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Dianne's SoCal available cars for July - updated daily

Discussion in 'Dealers & Pricing' started by DianneWhitmire, Jul 7, 2009.

  1. DianneWhitmire

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    Based on our geography, you're always best off trying to find one close to home if you can. I am already shipping 3 Prius to Texas at month end. I think Package IV cars with sunroofs and III's with NAV are terribly scarce there right now. In certain colors.
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  2. DianneWhitmire

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    bump to top for visibility and update 7/17

    Look at most recent post edit!
     
  3. stklee

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    I just want everyone to let know Dianne is awesome to deal with: very knowledgeable, efficient and straight forward. I just she is a thousand miles closer to me. Highly recommended!
     
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    Thanks Sam!
    I sure appreciate the kind words. I wish you were closer too! :) Then you could visit and chat while we wash your car weekly!!

     
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    Weekly!! Wow, you are making me want to move from Tx to Ca just with that offer! Honestly, even though I haven't done any deal with you yet, just out of all my car buying experience so far (total of 7 cars), you are the best car sales consultant I had ever dealt with. Keep up the good work!
     
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    It's great to get the car you want!

    The last time I tried to buy a Prius, I gave up after five months of waiting.

    Dianne had the exact car I wanted, and discounted below MSRP to cover my airfare from home in San Francisco.

    It was great fun driving home from the car purchase using Adaptive Cruise Control and Lane Keep Assist features. Being tired from flying for almost eighteen hours the previous day, those features kept me in my lane and a safe distance from cars around me for the six hour drive home..

    Dianne offered the exact car I wanted at a more than fair price.
     
  7. DianneWhitmire

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    Updated 7/29 - Dianne's SoCal available cars for late July - updated daily

    see latest in this thread
     
  8. DianneWhitmire

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    GG -- what a treat to meet you. And, a shock when you walked into my office as I was heading off to LAX to get you. :)
    Cheers to a sweet and kind man with fabulous taste in cars!! (And thank you for the kind words).
    Di


     
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    Thanks Dianne Whitmire! We drove up from San Diego to Dianne's Manhattan Beach Toyota and she stayed until midnight to help us with our purchase. We left San Diego at 7 p.m., arrived at 9 p.m. and then got back to San Diego with our new Prius at 2 a.m. (No more clunker, yay!)

    Dianne went above and beyond to help us with our purchase. She quickly replied to my e-mail and we jumped in the car to seal the deal. She's very kind, honest, and sells more Prius than anyone else as far as I can tell!! Thanks Dianne!
     
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    I am envious of everyone's experience on this thread. I was actually in Manhattan Beach for the last two weeks working and wish I had stopped by, unfortunately for my Prius shopping experience I live in North Carolina. I was willing to buy a Prius today, however, I had a terrible experience at Toyota of Lake Norman. They had the Prius III, with the features I liked. It was perfect, but for some reason, the sales person didn't treat me like a legit buyer. I look very young, but I'm able to pay cash for the car. For some reason, the sales person didn't buy it, told me he didn't think I was serious buyer.

    Oh well. He will miss out of my Dad's business, too, who also trying to buy a Prius simultaneously. I'm a newbie to the forum, but hoping to find a dealer that I can rave about here in my home state. Glad to see others having a much better experience. Good job Diane!
     
  11. DianneWhitmire

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    I normally don't keep anyone here for three hours but we were having SO much fun with the Jello Wresters and the drinks............ NOT!! No, I gotta hand it to these guys, our computer program in the system that handles the car deals (Reynolds) always starts a system purge and backup at 9:30pm... and it takes an hour or more. That's because we usually are closed by 9pm on a Saturday! This past Saturday, however, was a strrrrrange and crazy circumstance. Once the thing's in process, it's done offsite so you cannot get back into your system - it's locked down. I had their deal all loaded and BAM, it was down and gone. The system came back up after the purge and back up - and we re-loaded everying and then, guess what? System went down for an upgrade!! Foiled again!
    Alex, sorry you guys weren't home by midnight... that was one crazy night! But, fun.
    PS: Jello comes out eventually, I promise ;) Hee hee.

     
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    Diane,

    What does 'EJ only' mean?

    It's listed next to some of the cars on your list

    Thnx
     
  13. DianneWhitmire

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    Hey you dropped this off my name: ---------> n ;)

    anyway, EJ only is the standard JBL audio, meaning no NAV and no sunroof.

     
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    Oh I wish you'd have dropped in -- it would have been nice to meet you!!!

     
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    Dianne's SoCal available cars for the first week of August

    moving this to top of thread to update ... new early month allocation being added...
     
  16. ahempton

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    I'm not complaining... thanks for all your help! :) It's funny, because it was my first time buying a car, so I just assumed it always took that long. Crazy with the computers!

     
  17. 32kcolors

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    Some dealers call it "stone," which is confusing as hell. Charcoal is a much better term as some people think Dark Gray isn't as dark as it should be.
     
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    Hi. Any chance the following is available in CA? Can you put me in queue if it does become available? I'm in the SF Bay Area though...

    2010 Prius III
    Solar Roof Navigation
    Exterior Color: Blue Ribbon Metallic
    Interior Color: Fabric in Dark Gray (or any color, really)

    Optionally (don't mind if these are included, or not):
    Paint protection film
    Wheel locks (alloy)
    Carpet Floor Mats & Cargo Mat

    I don't really want any other options.
     
  19. DianneWhitmire

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    Dave,a III with sunroof is a tough car to locate these days.
    Call me at the phone #'s listed in the sig line if serious? Thanks!

    Di
     
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    Dianne's SoCal available cars for early to mid August - updated daily

    moving to the top for ease of location