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Old 05-20-2006, 02:41 PM   #1
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Hi! Thought I should come out of this lurker cave of mine and introduce my new, one month old 2006 Barcelona Red, package 8. Was close to buying a VW TDI when I decided to call around to see if there were any cancelled Prius orders and totally lucked out. The buying experience was a nightmare no thanks to the sleazy dealership but it was still all well worth it as I got mine under MSRP!

Planning on adding a roof rack next week. Special thanks to darelldd for the helpful roof rack post!

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Old 05-20-2006, 04:15 PM   #2
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Welcome to PC, yorks-lurker! A belated w00t!

That's a gorgeous pic!

Are you Wild and Crazy Barcelona Prius Guy material? :P
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Old 05-20-2006, 05:31 PM   #3
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(yorks @ May 20 2006, 02:41 PM) [snapback]258510[/snapback]</div>
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Hi! Thought I should come out of this lurker cave of mine and introduce my new, one month old 2006 Barcelona Red, package 8. Was close to buying a VW TDI when I decided to call around to see if there were any cancelled Prius orders and totally lucked out. The buying experience was a nightmare no thanks to the sleazy dealership but it was still all well worth it as I got mine under MSRP!

Planning on adding a roof rack next week. Special thanks to darelldd for the helpful roof rack post!

Click the image to open in full size.

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Welcome to the Prius club - great picture - where was it taken?
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Old 05-20-2006, 05:39 PM   #4
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(ghostofjk @ May 20 2006, 04:15 PM) [snapback]258550[/snapback]</div>
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Welcome to PC, yorks-lurker! A belated w00t!

That's a gorgeous pic!

Are you Wild and Crazy Barcelona Prius Guy material? :P
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Thanks! What's Wild and Crazy Barcelona Prius? Is that some special club? If so I'll join so long as there's a secret handshake.

Where between SF and Sac are you? I used to live in the Bay Area, went to school at UCD. I miss it there in CA!

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Thanks! The picture was taken right outside a cabin we rented in the Hocking Hills.
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Great Picture!!! Just what were your deciding factors with the Prius/TDI debate.....Did you test drive them both?
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She's beautiful!!! Could be a long lost sibling to my baby! :-D

Enjoy it & congrats!
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Welcome to the Wild And Crazy Barcelona Red Club!



Im Up in Findlay/Bowling Green, which sleazy delarship did you go through???



Oh and heres by Barcelona Baby:



At Cooper's Rock State Forest outside of Morgantown West Virginia

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At Carter Park in Bowling Green, Ohio

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(B Rad @ May 20 2006, 06:52 PM) [snapback]258600[/snapback]</div>
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Thanks! Yes, I test drove both vehicles. I was extremely impressed with the attention to detail and with the available options of the TDI, like the climate controlled glovebox and center console, the available powered seats and moonroof, etc. Plus a fully-loaded TDI was still around $3,000 less than a fully-loaded prius. I ended up choosing the Prius for two main reasons: 1) VW's questionable reliability and 2) the Prius is more environmentally friendly. Of course, the "cool factor" of the Prius didn't hurt, either!
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(yorks @ May 20 2006, 11:38 PM) [snapback]258718[/snapback]</div>
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Thanks! Yes, I test drove both vehicles. I was extremely impressed with the attention to detail and with the available options of the TDI, like the climate controlled glovebox and center console, the available powered seats and moonroof, etc. Plus a fully-loaded TDI was still around $3,000 less than a fully-loaded prius. I ended up choosing the Prius for two main reasons: 1) VW's questionable reliability and 2) the Prius is more environmentally friendly. Of course, the "cool factor" of the Prius didn't hurt, either!
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Is it after including $3,150 tax credit back with Prius?

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(bgdrewsif @ May 20 2006, 07:34 PM) [snapback]258620[/snapback]</div>
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Im Up in Findlay/Bowling Green, which sleazy delarship did you go through???



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Hi! Glad to see another Prius in Ohio--there aren't too many of us!

I bought mine from Toyota Direct in Columbus. It was a 4 1/2 hour ordeal dealing with them. They used every tactic on me but surprisingly didn't leverage the fact that they were the only dealership in the area with a Prius available.

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Is it after including $3,150 tax credit back with Prius?

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Good question. The anwer is no, I didn't factor that in because I didn't want to count on that just in case I didn't qualify for whatever reason (since I heard the exact guidelines for that hasn't been published by the IRS).
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