Real pricing for 2010 Prius

I bought my Black Package III with Nav two days before the WA State Tax Holiday came to an end for:

MSRP: $25500
Est License Fees: $151.75
Deal Doc Fees: $150

Car total: $25801.75

I also bought the Toyota 7 year transferable extended warranty for $1496+$142.12 in tax. I don't know if this is any kind of good deal or now. I guess we can check in 2016.

So $27489.87 total

There might be some lower than MSRP deals available in WA now, but when I was looking, this was the best I could find. It seemed like there were virtually no cars available, and this one was offered to me at MSRP, and the other (a Grey package IV - which is really what I wanted,) was well over $30k by the time the dealer had added paint protection/dealer fees/etc. I just can't stand that kind of practice, so I passed. One other car was offered to me at 9:20pm on the 31st, but I was out of town and had already bought mine by then. It was a Package V, and I never got a price because I didn't return the phone call.

 

Pricing for the warranties:

Link to discounted-toyota-prius-extended-warranty-service-contracts thread

 

I bought a 2010 Prius II, Blizzard Pearl, at Tysons Toyota (Vienna, VA) July 31. Clyde Perry, my salesman, couldn’t have been more helpful or professional, and I recommend him highly to prospective Prius buyers. Cell is 703 618 8346; e-mail is [email protected].
Here are the numbers:
MSRP..............................$22,970.00

Sale Price…….................$22,470.00
Processing Fee......................$389.00
Subtotal............................$22,859.00
VA Sales Tax.........................$723.99
VA Tags & Registration..........$66.50
TOTAL ...........................$23,649.49
Minus deposit.......................-$500.00
Net due.............................$23,149.49

 

There has been activity elsewhere on the forum today, regarding the best known discount alternative source of Toyota extended warranties:

Keep in mind that there is no point in shelling out for the extended warranty until expiration of the 36/36 OEM warranty is in sight.

 

Very good point. And that is what upset me with my dealership. They said that I could only buy the warranty if I purchased it the day I purchased the car. I don't like the sales pitch of, "Today only."

 

WTH?

 

I got the same sales pitch. They did say I could cancel and get it all back within 30 days if I wanted.

I'll have to do a little forum searching, but I wonder if there is a difference between the Toyota warranty and a third party contract. I also wonder what others are paying for the same Toyota warranty vs. third party. Off to search!

Might be time for some post sale negotiating!

 

I would also recommend Clyde even though I did not buy anything from him. He's the only salesman I spoke to who followed up on every email/phone call.

 

I got the extended warranty and I am wondering if I should cancel it. According to my paperwork I can cancel it within 60 days.

 

I cancelled mine. I would rather wait and see what happens... I have three years to decide. Just have to watch if the policy price will be increasing in that time.

 

Did you get any hassle from the dealer when you canceled it? I just may do this before the end of the week. That would definitely make my car payment go down which is a plus for me. I just need to call my loan office and see how this turns out.

 

Hassle... Hmmm, not too much.
They asked me why, and I said I had checked and the price was too high. The dealership responded with, "Really, we think this price is great." I responded with, "It is 50% higher than I can get elsewhere." At that point, they simply filled out the form to cancel the policies (Warranty and maintenance) and I'll get my deposit back (but I'm not holding my breath for that happening quickly - we will see).

 

I paid $895 for the "protection plus" (paint, leather and carpet treatment). It was too high, and I mentioned this to the dealership. They said that the paint protection was 'baked on'. "Really? I saw them applying the material with cloths just now." Dealership, "Well, they told me it was baked on."

No, it is not a baked on process. The Dealership does not have 'ovens' they put the car into. They techs just open the bottle and apply. In fact, they left an 'extra application kit' in my trunk that I can apply later when it starts to fade.

It was probably about $100 worth of material that I spent $800 having someone put on the car for me. But they did do a nice job putting the material on and I like my car, so I'm not going to feel bad about it.

But I would have felt better if it had been $400 instead of $895 for the Protection Plus.

 

I have a question for those who purchased in Connecticut. Did the dealer add a dealer fee of about $398. Had one all picked out for MSRP in NY but had to go to Ct. to get acceptable color. Dealer there claims ALL Ct. dealers add an almost $400 dealer fee on top of the msrp. NY dealer only added $45 to regester car. Ct. dealer does not even have to do that since I need to register it myself in NY. I don't have much choice since I need to get in on the CFC program and they have a color I prefer. I just want to know if he is giving me a line so I can comment on it when I pick up my car this week.

 

I think that if one has room in your budget, locking in the Toyota (not indep) 7 year/0 ded Extended Warranty for $1,055 now is prudent. I really doubt in 3 years, the price will be this low given people do pay dealers up to $1,800 today. Should the outside party on this web site raise or end their offer, dealers have no reason to go lower and/or bargain. I paid more in 04 for my Avalon EW then I did for the Prius. I traded the Avalon so Toyota pro-rated the amount not used and refunded. Way back I had one on my Ford Exploder and it was the only reason anyone bought it privately...because they had knew they would not pay anything out of pocket if their mechanic missed something. Regardless of whether or not your invoice says you have 30 or 60 days, you can call Toyota and cancel for $25 or $50 and re-purchase through this site.

 

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