Interesting letter from Butler Toyota, Indianapolis

You might inquire with Ft Wayne, ive been seeing more Prii everyday up here...Ft Wayne Toyota, on the west side is very good and would work something with you without a hassle ...i know they just had a used prius with 2k miles on it and sold it near msrp...an older couple had it and couldnt contend with the "future" so they went to a conventional car...

 

If you're in Indy and want a Prius, check out Uebelhor & Sons in Jasper. It should only be a couple hours drive away. They sell at MSRP.

Glenn

 

wow....what a rip off...

i dont think 100,000 is enough, but it should reduce waiting times a lot. plus, i think it will be easier to find a Prius if you are willing to contact multiple dealers.

what ever you do, keep in mind that buying one of these overpriced cars will just encourage other dealers to do the same thing.

i sincerely hope these guys get stuck with the cars and are forced to dump them at less than wholesale.

 

well sounds like you need to get on a few lists at MSRP. doing so now will probably get you a car by next spring

 

In my opinion this is a perfectly acceptable behavior on the part of the dealership. I recently spoke to a representative at a local dealership who explained why their 4 2004 low package Prius's were a whopping $28k. He claimed they had been purchased at a high cost at auction and thus had to be sold for more because they indeed cost more to get. They wanted to be able to claim they were the only New England dealership with Prii on the lot. Anyone who is on a waiting list gets cars at MSRP as they come in.

 

Sounds to me that these Prii at 10-14K are used cars.

My definition of a "questionable dealer" is one who takes the cars he gets from his usual distribution quota and then adds a giant markup.

The dealer that goes out of that distribution system to find cars to sell sounds more like a free market capitalist to me. He buys the cars at a premium and then sells them at a premium. He runs the risk of buying them at that premium and then not being able to sell them at a profit. Albeit that would be low risk in the current market, but risk nonetheless. To me, this is good business.

So I'm with Starla 30. Indeed, it could be argued that this dealer is doing a service for those willing to pay extra by going out and finding them. He/she doesn't deserve to get put on any "questionable dealer" list.

Now the dealer that takes one of his normal quota cars and makes a giant markup profit, I think that guy deserves to be put on a list so that this behavior would come back to bite them in the future.

 

sorry, that dont wash with me. there in no dealer out there doing it for nothing. they obviously felt they could do it for a little more... all dealers sell used cars for as much as they can get for them since the MSRP no longer applies.

 

I thought I read at work U.S. total Prius production was 10,000 cars for 2004. Toyota was upping production 50% or 5000 units for 2005. 15,000 cars will go quick. I had to wait 6 months for my car and I have already sold 3 more cars to people that new nothing about hybrids and they are now waiting in line (no i dont work car sales) and they have also been told 6 months. Silly part is I havent had my car but little over a month.

 

that is upping it 5000 A MONTH worldwide

total US allotment is expected to be about 100,000 for the year

 

i couldnt remember if it was a month or a year production. i know our department gets 5 a month. so 10,000 a year sounded right, but now that i think about it 10,000 for U.S. a year is too low. i was incorrect. i have the email saved at work from toyota on what the exact numbers are (i save all prius notes but most of the time i am so busy i cant read them all)

 

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Kettledrum, call Bob Hecht at Dan Hecht Toyota in Effingham, IL. He has a short waiting list and he has already sold several new Prius to folks on the Priusonline.com website since I gave his name. I brought my Prius from him. They are honest, sell at MSRP, and are knowledgeable. And, best of all, you will get your car in about a month.

I just spoke to him to see if he could get us all a better price on the extended warranty. He said the 2005 Prius are coming in. He seems to get a nice stream of them. Get on his short list! 1-800-342-1892. Tell him his happy, best Prius customer in St. Louis recommended you to him!

We all wish that we lived closer to that dealership so that they could service our cars too..... darn it.

 

lucy your in st louis!!! what color prius you have :wink:

 

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I have an adorable Silver #9-- with more and more rock "hits" on the front fender since I have been taking the Page Extension. I need a car mask/bra over practically the entire car to protect it from the rock hits. Drat! (And also to protect the car from my "repair" work with the dratted touch-up paint brush.)

I am going to buy a "paint pen" from Dan Hecht Toyota. I asked him a while back if they could get them (Toyota dealerships have them in Canada) and Bob Hecht said that their parts dept. does, indeed, now have them.

Paint pens are like ballpoint pens-- only they have paint on one side and CLEAR COAT (cool!) on the other side to protect the paint. They are, obviously, more precise than the touch-up paint brush (especially in my hands......)

Enjoy your wonderful car!

 

:wink: And by the way, Toolbox. We all want to know why you-- with so few "posts" have so many POINTS. What's up with the "points" anyway, Danny? Danny must like you. That's all there is to it! :lol:

 

cool beans... i have a silver level 9 and work in earth city but live in illinois. the rock chips!! who you telling i wish i would have opted for the toyo guard paint sealant at least to protect me from the flying debris down 270 or yea a bra. i am usually stuck on 270 in 5 pm rush hour traffic in stealth mode with the window down rocking to the point.


lol i still dont have a clue about points... i swear i dont cyber