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  1. SRM2012

    SRM2012 New Member

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    Hello fellow C-drivers,

    I take delivery of my summer rain metallic C3 on Monday, and I literally cannot contain the urge to have it right now! :D After endless weeks of searching for this color and trim, I finally found one 200+ miles away to have delivered on a two-car trailer.
    I have read numerous posts about owners settling for a different color, but I was adamant on getting my first color preference as we intend to keep this car for a long time.

    To any prospective buyers: Unless you like some colors equally or don't particularly care, I suggest that you wait patiently/shop around for the color/trim that YOU want. Dealers will try to make you settle for the car in their inventory, but that's just them rearing their selfish, sales-oriented heads into the picture. Plus, you and your wallet will have to live with this decision for the next however many years.

    So here's to waiting with ants in my pants... Pictures will soon follow(y)
     
    #1 SRM2012, Aug 11, 2012
  2. sfv41901

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    Welcome to the forum & Prius family
     
    #2 sfv41901, Aug 11, 2012
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  3. Akoforever

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    An early Congrats to you and your future C3. I agree with you on the color. I wouldn't settle on the color. The shaddy deaherships near me kept trying to sell me a different Trim or pay extra for the color I wanted in the trim I wanted. I finally then got an offer for below MSRP in the color I wanted in the trim I wanted. Here's hoping to be a new owner of a C3 in Absolutely Red next week.
     
    #3 Akoforever, Aug 11, 2012
  4. SRM2012

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    Congrats to you as well! I too had some trouble finding a car in this trim/color that wasn't marked up considerably, but eventually found a dealer willing to negotiate.
     
    #4 SRM2012, Aug 11, 2012
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    Agree - worth the wait!
     
    #5 brucepmiller, Aug 11, 2012
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    Congrats! Join the SRM club - I think it's the best color...but I like the Moonglow and would love the Yellow and some days the Habanero....:D So many Cs - so little money!:confused:
     
    #6 ewaboy, Aug 12, 2012
  7. littlebigland

    littlebigland Sonic Blue Prius c

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    I totally agree on not settling on the color! I figure if I'm paying all this money then I'm going to get what I want!

    I had two colors in mind--blue and orange. If they didn't have those, I was leaving. The only c they had was the blue, so I got it! I finally saw a habanero in person and it turned out I didn't care much for the color anyway.
     
    #7 littlebigland, Aug 12, 2012
  8. ItsNotAboutTheMoney

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    Unless you like staring at your car all day I would suggest taking the cheapest deal you can find. You can't see the color of the car while you're driving it. :D

    Congratulations on your soon-to-be new car.
     
    #8 ItsNotAboutTheMoney, Aug 12, 2012
  9. Revan86

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    Rock gettin your car on. Its great you guys are sticking to your guns and making the dealer get you the car you want. I also took my deal to town to get the color I wanted and in the trim AND with the option i wanted WITH OUT the ones I did not want. I almost felt bad how had of a time i was giving them. I could feel that this was not something they are really use to having to do. Which really drives home my whole problem with setting. they just seem to care about making a easy buck, selling a car now! and really caring that its not what we want as a customer. The less we make then work for us the less they will be willing to work with us. Keep it boys and girls . . .
     
    #9 Revan86, Aug 12, 2012
  10. SRM2012

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    Thanks everyone!

    ewaboy I totally agree! I think summer rain complements the two-tone interior very nicely.

    ItsNotAboutTheMoney I was pleasantly surprised to find that the price of the car that I purchased could be negotiated way more than what any of my local stealerships were offering!
     
    #10 SRM2012, Aug 12, 2012
  11. BGGirl

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    Well???? Did you get your SRM?? I didn't get to see your thread until just now and would have to agree with you. I was in the same boat, there was not a SRM anywhere around here but I refused to settle :) I am more than happy with my SRM and am glad that I waited.
     
    #11 BGGirl, Aug 14, 2012
  12. SRM2012

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    Drum roll.........

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    Sorry, I was too busy driving ecstatically around town to post these pics yesterday :)
     
    #12 SRM2012, Aug 14, 2012
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    Yay! Looks great! Just needs tinted windows and a moonroof!
     
    #13 BGGirl, Aug 14, 2012
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