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2015 Prius Persona

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Main Forum' started by bigbearballs, Aug 8, 2015.

  1. Red15Persona

    Red15Persona Junior Member

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    A lot of people here are saying OTD, but I'm not sure they're including taxes and fees. Anyhow, I purchased a 2015 red Persona back in late June for $22,000 ($23,438 OTD including 3% state tax). I'm in North Carolina, so I can't speak for California, but I think I got a pretty good price. I think you'd be able to haggle with some dealer to get you closer to $22k. I contacted 4 dealers via email, but only one was serious about working with me. It was probably due to the fact they had 3 Personas on their lot and they weren't selling after months on the lot.

    LG-D801 ?
     
  2. Xterra72

    Xterra72 Senior Member

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    That is definitely North Carolina pricing. No way you can get that kind of pricing in California for a Persona. 22k is basically the MSRP for a Prius II. You got a great deal. If someone has, I have not seen it in this forum.
     
  3. PriusGuy32

    PriusGuy32 Prius Driver Extraordinaire

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    No, it is not "plug-n-play". However, it is very easy to install and simple to wire. I highly recommend it.

    I ran the wire pushed up into the front of my headliner, where it meets the windshield, and down to the drivers side kick panel fuse box through the A-pillar. I wired it into a circuit that is only on when the car is on (I forget which exact fuse). Either way, from start to finish, this took me 15-20 minutes. I am lost without my homelink (Own 2 homes, 1 cottage, and my business garage door!)
     
  4. JC91006

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    The best homelink mirrors I had were the ones on my Chevy Tahoe and Silverado. It had all the regular homelink mirror functions and had a built in compass in the mirror too. A compass is a must have in a car........I can live without navigation but a compass is a must.
     
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    I just bought this one for $23K off the lot, no sales tax here image.jpg
     
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  6. bisco

    bisco cookie crumbler

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    beautiful! welcome and congrats.(y)
     
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    Remember Persona group is very exclusive.
     
  8. 348

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    .......I would hope so!

    I was insulted by the price of new trucks so I kept my old Tacoma and bought the Persona. I have dubbed him Enzo. (The truck is Spencer) I really (really) like the car. image.jpg
     
  9. Xterra72

    Xterra72 Senior Member

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    Get rid of "The Badge". It will look a lot cleaner.
    2015-06-19 22.10.52.jpg 20150621_102313.jpg
     
  10. 348

    348 Junior Member

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    Getting rid of the badge was going to be my 1st question!

    .......the back of my rigs sport this image.jpg
     
  11. Red15Persona

    Red15Persona Junior Member

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    If you're going to get rid of the persona badge, why not take them all off? I want people to know it's a persona. If I'm taking off badges, I'm taking them all off...I might actually do that soon.

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  12. Xterra72

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    I don't want to pay to get the holes filled in if I were to removed the other emblems.

    Someone here once looked into it and it was expensice. Not worth it in my opinion.
     
  13. Red15Persona

    Red15Persona Junior Member

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    Oh damn, I didn't know there were holes. I thought they were all stuck on with 3m tape. Well that makes my decision much easier.

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  14. 348

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    Is the Persona badge held on with tape??



    It's the look I've always liked. When I had my Tacoma painted the kid took off all the badges & such. image.jpg
     
  15. Sfcyclist

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    Ouch.. the prices really dropped since 2013 when it first came out.. the other factor is Prius sales in general are not as strong neither.
     
  16. NickInNJ

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    I paid $23.500 plus NJ tax for Persona White :)
     
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  17. socal13

    socal13 livin in the foothills...

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    I hear ya there, brother!
     
  18. NickInNJ

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    love to get another one for $22k or lower since the fugly 2016 are here..
     
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  19. B. Roberts

    B. Roberts Hypah Milah! Ayuh.

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    Better hurry on that purchase! There might be a run on the left over 3rd Gens, now that the 2016 4th Gens have been "revealed"!
     
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  20. tharter

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    Hmmm, back in March I paid $23k for my '14 Prius II, that was the best deal I could get in Waco. They did give me a pretty excellent trade-in though on a Focus that was completely spent.