Buying a 2015 Four soon! Questions....

Right! You've got the purchasing power ... so you make the rules. I'd tell 'em to knock the processing fee out of there, or you'll be out of there.
and WECLOME !!

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A Persona is the "special edition" trim level that is optioned between a three and a four Prius.

It has 17" gunmetal rims, Entune/Nav, softex seats, side view mirror blinkers, interior blue light footwell lights, 3 door sks and maybe a couple other things.

Looks kinda like this (mines tinted and roof is wrapped though):



MSRP is right around 28k for the bright red one and 28.4k for the Blizzard Pearl white like mine, and that's before any discounts of course. Only comes in those two colors. FYI.

 

Looks great, and to the point.

Maybe include in your email if you want opt for the zero percent financing or if you want the bigger discount and you will bring your own financing and or cash deal.. Or ask them all to quote you both prices, that's what I would do, even better for comparison purposes...

Good luck.

 

Re read post #22, I explained it

It's between a three and a four in trim levels..

 

Your over thinking this. When I email dealerships I just asked for best price and that's it. You ask for too many things and make your email too long it will confuse the sales person. Don't even ask OTD price because they will just waste your time with tedious emails back and forth. This is how my emails went


Hi I need your best price.


Then they gave me the price they give everybody.

My response is I'm looking for better pricing. I leave it open for them to pursue me, that's their job.

I sent about 6 emails back and forth and haggle with them over phone once. Once I got to dealership I just had to sign papers and that's it.

It doesn't matter what kind of manager you talk to. It's all the same. The manager i dealt with wasn't even from that dealership. He was rotating manager from another dealer.

Don't use word lowest, use best price. Don't give them what you want. Look on their website see what they have ask for best pricing on that car you want then when you neogiate lie and say you want something else they don't have. Basic 101 negotiation tatics.

Btw so dealerships have chat box to speed up the process.

 

No, the Personna is a Prius 3 with special wheels and pleather interior, lacks many Prius 4 features.

 

Many?

 

doubt it matters, but i always just ask for their best price, without any formalities. they either want to move a car or they don't. a lot of them don't, get my business.

 

to me power seats is many, but I'm not going to the Toyota site to check out the rest, you are welcome to if interested enough.

 

No thanks,

You posted the quote, just asking you to elaborate, seems you will not though... A few posts up I did elaborate the differences between a three and a Persona though to help the op decide...


The differences are not "many" though.

And what you describe as pleather is actually called softex. It is an amazing material that somehow does not get crazy hot in the summer nor does it get ice cold in the winter like real leather, thus alleviating the need for heated seats I find. I'll also add, I did test drive a five with heated seats before I bough my Persona and I didn't like the way it's either scalding hot or nothing? Weird that they would not make different temp settings for it..

 

Get what you want Sara. You'll be much happier if you do.

 

Regarding softtex:

How about sweat?

 

No pay stubs needed. Just fill out the credit app when you get there. It's quick and painless.

Nope. Feels great.

 

They always try lure you into the dealership with false promises. If you think they're judging you because your a woman just make a fake email and email them again but use different wording "I like this prius stock #, what is your best price? Once I agree on a price I came come in this weekend"

Have to remember different sales people respond differently, some might not even respond back when you ask for better pricing and some may go above and beyond to please you.

Only difference from Persona and a 4 is homelink, heated seats, auto lights, JBL sound system, and power seats.

Home link can be easily replaces by remote that cost $20. In So Cal heated seats isn't important to me. I don't see power seats being useful unless several different people drive your car, isn't once your seat is set, it's set? Auto lights would have been the only useful thing I would want from a Prius 4 trim. From what I read JBL sound system isn't really much better than standard one. To me standard one sounds as good to as BOSE ones in my GMC Denali.

I can't find Persona on Toyota site anymore but I think a Prius 4 is $2,000 more than Persona depending on add ons.

 

If you have good to excellent credit they don't care as long as they're selling a car. I bet they won't even check if your credit is average. I bet convo with finance manager would be like do you have paystub? You say No and guess I can't get the car and get up to leave I bet she will be like it's ok, you just showed me it *wink wink.