Tideland #9 • 4/27/04 • Appleton, WI

Order Date: April 27, 2004
Dealer: Kolosso Toyota, Appleton, Wisconsin (Bill Kolosso 920.738.3666)
Time Frame: 9 months
Color: White
Option Package: #9
# on wait list: 4 (for #9)
At MSRP with some dealer extras thrown in.


Well...Today is Wed. 5/5 and my dealer just called me and said that a Tideland Pearl #9 was coming in in 30 days and the others in the wait list ahead of me had turned it down, so...I took it. :clap: So our wait ends up being about 4 weeks from order to delivery.
Now we have to think up an appropriate anthropomorphized name for it.
And a vanity plate. So much to do...so little time.

 

We have been loyal Kolosso customers for over 35 years. Don't think that had any bearing on our getting our Prius so quickly, but it did mean that we weren't required to give a deposit. (they usually ask for $250 to $500)
Now that we know that we'll be getting ours soon, my wife, Teddy and I have been driving past the dealer lot daily to gawk at their dealer demo. :lol:

 

My dealer/salesman just called to give me the VIN and to tell me that our car was due in port tomorrow the 14th. So it wont be long now, however long it takes to transport it to Wisconsin.
Woo Hoo!

 

O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
  I chortle in my joy.
The dealer called, the car is in.
We're getting our Prius toy.

We have a date, we wont be late.
Tomorrow at a quarter to eleven.
We're feeling fine, we're on cloud nine.
New residents of seventh heaven.

Larry (with apologies to Lewis Carroll)

 

We took delivery on a rainy Friday 5/29/04. Today is Monday and it has been raining on and off ever since. Nevertheless we have been happily taking and giving test drives around town with friends and neighbors. We know for sure that the wipers work OK. ;-)
Still learning about the nav system.
We are happy as clams.