Giving up my SUV for a new Prius C!

Hi everyone! I am a soon to be Prius C 3 Summer Rain! Not sure when it will come in but ordered it Saturday with the wheels/moonroof package. Had a lot of skeptics telling me they weren't sure I would like it including my husband but I am excited!!! I will be sure to remind them how great it is when they are paying out big at the pumps this summer. I have an 8 year old who just loved it too when we test drove the only one that our dealership had. It was the Moonglow color and once that one sells, they aren't even due to get another one for more than three weeks! So I will just have to wait for them to call me and let me know mine has rolled off the truck. Can't wait to play with all the neat features it has that my SUV didn't!

 

Thanks! I am trading from a Saturn Vue that I loved but needed to trade because it was getting up there in miles and Saturn doesn't exist anymore so if something went wrong...it would be harder and more money to fix! I actually narrowed it down to the Prius C and a Rouge basically either something like what I already had or a total change. The gas mileage and hopefully higher resale value were the deciding factors...that and it is just so darn cute! Another thing I like about it is that it stands out... I have been noticing Rogues everywhere and they look just like my Saturn and every other small SUV out there I am hoping that maintenance on the Prius will be minimal. I am hoping you are right crebble and it won't be too long before they find one.. Otherwise they will have to order it.

 

Thanks for the info about maintenance! It just enforces my decision to order my Prius C! I had been considering the Rogue I think because it was more what I was used to but when I sat down and weighed the benefits of each, really the only benefit that the Rogue had over the Prius was the cargo space in the back. But when I really thought about it, if we were going on vacation or needed to load up a bunch of stuff, my husband has a bigger SUV that we can use anyway. 90% of the time it will be myself and my daughter in the Prius and other than groceries or softball bags,etc, really I don't lug around a bunch of stuff. When I compared the specs of the Rogue vs the Prius C- I found that there was really only an inch or so difference in the measurements both front and back as far as passenger space. The big difference was in the cargo space. It will just give me less opportunity to clutter up my trunk. LOL

 

Okay so the dealership called this morning and wanted to know if I would 1) consider another color (that is a no because I really think I will like this color far better than anything else or 2) give up the alloy wheels that was part of the package. This I had to think about because it seems minor but I am afraid that I would really hate the wheel covers. It would only take $400 off the price and be a whole lot harder and expensive to change later if I can't stand the wheel covers. What do you all think??

 

I don't know.. Up to six weeks I think. The waiting doesn't bother me too much for the exact reasons you mentioned.. A year from now it won't matter a bit that I waiteda little extra. I just wondered if I was being too picky wanting the alloy wheels or if everyone thought the covers were fine. I think I would like the wheels better...

 

Okay.. so almost two weeks after I put down the deposit for my Prius c- the new car manager can't find the one I want and now says that he is going to "turn it over to his rep" to locate one. What does this mean and am I just getting the runaround???

 

Well, I wasn't sure how that worked. I had given them my card number for the "deposit" but haven't signed any paperwork. I did talk to someone just yesterday at the dealership that my parents always use and he said that he would check around for me too. He said that sometimes there are dealerships that don't have "good relationships" and that even if my c were located at that dealership, they wouldn't bother to try and get it from them. I feel a little guilty like I am going behind my dealerships back sort of but I really don't feel that I am getting anywhere with the one here. If my parents' dealership guy finds something.. am I obligated to the original dealership or can my "agreement" with them be null and void because they never found what I asked for? I have never had this type of experience trying to buy a car so any insight is helpful. I feel kind of silly even having to ask...lol

 

@kkim- no they haven't actually charged my card just asked for the number as the deposit.
@marcus- you are right- buying a new car is usually exciting and I was beside myself excited two weeks ago but that has disappeared because I have no idea where I am now with getting a new car. Part of me is thinking maybe I made a mistake...the Nissan dealership was so eager to bend over backwards to locate the type of Rogue I wanted but I had decided to go with the Prius c. Thanks for the words of wisdom guys!