Dealers in the Minneapolis Area?

[Tori]

I am looking for good or bad experiences with Minneapolis area dealers, as well as any recent insight on what the wait time currently seems to be. Also, it would be great if people in the area know what pricing has been like in the last month.

I'd be looking for a package 2 or 3.

Thank you.

[effwitt]

I've been happy with Burnsville Toyota, but their allocation appears to be smaller than Walser Toyota in Bloomington. I had a bad experience with the service department at a different Walser dealership, so I'd rather wait an extra month if needed.

I have no idea of the current wait time - sorry.

[max9952001]

I had a good experience with Burnsville as well.

[tleonhar]

We bought ours in 2005 when they were in REALLY short supply. Went to Heintz Toyota in Mankato, Heintz Toyota | Mankato - Owatonna - Fairmont - Burnsville | New - Used - Preowned Toyota Dealership | Minnesota they seem to have a larger alotment. Just checked their inventory, they have 2 2009's in stock now...

[Plymouth Patrick]

I deal with Rudy Luther's Toyota in Golden Valley. Very good experiences with service department. Got on the list for an 08/09 back in June and was #150 in line. Selling for MSRP on package #2 basic HG non-touring for $24,059. After learning about the short 09 production schedule and my position not moving much, I put myself in line for the 2010 instead at #23. Nothing bad to say about this dealership at this point.

[Zythryn]

We have bought 2 from Pat at Carlson Toyota up on highway 10 (either Andover or Coon Rapids I believe).
I don't know what their current wait time is. However when we were first looking (about 2 years ago) the first dealer didn't have one to test drive (said they went too fast) while Pat at Carlson did. I suspect their allocation is pretty good.

[aal]

We bought our first Prius over the Internet in 2003 and it was to be delivered through Rudy Luther in Minneapolis and the experience was not pleasant.

We live a ways from Mpls and the car was not ready on the day that they said it would be ready. When we got there around 10 AM there was no one that was qualified to prep the car even if we were willing to wait for it until 5 PM. They offered to drive the car out to us and it was obvious that they had just grabbed a couple of youngster off the street for the job. They did not seem to have a good sense of how a Prius should be driven.

We bought our second Prius at Quality Toyota in Fergus Falls, MN and we have been very happy with the car and their service.

[john1701a]

I was Burnsville's first HSD sale. That went really well. So, I'll be heading back there for my 2010.

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[nbali04]

We bought ours from Walser Toyota in Bloomington and had a great experience. Our sales guy was Randy Byrne and he was very knowledgeable about hybrids and the Prius in particular. We had a trade in and they were actually more than fair with the value - way better than we expected. I've been through the car buying process quite a few times and would rate Walser as far better than most. I would stay away from Toyota City in Brooklyn Park - I've encountered a bunch of punks there.

[2001red]

Burnsville Toyota is an excellent Dealer. The sale was honest and the service department is excellent.