New Prius Owner Florida

Congratulations!

 

Raise a toast to all those honest Toyota dealers around the country (including my local dealer) who are still selling Priuses at MSRP. We should make a list of them.

 

My wife did a lot of internet searching and found a dealer near the Tampa area (Courtesy Toyota of Brandon) that does not charge over MSRP, but the $500 deposit is non-refundable unless they fail to provide what you ordered in 6 months. They said they do this because too many people were putting their names on multiple waiting lists and seeing who delivers first.

We are newbies on the waiting list and it may be until December before we get one, but are hopeful it will be sooner since we were not picky about color. There are at least 5 closer dealerships that want $2000-3000 over MSRP.

 

I bought my wife's Spectra Blue from the dealer in Orlando...Central Florida Toyota. They did a great job, only a month wait. Ask for Courtney, she did fantastic.

 

Congrats on getting your new car!!
I'm hoping FL gets their allotments soooon !!!!

 

Enjoy! The Prius loves Florida...nice flat roads and warm weather.

 

Congrats and welcome!

I see more and more Prius around here. We don't have quite the density as California, yet, but we seem to working on it.

Like Yoda-chan said, many of us do well with FE here....the engine is warm in like 20 seconds and the miles and miles of flatness are the things that Prius dreams are made of...

 

Welcome home

 

We were behind a "mature" lady in a Jag with a Palm Beach license holder. We were in line at McD's. Something did not compute...

 

Tint windows

Check out Tint America (Tint America) They have an office in WPB.

$175 for everything but the windshield, which is illegal in FL. It does include the "little" windows.

Bob

 

Don't know. I also talked to these folks. They have a nice shop, but never got much further with this than the talking stage when something else got in the way....

 

Yes, I had my car done by them. Mine was done in the Boynton Beach shop since it is only a couple of miles from my house. AND, there is a McDonald's next door for a snack while waiting.

I also had them tint the windows in my house with a hurricane rated film.

I really don't know how they cut the tint. I looked my car over and don't see any gasket cuts or nicks. This is the first time I have had a car tinted and it never occurred to me to ask about that. I guess a phone call would be the quickest way to find out.

Bob

 

I just purchased a Black 08 Package #6 in Orlando (well two months ago) and love it.

5000 Miles in 60 days and going strong.

I put in the tint for $140 at a place in Orlando and they have a computer cutter.

I also had the dealer put in the Sat Radio and I purchased the life time service.

My wife has an 07 Pri with everything but leather, She only puts 10K miles a year or less on hers. and she loves her Prius also.

Not to mention we have 2 kids and grandparrents that live with us 5 months out of the year so we also have an Armada that gets 13 MPG when fully loaded.

So in the driveway we have what I call Yin/Yang Prius/Armada.

 

EXCELLENT DEALER - Royal Palm Toyota - Royal Palm Beach Florida

Jeff is right (quote below)! Royal Palm Toyota is the only one of the two dealers in South Florida that do not charge above MSRP!!! They even gave discount of 600$ from MSRP! Only 6-8 weeks waiting list and with a little luck to want the car that most frequently arrives (package 2), you can get it within a week, absolutely unbelievable!

Excellent facility, excellent buying experience. Look for Ismael Alvarez, i just got mine yesterday and I am ecstastic! He was incredible thorughout - patient, non-agressive, very thourough, and very kind.

I couldn't believe it, after so many frustrations and humiliation with other dealers! But Royal Palm told me why - they are new dealers and commit to Toyota for fastest sale of Priuses. Plus, the more they sell, the more quota they get. So they developed a sophisticated logistics to manage the waiting lists, and the whole demand. They are also part of Penske Group which I read in this forum has an excellent reputation (same experiences reported in Tampa and Orlando).

I live in Boca Raton, and Royal Palm is a good half hour drive on the Turnpike. I am not putting my foot for anything in the future in our neighboring arrogant dealers - Delray Toyota, Coral Springs, Pompano, Maroone, etc. All my family's future buys and dealings will be with Royal Palm Toyota, they deserve my admiration.

Thank you, Royal Palm!

 

Hi:
Sure...Royal Palm will sell at MSRP but they tack on a 'dealers fee' of $899.00. What's that all about????
I know...they say that all dealers do that but I can assure you all dealers DO NOT add these fees and they will still sell at MSRP. A $900 fee plus sales tax is a pretty high percentage of the sales price on a $25,000 vehicle. If the Prius gets twice the mileage as your present car you will have to buy $1900 worth of fuel (520 gallons @ $3.75) just to break even. That's quite a bit of gasoline....

Regards,
Don
Naples FL

 

Re: EXCELLENT DEALER - Royal Palm Toyota - Royal Palm Beach Florida

I bought my Seaside Pearl at DELRAY TOYOTA back in March, I got 1100 OFF sticker(600 was a discount already listed on the actual sticker, and I got them to come down another 500), and they tinted the windows for free. I have no problems with them. Richie Silverman was my salesman, great guy.

Also about Tint America, I got my last car done there five years ago. They did a great job, great service too. I went to the one in Boyton Beach.

 

Hi:

The "dealers' fee" you are referring to was $699.00 and it is typed on the paper (not put by the sales person) and is valid for all cars, except probably they waive it for the slow moving Toyota cars. This was the only fee they had. Considering that my other option was to give 2500$ deposit for 6 months waiting list (Earl Stewards says they do not charge "dealers' fees") when I will get Toyota Prius 2009 whose price will be about $500.00 more expensive, I think this was a very good deal.

 

Re: EXCELLENT DEALER - Royal Palm Toyota - Royal Palm Beach Florida

Yes, of course, I can believe that. Friend of ours bought it too with such discount back in February. These were the good old days before everybody decided they wanted Prius (including me). Now Delray Toyota charges "Market Adjustment Fee" of $4000.00 for Toyota Prius - it's there on the parking lot - if you want it, you can have it - for these extra money. No MSRP discount, no negotiation.