Magnetic Gray, #7, 03/07/2006, Sunnyvale CA

Hello everyone.
Great community. Been lurking here for a little while now, but finally signed up when I decided to take the plunge to purchase a Prius.

Date Ordered: March 7, 2006
Dealer Ordered From: Jim Pardinez of Sunnyvale Toyota in California
Timeframe given for delivery: "Within seven months," to quote my dealer
Color: Magnetic Grey (Would have ordered an orange one, but they don't make those )
Option Package: #7
Your # on Dealer's Waiting List: #7

Primary reason for purchase: Technology

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I was originally going to purchase from the Stevens Creek Toyota in San Jose, but the dealers there weren't very nice and pressured me to buy a car, any car -- if not a Prius, that weekend. One dealer repeatedly called me up during the most inconvinient of times for weeks following my visit. Luckily for me, I had been shopping around and found that the dealers at Sunnyvale were much friendlier.

So I ordered at Sunnyvale.

My dealer didn't want to get my hopes up about the timeframe, and so when he called me one night to tell me that I was number 7 on the list of magnetic grey #7's, he informed me that it may have seemed like a low number but that the greys weren't coming in until after May, and that even then they probably wouldn't get very many of them per shipment.

Oh well, only time will tell.
In the meantime I've already ordered a Sharkfin Antenna and a Costaletech EV kit, and I'm eyeing the BT Tech Chassis Stiffening Plate.

 

Darn, that's no good.
From what I've heard it's a mixed bag at Sunnyvale.
Thanks for the tipoff though.

I guess it couldn't hurt to get in line at another dealer (although I'd still have to wait until May for the grey.)

Where did you get yours at?

 

I had read about the Magnetic Grey being removed from color charts in another thread, but like it was pointed out the color is still listed as available (albiet in May) on the Toyota website.

I also just called my dealer, and he said he hadn't heard anything about the greys being cancelled. "If anything is to be cancelled, it will probably be for next year's line up," he said.

I didn't get a chance to mention the color chart though.

*shrug*

 

Well, my dealer just called.
He said if I didn't mind a Silver (same package: #7) then I could have it today. In about an hour.

Seeing how he was getting only 1 Magnetic Grey per shipment (so far -- although there has only been one shipment so far) this means I wouldn't be recieving my Grey until October.

I'm thinking about taking up the dealer's offer. What do you all think?

 

Awesome!

I am now the proud owner of a Silver Prius.
I JUST got it home.

This is seriously awesome.