New Prius Owner...did we overpay?

Hi. New to the forum and a new prius owner. I actually just bought one for my wife today to replace her 2001 Audi A4 Quattro.

We bought the car through the Costco car purchase program, which meant that we got $500 off MSRP, and the $225 processing fee waived for a total of $725 off. We also got a several hundred bucks off the extended 7/100K warranty which I think we paid something like $1400 or 1500 for. It seemed like a decent deal at the time. We also opted for some teflon coating on the paint and a scotchguard type of coating on the interior which supposedly warrants us against tar/treesap/spillage, etc.. which was another $450.

All in all, we went to the dealer looking to drive off with a #3 package for around $25K total, but instead got the #7 package (pretty much all the options, except for leather) for around $30K when it was all said and done. We also got slammed on the trade-in, but oh well. We knew we weren't going to get much for a car with over 100K miles on it. Also, we could have gotten the #3, but the only colors they had were white and red...neither of which we liked. We liked the blue, but the only one was with leather and they had one silver without leather but NAV, which we didn't really need, but bought that one anyways...so essentially, we paid $2k more to get silver instead of white or red. ....crazy, I know.

So...is $30K+change too much for a Prius? That is actually a little more than what my wife paid for her Audi A4 Quattro 6 years ago, and almost as much as what I paid for my Lexus IS about 5 years ago. My brother, who recently bought a used Infinity G35 for about $24k called and I told him that we bought a Prius. He asked how much we paid, and I told him a little over $30K and he didn't believe me.

Oh well...we love the car so far.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(M. Oiseau @ Aug 26 2006, 10:28 PM) [snapback]309975[/snapback]</div>

Well that's sort of a relief. I knew that we probably overpaid on the extended warranty and the other stuff we probably could have done without but at that point...it all seemed like a moot point.

As for the government cheese, I've used it at various online forums for a very long time now. It came from this one time a long time ago when I was trying to make some nachos at my friend's house with some cheese that I saw in his fridge. I put it in the microwave and in the oven and the darn thing would NOT melt! I asked him what kind of cheese it was and he said something that sounded like government (he was drunk at the time and don't recall what he said). Since then, we call him welfare (even though his parents were very rich).

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Jack Straw @ Aug 26 2006, 10:52 PM) [snapback]309986[/snapback]</div>

Cool! Thanks for that link. I think we'll check to see if we can get a refund and buy the extended warranty from him.