Floor mat gimmick dealers use

Scam? In some cases it's out right theft! My Prius didn't have Floormats from the factory (not listed on Window Sticker), yet they "threw" them in at my request! Where did they come from? Another Prius sitting on the lot! I guess the next sucker will either pay for them or they'll get pulled from yet another vehicle on the lot...

 

Just to help to fill in the blanks, is this about right:

• A severe accident in November severely damaged a 2006 Prius?
• A 2010 Prius replaced the 2006?
• Accident happened in Massachusetts?

How much of a hit did the floor mats make on the price, either absolute dollars or % of purchase price?

Are your floor mats held in place by plastic tie wraps or just the hooks?

In the SouthEast Toyota region they are fond of putting 'port options' on in Jacksonville. If you are not ordering a custom configuration, there is not 'opt out' as they are added before the vehicle ships.

As for the floor mats, I figured they were just a nuisance charge, trivial until the five months later there were reports of run-away accelerations and one fatal case in a Lexus that involved an all-weather mat. So I was at first amused to find our carpet floor mats were not even held by the hooks. In fact, the hooks were not even in the car.

Thanks,
Bob Wilson

 

Well, mine are held in place by some pretty hefty hooks, and they line up with the holes in the floor mats, so I'm assuming they are OEM mats. Again, the window sticker for my Prius did not list Floor Mats as an option, they were "thrown in" to "seal the deal"! They had to come from someplace, and it was late Saturday evening when we brokered the deal and took delivery, so I'm pretty sure they didn't come from the Parts department!

 

Perhaps the dealer was out of stock and had to order your mats. Rather than have you wait he chose to give you a set from that other car and then he would order what he borrowed from the stock car.