Somebody tried to steal my Prius !!!

In the Canadian Models, are you able to order a Prius IV with both ATP and Solar Roof? I assumed that the ATP was only available on the V. (or that canada had different models?)

 

So basically, you've got to wait another week, and your dealer told you it wasn't his fault. Not only that, but he's fightin' for you! I just hope your car doesn't get hijacked by Somali pirates on its way down from Canada.

Please pardon the sarcasm, but you should take anything a car dealer tells you with a healthy heap of skepticism.

 

Either a delay or a way to jack up the price. I would also be skeptical...

 

Me too! Where is the burglar with the mask!

I guess we just get the Canadian verion of the Joker, and we are the Riddler, and Batman is driving the high-low from the factory with the new Prius.


Maybe that's a little Canadian humor that we American's are a little lame on its finer points.

Of course I have seen a dealer do a last minute switch when they realized they could do an add-on mark up and possibly not lose an old sale too.

Profits, profits, profits. That's the name of the game.

Two sales and more profits all with a little delay.

 

The only reason I'd be sceptical about the whole thing is that if the "hijacking" has been diverted, and it's NOT a problem why is the dealer telling you about the happening at all?

You are not a "lucky guy" for getting the car you ordered. You'd only be an "unlucky guy" if somehow they let your car get away.

If indeed your dealer pulled your car away from being diverted to a market area or buyer that could purchase sooner, then good for your dealer but your dealer doing their job for you, doesn't make you lucky and telling you about it just adds more stress for you. Tell em, you don't care about getting lucky behind the scenes, you just want your car as promised.

 

I agree. Car Dealers are sales people. All sales people are more interested in their bottom line than in happy customers. They and their companies all advertise that customer satisfaction is the number one priority, but it's a ruse to ensure customers return to buy more goods and services. The better they lie, the more money in their pocket. Personally, I'm not good at lying -- that's why I could never be in sales.

There's a good chance that your dealer probably learned of some circumstance causing your vehicle to be delayed a week, and came up with a fake cover story with the ulterior motive of making him look better. Probably a story they've recycled many times.

 

Huh? Quebec IS in Canada, though there are a lot of Quebecois that would like it to be a separate country.

I still don't get why, other than Canada's Federally mandated DRLs (we could use those here too!), the Canadian Prius buyers don't get to choose from the same set of models as the U.S. buyers.