Dallas/Ft. Worth Toyota Dealers

Texas dealers don't really have a lot of info yet, but they will soon. See this post and thread:

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On tinting, see this thread:

http://priuschat.com/forums/prius-main-forum/61936-help-need-fast-answer-tinting.html#post852938

 

We went through Toyota of Fort Worth to buy our 2 2009 Prius's.

One item you should prepare for (if you have not already done so) is while you are handed off from the saleman to the "accountant" to pay for your new car.. the Accountant is going to hit you up for additional extended warranty costs of around $2,500. He will use words like, IF you drive off the lot - this Extended warranty offer will no longer be offered.

Truth IS you have 3 years after you drive off the lot to decide to use Extended Warranty.

While you are still working with your Sales person, ask them for the Toyota Brochure the explains the Extended Warranty options "BEFORE" you buy this car.

We flat told the Accountant, because we had not had the opportunity to read about the extended warranty before... we could not now make an informed decision... and drove away in our new cars.

 

Also, in another thread, I mentioned you can avoid the wholesale "port installed" options by Gulf States Toyota if you expressly order the car without addons and identify a car in the system prior to it being processed by Gulf States. Don't believe anything they tell you about "required" port or dealer addons.

 

The easy way to shop is by phone, fax and email. Call the internet sales person, tell them what you want, get bids from as many dealers as you care to for their "out the door" price *in writing*, and ask your favorite to meet the best price if necessary. The only reason to visit is for a test drive and to take delivery.

Now is the best buyer's market in decades. You have the money and therefore the control in this relationship. Don't buy any add-on junk you don't want (extended warranty, fabric protector, "paint sealant", pin striping, etc.). But do be prepared to wait weeks.

 

I agree with Richard 100%. I've gone all e-mail in recent purchases, with followup calls to the serious bidders.

 

when i bought my 2007 prius in aug 2007, i worked with dwayne dorsey - the fleet manager at toyota of richardson. i asked for the credit union sales reps, but they were busy so go handed off to dwayne. i told him what i was looking for [had done all the prep work on toyota.com and my credit union's website that had invoice/msrp costs] and in less than 1.5 hrs, he located a silver pine mica w/ the options & packages i wanted but w/ leather seats [wise choice since i spill stuff now and then]. total cost was about invoice + $300.

it was scheduled for delivery 14 days later. he called me on day 12 and said it would be available the next day. in about 1 hr, i finalized the sales contract [mainly cos he was getting pulled out to help other sales reps]. spent about 1.5 hrs w/ the finance guy and drove my prius out about 3 hrs. later.

i went for the GAP policy, VIN etching, and prepaid maintenance plan [not toyota's]. also bought the ext. warranty but cancelled it about a yr ago when i found out about the ext. warranty discussed here on priusChat.


note 1: i recently corresponded via email w/ another dealership and the process was very good. was checking on a prius for a friend and passed the info on to her.

note 2: if you are a credit union member, they often have deals and special sales reps to work with at many auto dealerships. the deal is usually invoice +/- several hundred dollars. no haggling, no dealing - just walk in, tell them you're a CU member, tell them what you want and you got it [either in stock or delivered later].

best of luck.
edward

 

Talking about 'deliver the car(s)'. Toyota of Fort Worth did not have the flavor we needed [WHITE]. BUT all the dealerships are tied together with the computer. Our internet salesperson was able to use his computer to look at dealerships in 5 state radius and the Texas entry PORT to find ours. My wifes was driven from Waco dealership, mine was driven from San Antonio dealership. Internet sales person said, they just do a lookup and then exchange prius cars. Drivers drove our new white prius in, and drove the Toyota of Fort Worth dealerships brown back to Waco and San Antonio.

I would imagine that dealership car swaping .. after awhile ALL the worst UNwanted Prius colors and features would shake down to 1 dealership.

 

And when you're sitting in the waiting room waiting for the paperwork and the smiling but persistent person comes in to sell you the last-minute extra junk, just smile back and say "no" until they go away.

 

Woo hoo! Let us know how it goes.

 

Sweet!

 

We got ours from Pat Lobb Toyota. A brand new 2009 white Prius with the Package 5. They knocked off $3,000 off sticker, and we got the $1500 rebate.