Regret ordering.

If there's a long waiting list, as I've been told,
you won't have a problem canceling your order.

 

Is it a non refundable deposit?

unfortunately, Toyota isn’t as special as they used to be

 

It is a boutique car. It will have its quirks. I am sure you will be very happy once you get it.

Are you getting the 17" or 19" wheels?

It is interesting that the UK version has quad LED headlights. In the US, Gen 4 Prius Prime had quad LED headlights, but Gen 5 was downgraded to single LED headlights—along with some other downgrades Gen 5 saw over Gen 4.

 

Might be worthwhile asking.

 

Here is the UK 2024 Prius PHEV brochure:

Toyota Prius Plug-in brochure March 2024—PRIUS PLUG-IN ####### ICONIC NAME, NEW STYLE Prius. You—Studocu

 

people here have had similar troubles, it's hard to understand why. i suspect some dealers are worse than others

 

No brochure!!!!! OMG. Tragic, definitely should cancel

 

Yep... That about sums it up... Meanwhile the Gen2 was a high MPG economy car and they used to sell 25K of them a month in the US for years. There wasn't anything boutique about it back then. It was dominating the market back then.

 

In my case, they said I could easily cancel, because there was a 1 year waiting list.
I'm not sure how much of that was because of consumer laws.

 

I guess when automakers realized they needed to start copying Tesla, the long waiting lists was the cheapest and easiest "advancement" to adopt.

 

... and consumer protection laws vary sharply from state to state or country to country.

 

There might be a way 'round that. It'd be semi proposterous, to cancel your order, recover your deposit, and go to the back of the line again. Contact corporate Toyota?

Still, I have a hunch it's a fox-and-the-grapes scenario; judging from your list of negatives: you didn't really want that car anyway?

Just editorial: why the "(sic)", in your own text?

 

Do like Mendel said, or put an order in at a different dealer and cancel your current one.

 

My advice is that perhaps you should postpone ordering the car until you are more sure about it.

 

That's just the reflection of the fence. UK headlights are the same as anywhere else, afaik. I think maybe OP hadn't realised the low-spec cars with 17" wheels don't have the integrated DRL+indicator setup?

 

Only thing I could think of was, to OP it seems absurd to miss out on something because they ordered too early (as opposed to too late) so they are clarifying that they indeed meant to type "too early" and not "too late".