Prius customer demand

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Scubano @ Jan 13 2007, 11:53 AM) [snapback]375176[/snapback]</div>

Bought my '07 last week in the middle of Kansas and paid sticker price, but "they" claimed they paid me $1500 more than usual for my trade-in.
We're getting sleet as we speak and that car is staying the in garage because I'm retired and just don't have to go anywhere.
It stands to reason that the car, being lighter than most on the road, would have a tougher time on ice, snow and sleet and unless you have chains or studs, or at least snow tires, you're better off at home. :mellow:

 

We bought ours nine months ago in Michigan, and paid $500 below sticker. That was a good deal at the time; don't know what they are going for now.

Tom

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(qbee42 @ Jan 13 2007, 03:08 PM) [snapback]375218[/snapback]</div>

Just started shopping this weekend in Southeastern PA. Best offer today (Conicelli Toyota): $1,000 below MSRP on a package 2.

Geoff

 

I bought mine at the beginning of December in western MA, and negotiated for well over $1000 off MSRP. They wanted MSRP but had 25 Prius on the lot and not much of leverage. Just about blue-book on my trade, which they pretended to be irritated about. I spent about an hour and a half going back and forth but ended up saving nearly $3000 vs. the numbers that they initially put on the table. $2000 an hour...best money I'll ever "make!"

New buyers should find a dealer with a lot of inventory and don't take any offer that isn't closer to invoice than MSRP. Get up and start walking if need be...they'll sweeten the deal to keep you from leaving. They WILL feed you BS but they will crumble if sufficiently pressured.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Scubano @ Jan 13 2007, 09:53 AM) [snapback]375176[/snapback]</div>

We don't get a lot of snow here at all, but just got a 6" dumping on top of ice. The Prius has handled it admirably, much better than expected. It even drove up our long, unplowed driveway without skipping a beat. Pretty impressive considering the uphill slope of the drive. Our car has Goodyear ComfortTreads on it. I'm not sure how much that contributed, but the combo seems to work well.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(brick @ Jan 13 2007, 09:00 PM) [snapback]375321[/snapback]</div>

I bought my car yesterday. I used the Internet Manager approach. Went to the dealer's web site, called the manager, made an appointment.

This dealer was offering at invoice + $500. I arrived at 9am, we negotiated for a while, he accepted my offer and we started the paperwork. The paperwork took longer than the negotiations. I wrote a check and drove the car home. Total time: maybe 2.5 hours. Total research: years...

Cheers,

Larry

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(lchamp @ Jan 14 2007, 05:12 AM) [snapback]375455[/snapback]</div>

My Friend is looking for one.
Can anybody tell me what are the invoice prices for 2007 different packages.
And what are the MSRPs for them.
Regards.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(MBPR @ Jan 14 2007, 03:29 PM) [snapback]375590[/snapback]</div>

Is there some reason why you can't go to www.kbb.com and look it up yourself? Sheesh.

"Give a man a fire, he is warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he is warm for the rest of his life."

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(MBPR @ Jan 14 2007, 06:29 PM) [snapback]375590[/snapback]</div>

I used www.edmunds.com. I had the invoice price when I went into the dealer so I could verify that he wasn't showing me a piece of junk and calling it an invoice.