Prius - Toyota dealer disaster looking at Insite

[TangaRed]

Ok now I have had two deals on Prius III reneged on by Toyota dealers. First Walnut Creek took a deposit on a red 3 then said C4C would start in a day or two, called each day until Friday when they said they would not do C4C. Rushed out, found a dealer in Fairfield CA, purchased a red3 that they said would be traded and in the delivered to the dealership later that day, and then the next, then Tuesday, then it was on the truck Tuesday night. Of course no one is calling me from the dealership. Today I get hold of a manager and he says the other dealer sold the car, there are no 3's to be had, they aren't getting anymore and he could sell me a 4 or give back my money. Walnut Creek still had my deposit - so I called them - they have no 3's said they did do C4C starting last Friday and would sell me a 4 without CRC.
So after two weeks of being run around by Toyota dealers I think I have to go get my clunker, a 20K + check for the full amount I already paid,my other 500 dollar deposit check and go look at a Honda Insite. I don't believe that there are no more cars coming in and all the delays now means the car I wanted is now not available.

Prius chatters thanks for all the good info but I just don't think a prius is in my future.

[jay_man2]

Deja Vu all over again.

Probably getting the Insight....

[32kcolors]

I do notice that local dealers are rapidly running out of IIs and IIIs, leaving IVs and Vs left.

[TheSpoils]

It does not make sense to spite yourself to spite the dealer. I too experienced that same thing. Dealer finally said they would call me when the car came in. They called, I went the next morning and the car was sold. Happened at 2 dealers simultaniously. To bad for them, i finally hit the right day at the right time, ended up driving 70 miles to get one, but am happy I got it. I considered the Insight and it is a good car but what I really wanted was the Prius. Suck it in and hold out, try different dealers. You may get luck and then you will be happy you waited.
Good Luck

[TangaRed]

I'll run down and look at the insite - if they have my money (check has been cashed) and we have a contract - aren't they compelled to produce a car?

[LoraJ]

I'm sorry it did not work out.
I would not settle though. Make sure you really want the Insight. Saving $4500 just might not be worth it.

[cossie1600]

They are going to extend cash for clunker, wait maybe?

[pdth]

Originally Posted by TheSpoils

It does not make sense to spite yourself to spite the dealer. I too experienced that same thing. Dealer finally said they would call me when the car came in. They called, I went the next morning and the car was sold. Happened at 2 dealers simultaniously. To bad for them, i finally hit the right day at the right time, ended up driving 70 miles to get one, but am happy I got it. I considered the Insight and it is a good car but what I really wanted was the Prius. Suck it in and hold out, try different dealers. You may get luck and then you will be happy you waited.
Good Luck

Agreed. If you really want the Insight, that's fine. But if the Prius meets your needs better, it's hard to understand why you're only talking to 2 dealers. Now if you went through 10 dealers, then maybe you're really trying. Or if you spent a couple minutes using the search feature on this site to locate California dealers that other people have had good experiences with. There are plenty of them here and they are so easy to find.

[homerjay]

I picked up my Prius II today (woot!), and the dealer said he won't get another II for six weeks. The II's have been in demand. He said he had calls from 5 other states looking for them

[JRitt]

Fly on over to St louis. I counted 8 Prius II's in stock and a couple of III's