Good deal?

everyone.

I have an offer from a dealer for a 2011 Prius Two with floor mats and cargo cover for $22,183 plus tax and destination and DMV. Truecar.com says dealer cost in my area, Westchester County, N.Y., is $22,183. (I showed the salesman the website, and he eventually agreed to match it.)

What do you folks think--would you bite on this this deal?

Thanks if you have any opinions!

 

Thanks much, Gurple42 and Bisco!

 

Ah, thanks, cwerdna. Sorry I missed the incentive program. Is your friend happy with her purchase? Are you happy with yours?

 

OK, thanks. Will check that site out.

Understandable about hating to spoil the environment in a nonhybrid!

Glad you are happy with your Prius. Was your model affected by the recalls for the stuck accelerator pedals last year?

 

I went to an out-of-state dealership today that I'm strongly considering buying an '11 Prius Two from, because its offers on the Prius and my CR-V as a trade-in are so far ahead of the field of dealerships near my home.

I told the salesman I was concerned about the Prius's ability to handle rocking back and forth in snow and asked him if the vehicle stability control can be disabled. He said it could and that there was a button for it on the dashboard.

I've tried looking online at the 2011 Prius Owner's Manual, but unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a way to download the whole thing; you have to enter search terms and inspect each of the results to see if it's the one you're looking for. I don't have the time or patience to wait for 28 individual pages to download, click on each one and search for "enhanced stability control" on each one.

I wish I had been in the car the salesman and I had been sitting in earlier when I had asked about the VSC, but I was back in his office, and as the dealership had closed an hour earlier, he kind of wanted to get out and go home. So I didn't ask to go back out to the car (which was now locked) to confirm the button's existence. I don't remember where it could have been, though, as on the far lower left were the buttons for the power mirrors and the dashboard dimming switch.

Does anyone with an '11 Prius know if there's a button anywhere on the dash that toggles the VSC on and off? If so, have you ever used it, and did it work?

Many thanks!

 

Thanks very much, cwerdna and F8L. It's a bit dismaying that there is no VSC button, because it means my salesman didn't know the product, and he has been there at least six years, when he showed me a Prius before I bought my CR-V.

F8L, thanks for the advice about snow tires. Unfortunately, I live in an apartment building, and there would be nowhere for me to keep four tires year round. All-season tires would have to be it for me. I've read good things in other threads about Hankook H727s and would probably look into buying a set if things got hairy.

This winter has been very rare in that we have had only one snowfall, last weekend, and that was only about five inches and melted in the next two days anyway as temps climbed into the 50s and rain washed the snow away. (Global warming, anyone?) Last winter ('10-'11) was pretty dramatic in terms of snowfall, though. We got something over 100 inches total; seemed as if we were getting two snowstorms a week.

I sure can't count on a snow-free winter every year.

 

Yeah, looks that way, spiderman. Thanks for letting me know about your Corolla.

I hate that you're suffering through the cold up there in Alaska, but I have to say it makes me happy to hear that that region is still cold. Supposedly the Arctic glaciers are melting faster than ever, and I fear that excess water will someday result in a 25-or-so-foot tsunami that would take out most of the East Coast.

 

Thanks for the threads, cwerdna.

The public-storage space is a good suggestion. I hadn't thought of that. But I like the idea of the dealership storing the tires even better. I guess it wouldn't hurt to ask the dealerships around here about that. I wonder if Mavis Discount Tire, a local tire chain, might do that, too.

Well, my thought behind disabling the stability or traction control was to enable the car to rock back and forth in case it gets stuck. Otherwise, I want all the safety mechanisms the vehicle has to be in force at all times, believe me.