I'm going to need a new Prius fast !

I sure loved my 2019 Gen 4 LE.
But it was stolen from in front of my house, yesterday morning. We actually found it... Not law enforcement, WE, as in my GF and I, found it about 36 hours after the fact, but it has been completely destroyed from the inside out ☹️
I guess this whole post could be about it being stolen... Like how did it happen ? I even had an alarm.
And maybe about how the cops have basically told me, they really are not even going to look for the thieves... And even if they caught them, they'd likely be out in couple days... And because they are likely homeless meth heads, I wouldn't ever get any restitution out of them anyway. Just be thankful I had insurance....

But I digress, I'm going to need a new Prius fast ! I know they are super hard to find, especially in Cali, and I expect to pay at least $6 or 10k over MSRP. But I won't pay $20k "over MSRP" like my buddy just did, when his 2019 Prius LE got totalled ! I'm sorry, but I can't bring myself to pay $48K for a Prius with a $28 MSRP.
I'm willing to travel to freaking China to get the thing, but then I hear Toyota is somehow preventing out of state sales ? Must be a way to get around that stupidness ? Who would I have to bribe ?
I do ride share for a living. So without a Prius, I'm also out of a job.
Any advice for how to get a brand new LE fast, in Nor Cal ?

Oh, check out my 2019 LE as we found it yesterday ☹️... Dash ripped to pieces... Traction battery stolen... Engine compartment trashed...
Probably cat converter stolen (couldn't see under car very well) but would assume) My custom SQ stereo system stolen. Only about $1500 but it sounded fantastic. I built the sub enclosure myself. They even found my digital sound processor buried in the dash "behind the stock head unit" ...

 

I wonder what they would say if I told them, wow, that's great !
But I'll give you an extra $3k anyway, to get one in 1 month ?

 

Well you did say, on some models... So maybe I need to talk to them either way, just to see what they can do for me ? I don't want anything special. Just an LE... Any color but black or white.

 

Yea, but what am I gonna do ? It's water under the bridge right ? Just have to get another one and keep looking forward

 

That sounds really good ! I will actually give them a holler tomorrow and just tell them my situation. I expect to be getting a check within a week... Then selling my truck, and I'll be ready to write a check for it, and walk out owning it. I will report back here with what I find out Much thanks !

 

Hmmm.... This actually starts to put ideas in my head. If it were April right now, I was actually planning a 6000'ish mile round trip anyway. I could pick up the car in Nevada, and just keep on driving. By the time I got back, I'd could have over 7500 miles on it, re-register it and Bam
BTW, last April, I drove my Prius 9500 miles ! It was absolutely the coolest road trip of my life. Cheapest too. Slept in my car with climate control set at 72F... Truck stops for showers, gas, ice, etc.
Can't wait to do that again in my new Prius

But wait...... Who knows where I'm driving and when ??? What if I bought it in NV. Registered it there. Drive it 7500 miles, and reregistered it here ? Even if all that cost an extra $1000, that would be chump change if I could save $10-20K ?
Telling you, I think I can work around this stupid system...

 

Oh for sure ! I re-search, and re-re-search stuff to the end of the earth. I'm kind of OCD like that Of course I'm still going to look for deals locally too. I'm keeping all options on the table.

 

Yea, the whole thing is crazy... and I've thought about everything you mentioned. On the one hand, you would think they were professionals getting past the alarm... messing with that high voltage battery, etc. Except that it was SUCH a messy job, it looked like it was the work of of 6 meth heads. One thing that would explain all of this though, would be that it was hauled into a garage somewhere, and the big, expensive stuff, traction battery, cat converter (probably, although again, couldn't see under the car very well.. it also had one flat tire) all in a couple hours, then was pulled back out and dumped in the middle of that homeless camp > like, "here, want someplace to sleep" ? Maybe that's where it was picked over by all the meth head vultures ? BTW, that area is kind of an industrial area, with big garages all over the place...

 

Hey what is the actual name of that Toyota dealership in Oakland ??? You can PM me if you would rather ?