The Prius Waiting List Support Group.

[cycledrum]

I put a $500 deposit at Toyota Sunnyvale this morning for a Spectra Blue, Seaside Pearl or Magnetic Gray, base w/ package 5 (or 4, but heard they are rare these days).

I'm ok with the wait. Get to save more, borrow less.

[TravelBliss]

Anyone from April/ May still on the waitlist???
Just wondering who the senior of the WL club is nowadays, lol !!

[dwreed3rd]

Originally Posted by TravelBliss

Anyone from April/ May still on the waitlist???
Just wondering who the senior of the WL club is nowadays, lol !!

May 28, 2008, Actually was on earlier list until dearer renigued @ MSRP quotes and wanted $4000 over MSRP, including from potential buyers who had already deposited their $500. We are expecting a longer wait, though, since, we're waiting for a specific Touring configuration, right up there with hen's teeth and snake knees. Probably end up being a 2009, hopefully in October.

[Freedom]

Update to posts on page 67, posts #663 and 668:

Not holding my breath. I think -- scratch that, I KNOW -- I have more faith in the folks on here than my sales person. (he'd only worked there 3 weeks when I put down my deposit, never been inside a Prius before my test drive, and I am his first Prius sale.)

This is what HE told me: my car is being built in the factory in Japan. The car gets a number to track internally as it gets built. That becomes a part of the final VIN number later on in the process. This car will be mine, as it will be the red package #3. It takes 2 weeks for shipping, and 2 weeks for ground delivery so should be here within a month. He said, without me even asking, that this is not a factory order, this is how they are tracking the cars to get them to the right ports based on who has deposits for which packages.

I've only been waiting since June 24th, so I'm not celebrating, just staying in wait mode. Sigh.

[sorka]

Originally Posted by cycledrum

I put a $500 deposit at Toyota Sunnyvale this morning for a Spectra Blue, Seaside Pearl or Magnetic Gray, base w/ package 5 (or 4, but heard they are rare these days).

I'm ok with the wait. Get to save more, borrow less.

What spot did you start at in the waiting list. I started at 184 June 12th.

[sorka]

FYI, '09 production starts tomorrow morning.

[RobustMcManlyPants]

Well, it looks like tomorrow I'm going to pick up a red #6 with a gray interior. I had told the dealer I'd be willing to be flexible on options but that the #3 was my baseline. After not getting a car from the first allotment of August I was told that a #5 or #6 would happen faster than a #3. I started asking my salesman via email to speak with me over the phone so I could ask why that might be and started getting ignored. Went to the dealership on Friday to see him in person and saw a #6 sitting next to the front door. A different salesman walked over and asked if I were interested in the Prius and I told him, "Yes. As a matter of fact, I've been waiting 7 weeks for one and this one sounds an awful lot like it." We did the paperwork - I was told that the one I'm getting isn't from the regular allotment but instead was obtained from another dealer so it doesn't "count," apparently towards the waiting list, as they wanted to charge a premium for it, something they told me when I ordered they never did because they considered it "unethical," to quote them.

Uh-huh.

I got them to knock the premium down and jack up my trade-in because, to be honest, the car I'm replacing can't wait another month or two. I'm actually thrilled because it has some things I'd wanted but hadn't asked for out of fear they would extend my wait. I just have to go pick up the check from my credit union tomorrow morning and then go over to the car dealership and do the swap.

Another upside is that the salesman I'm working with now - mine went on vacation the morning I went over there - has sold Prii before and is very familiar with them and went through about half of the initial walk-through with me while we waited for the high-pressure warranty guy to make time for me.

Now here's hoping they didn't sell the car out from under me over the weekend. :\

[BSPA08]

I'm new to the board and just wanted to say that after reading a lot of the threads I consider myself lucky to have gotten my new silver green mica package 2 in just six weeks. I picked up the car on 08/08 and could not be happier.
I live in northeastern Pa and I was told that the car would be in within a 6-8 week time frame. It was the color and package that I wanted and the dealer was really upfront with me about delivery.
I traded in a Hyundai Sante Fe and eventhough I have only had the car for two days, I can already see that the Prius was a great choice.

[cycledrum]

Originally Posted by sorka

What spot did you start at in the waiting list. I started at 184 June 12th.

Internet salesman named Bashear told me 8/8/08 there were 333 with deposits, waiting. I must be in the 330's. Eeek.

[dwreed3rd]

Look at it this way. It will probably be a 2009. That will make it a year newer on when go go to sell or trade it in.