, the delays are due to some new system they are implementing. The TFS rep said they usually turn those payoff checks around in 4 days but for now they're taking around 20 days due to that ongoing system upgrade.

 

Prime was 48000 in Europe with a 8000 grant , so 40k.

 

I'm not in calif, but if one plans an immediate lease buy out, is there any advantage (tax wise) to put as much down as possible when getting the car?

 

I believe so b/c you are only paying sales tax on the buyout value/ I had put down $ 9000 pls the $4500 from Toyota, so I only paid the 7.5% CA sales tax on about 20K.

 

Thanks. Any idea what is typically the max amount one can put down on a toyota lease for a priusP ?