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11-07-2005, 06:55 PM
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Friends: 0 |  I live in Fremont, Ca and am in the market for an '06 Prius. Now, what dealer has given you the best deal, no run around and been honest? In other words, a fair and sqaure deal. How about after sale services? Thank you for your help. olcorral |
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Toyota of Walnut Creek was really good....they told me that they never mark up....the price is the price (sticker) and they gave me good value for my trade-in....I'd shop there again.... | |
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11-07-2005, 07:48 PM
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They take a $500 refundable deposit (I know it is refundable as I cancelled my first order back in June). That deposit holds your position in line, they will not offer your car to anyone, it is yours. You can ask for a Jan '06 delivery if you want. They were very straight forward. I paid cash, financing guy tried to sell me the maintenance and pre-paid service. If you come prepared with information from this site, you can get those items from them at nearly the same prices should desire them. Feel free to PM me if you have other questions. Ken
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11-07-2005, 07:56 PM
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I got my Prius from Piercey Toyota (1st & Brokaw in San Jose). There is no best dealship, per se. There is only best salesman/woman at every dealership. I dealt with a guy named, Tak Lam. He is the fleet manager there. He is in charge of the actual ordering of all vehicles at Piercey. He got me a Prius in a record 7 weeks back in Nov, 2004 when most people waited 3 months or more. I also get $100 off MSRP back then. He is very straight-forward, just go in there and ask for him. 
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11-07-2005, 08:14 PM
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| Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Winters, CA: Prius capital of US. 30 miles W of Sacramento
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Friends: 0 | I second Toyota of Walnut Creek and also subnmit Toyota of Concord. MSRP only, no deposit. Edit to correct spelling |
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11-08-2005, 11:11 AM
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Friends: 0 | Thank you for your referrals. Besides the obvious, the reason I ask it because I did not have a good experience at Santa Cruz Toyota. I have bought 2 trucks from them in 2000 and in 2002 and it was not what could be called good. Just another car dealer. I had called them again to place an order for a '06 Prius, and got a cold shoulder response even though I provided the same sales person I purchased from before with info I found on Prius Chat. This was back in August/September and have not heard from this guy since despite emailing and calling again. Him and the fleet manager. Perhaps my expectations are high, but after buying 2 top of the line loaded trucks ($68,000), I thought that maybe I'd established a trustworthy realtionship with Scot Pleski, the sales person. I guess not. I'm not here to trash talk Santa Cruz Toyota and certainly not the sales person. There are other dealers in the greater Bay Area that I would like to talk with and commit to buying a car from when finding the right situation. No BS. Because you see it's not only the final price, it's also the mutual respect during and after the sale. I want to drive away feeling good about my decision then and every payment I make thereafter. Spending $30k is big money for a car. Wouldn't you like to feel you made the best choice? Thanks again for your input. olcorral.
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11-08-2005, 11:44 AM
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Friends: 3 | I shopped around back in May for my 05' Prius. David Reiter and Gabriel at Tracy Toyota were the most knowledgable and laid back sales team around. A friend of mine recommended him and it was an easy sale. They even delieved the car to my car as part of the sale. I paid below MSRP, no haggling. To be fair, I only went to Walnut Creek, Dublin and Fremont Toyota. Walnut Creek staff were friendly, they just did not have the car in stock and would not go below MSRP, Dublin had the cars, but I've heard too many horror stories about them promising cars and then not delivering them, Fremont was the worst, they wanted MSRP+ and had a pushy sales department and had to order the car or only could offer a $3k marked up leather edition on the showroom floor. Tracy Toyota's contact info if you are interested: David Reiter-Tracy Toyota (209) 629-5244 or Gabriel (209) 830-5019. (I'm not affliated with Tracy Toyota or any of it's staff, I just love the sales service I recieved there. I'm also ordering a second Prius for January delivery from them). -Patrick
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11-08-2005, 12:05 PM
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Friends: 0 | I called all around (up & down the peninsula, SF, Berkeley, Oakland, Alameda, Stockton, Sacramento, etc...) and everybody quoted me MSRP, so you can make your decision on which Bay Area dealer to go to based on other things. The most important question to ask the dealers is how many they get per month -- SF & Berkeley get about 70-80; Toyota 101 in Redwood City (where we got ours) gets about 40; others only get 3-4... Everybody quoted be 2-6 or 2-8 weeks. Tracy Toyota seems to have a fair number of uncommitted cars arrive because they called me every week or two to offer me a car even though I didn't put down any deposit with them. They were really pushy on the phone, though, wanting immediate answers and kept asking me to come immediately (they would tell me they called another guy too, and he was coming, so whoever got there first would get the car). That really turned me off. We wanted to upgrade to leather (dealer option), and got quotes from $1300 (I forget which dealer, but it was somebody with a very small allotment of cars) up to $3000. The only $3000 quote was at Tracy Toyota -- they wanted to start really high and work their way down -- this was one more thing I really didn't like about them. Toyota 101 quoted be $1500 off the bat with no haggling (their sales force is on salary, not commission). We got our car in < 4 weeks after putting down our deposit. The leather is a great upgrade, but not quite as nice as the custom leather we put in an '03 Accord LX when we bought it. mike P.S. I don't work for a dealer, nor does anybody in my family. |
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11-08-2005, 01:15 PM
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Friends: 0 | Keep going-- I'm taking notes on all your responses. San Jose, Berkeley, Tracy (mmm), Sunnyvale, Toyota 101- ok. Fremont-nope- don't think so as I've been there, done that. Helluva an employee turnover. PUSHY. Buy or get lost. I want to go into the dealer put down my 500 buck and get a straight up deal is all. I'm here to buy an 06 Prius-- give me your best deal- is all. When you walk into a bar you order a beer, right? Just give me a beer and not 10 gallons of bull puckey... I want a loaded Red 06 whatever package (#8?) !!! Thanks all! olcorral |
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