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Buying a Prius in Hawaii

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Main Forum' started by HINewPriusOwner, Sep 14, 2012.

  1. HINewPriusOwner

    HINewPriusOwner New Member

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    Hi guys, for those in Hawaii, I just wanted to see if anyone has been able to buy a Prius locally from Servco below MSRP. I am thinking no, but I just wanted to make sure. My family is going to buy one soon and we want to make sure we are getting a good deal. Thanks in advance.
     
    #1 HINewPriusOwner, Sep 14, 2012
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    Good luck with that one! I got mine for $500 less than the sticker price. Which location are you dealing with?


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    #2 dustoff003, Sep 15, 2012
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    My parents live in Hawaii and they are going to wait to buy there Prius. Its a bit pricey compared to the steal I got on my car in North Cal. Have you thought of buying the car outside of the State of Hawaii and shipping it back home?
     
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  4. HINewPriusOwner

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    Servco Mapunapuna. Where did you go and who did you deal with? And when?

    blkpriusgrl, I was thinking of getting one from the mainland but finding someone to drive it to the port and everything was just too much of a hassle. Plus with 1000 shipping, the savings without all the headache was around 1500 only I think.
     
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    I bought mine in January of 2011 it is a model year 2011, from Servco Auto Leeward. My salesperson there is Luisito Mina. I can put you into contact with him if you want. I test drove a Prius at Servo Auto Honolulu sometime in 2010 before I was in the market for a new car the salesman that went along was Miles Nakatani. Miles is cool and he is also a Prius owner we went on like a 15 mile test drive, the dealership kept calling him to see where we were. We went from SAH to Kapahulu on the surface streets and then back on the H-1. Servco really does not deal on Priuses especially if fuel prices are high and because they are the only Toyota dealer in the state. Hope that helps if I can answer any more questions let me know.


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    #5 dustoff003, Sep 15, 2012
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    HINew Prius Owner. I bought my 2012 Prius Type 2 this past August for 5k below the ticker price.
     
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    Dustoff if you can give me the contact info that would be great, I would like to check if he can give me the same deal.

    Blkpriusgrl, wow that is a great deal. If I had a close family member who could do the shopping for me I would really think about it. Are you thinking of doing it for your parents?
     
    #7 HINewPriusOwner, Sep 16, 2012
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    I sent you a message.


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    #8 dustoff003, Sep 16, 2012
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    Ron Spain at Servco Mapunapuna is great. Purchased both vehicles in my signature below from him. Got our 2011 Prius 3 for $500 off MSRP because it was one of the last 2011 Prii on the lot, everything else were 2012s.

    Ron gave us a free front sun shade for the Prius because we were repeat customers with him. Those custom fit sunshades aren't cheap.
     
    #9 xliderider, Sep 17, 2012
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    What member of the Prius family are you considering, c, v, PiP, or the standard gen. III Prius?


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    #10 dustoff003, Sep 17, 2012
  11. HINewPriusOwner

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    How late in the year did you buy the 2011? So I guess the key is to wait until the 2013s come on the lot and hope they start being motivated to move the 2012s at that point? I did just receive a call from the guy I am working with and he said that all of a sudden they are releasing 2012 Prius One trims for sale, only three though. I am intrigued, it looks like the only thing missing is cruise control and the "trace touch" from the Prius Two, two things I don't really need.

    dustoff, thanks for the information I contacted Louie, he is supposed to get back to me, hopefully he will give me some good news soon. We are just looking at the Gen3, I was leaning towards the V but my dad did not like the handle and loss in mileage versus room tradeoff. I must admit the V felt like it had no acceleration ability while it was in eco mode.
     
    #11 HINewPriusOwner, Sep 19, 2012
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    We got our 2011 Prius 3 in April 2012. There were 2 left at Servco Honolulu at the time.
     
    #12 xliderider, Sep 19, 2012
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