[quote=treehugger]We are seriously trying to buy one for our daughter (or at least help her buy one), she is in college and wants a new car (grandpa is giving her a few thousand for down payment) and I have e-mailed about 20 dealerships and they are the biggest bunch of morons I have ever dealt with!!! How soon can you get down here and test drive??? As soon as you give me the best deal I will come purchase! Does anybody actually waste their time dealing with these idiots in person? At least at home i can have a drink and relax on my couch while I waste my time. Or talk to them while I am out on a run with my dogs, that was fun!
I search the internet it says base model MSRP is $27,350 with $3,500 toyota incentive starting point should be $23,850 plus any other incentives from dealership, they have marked the cars up and are trying to pretend the $3,500 off of $29,800 is a great deal, do they not use google? Type in 2019 Prius Prime MSRP and every site says starting at $27,350!!! Only one dealership actually provided a breakdown of costs and I am still awaiting final, but we are at about $21,900-$4,500 fed rebate would equal $17,400 and she would definitely qualify for the state rebate of $1500, so now at $15,900, ugh, don’t really want to drive to Moreno Valley tomorrow![/quote]
I don’t know about other dealers, but Dodge dealers clearly list their prices and incentives online for every car they have in stock. When I bought my Challenger Scat Pack last year, I looked at the website of every Dodge dealer in California and looked at each of their Scat Packs. The cheapest two (by a significant margin) were at the same dealer in Marin County. I called the guy and said, “how much is the car going to cost out the door.” And he said the price on the internet plus tax, title, and fees. He told me exactly how much the tax and fees would be (I think the fees were like 80 bucks or something) and gave me an estimate on the title (which is set by the DMV anyway). I told him I’d be on a plane in two hours and asked if I was going to have any surprises when I got there. He promised me I wouldn’t and I didn’t. I got it for about $2,000 cheaper than anywhere else in the state, and about $9,500 off MSRP.
If the manufacturer of the car you’re looking for lists their prices like that, it’s a great way to go.
