Anyone heard of an 'energy discount' when purchasing?

cycledrum · 08-25-2008, 11:15 PM

I stopped and talked to some dude sitting in his 2008 Prius. Says he bought the car from Fremont Toyota in about January of this year, 2008, and says they gave him a ...

$5,000 'energy discount' off the MSRP.

He didn't seem to mean $500 because I said 'you mean they lowered the MSRP to about $21,500 ?? to which he said - yes'

I find this hard to believe, but FWIW, anyone else heard of such a thing?

search turned up nothing.

jelloslug · 08-26-2008, 09:29 AM

Sounds like pure BS to me....

rigormortis · 08-26-2008, 06:34 PM

after 5 seconds of consideration, and not actually checking what the price of gas was in january 2008 or the average number of prius the dealer had in his inventory, my theory was that this was one of those ads that you see in the newspaper "1 at this price" that dealers run. and that person was just lucky

08-25-2008, 11:15 PM	#1
cycledrum Prius Aficionado Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Union City, CA Posts: 1,431 My Car: 2009 Prius Model: N/A Package: #5 Thanks: 27 Thanked 42 Times in 31 Posts Friends: 4	Anyone heard of an 'energy discount' when purchasing? I stopped and talked to some dude sitting in his 2008 Prius. Says he bought the car from Fremont Toyota in about January of this year, 2008, and says they gave him a ... $5,000 'energy discount' off the MSRP. He didn't seem to mean $500 because I said 'you mean they lowered the MSRP to about $21,500 ?? to which he said - yes' I find this hard to believe, but FWIW, anyone else heard of such a thing? search turned up nothing.

08-26-2008, 09:29 AM	#2
jelloslug It buffed right out! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 617 My Car: 2008 Prius Model: Package: #2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post Friends: 4	Re: Anyone heard of an 'energy discount' when purchasing? Sounds like pure BS to me....

08-26-2008, 06:34 PM	#3
rigormortis Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: san jose, ca Posts: 1,313 My Car: 2007 Prius Model: Package: #5 Touring Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Friends: 1	Re: Anyone heard of an 'energy discount' when purchasing? after 5 seconds of consideration, and not actually checking what the price of gas was in january 2008 or the average number of prius the dealer had in his inventory, my theory was that this was one of those ads that you see in the newspaper "1 at this price" that dealers run. and that person was just lucky

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Looking at purchasing a Prius but..	r53	Gen II Prius Main Forum	7	08-04-2006 11:57 PM
Purchasing Outside My Region	dnjacobson	Dealers & Pricing	7	01-20-2006 02:16 PM
Purchasing a used prius	Marcia	Gen II Prius Main Forum	9	11-09-2005 03:56 PM
Purchasing a New Prius	Cyclesome	Gen II Prius Main Forum	9	03-03-2005 07:13 PM
Purchasing in NH/VT/ME	efhalter	Dealers & Pricing	2	09-29-2004 10:00 PM