Prius order window

After you place your on-line order, the dealer will get your order, enter the negotiated price and email that back to you via the on-line order process system. You will need to confirm on-line that you accept the price as negotiated. Once you have accepted it, you are now in the production queue. It's important to understand ahead of time the negotiated price so that when you get the prompt from the dealer with the price, you are not surprised - and waste time re-negotiating. Somewhere in one of these threads someone had posted a link to the dealer training process. It was quite detailed and explained the process thoroughly. If you can find that (or someone can repost the link) it will explain it all.

 

This is the link which you mentioned:

2012 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid

For me, it now just goes back to the page where he was and not the dealer training.

The key part which may be missing is that he must first log in (which is not possible right now) using the user name and password which he entered at the time that he registered. After that it is pretty much following the prompts which are provided.

The rest, you and others have explained.

I read the FAQs several times before they became clear to me. That might help, too.

edit: as I see the way the link showed up in the post, it IS the place where he was. It didn't look like that when I drafted this post.

 

At what point was an official indication given that only 5000 of the planned 15,000 PiP's would be allocated for the pre-registrants?

 

to my knowledge (not that i know anything) this was never announced anywhere but here, by anyone but Dianne.

i can't imagine why toyota would do this, because it is going to engender all sorts of ill will if they "run out" of cars in a matter of hours.

 

I considered the "incenuation" that pre-allocation cars would sell out out fast was just hype, and I never could figure out the basis for that prediction.
Nor the idea that there would be any dealer allocated cars.

Now It all makes sense. 5000 for the pre-registrants and 10,000 for the dealers. Seems to be a well kept secret.

 

Toyota is trying very hard to avoid the "ill will" and wants very much to please everyone. They would be happy if every car sold at MSRP, no more, no less.

If you believe that Toyota would restrict the supply of pre register cars so dealers can sell the other 10,000 cars above MSRP (Dianne has repeatedly warned they will do just that) then you should believe Dianne's 5000 number.

 

And how many months did I wait for my first 2004 Prius? 5 months and registered at 15 dealers in 3 states, with weekly calls to them and even then got stung by a dealer that "SAID" MSRP, but amazingly when we walked in to pay it was $1000 over MSRP- because they could.... (not Dianne)....expect that scenario...

 

well... that's kind of what i'm getting at. this whole direct order process is (apparently) meant to fix the problem you had on gen 2 with the supply and demand being so out of balance.

why would they have gone through all this trouble to set this up, and then intentionally short circuit it?

 

Interesting - You can't even log in this morning. The site is locked down.

 

I tried last night and I could get to my info but that was about it.

Ken

 

Haha... at countdown at 30 minutes mark, another hour was added... smooth...

 

why does Toyota have to custom build the prius? There are only 5 colors and 2 packages, so they are only 10 combinations...

 

You want the LiIon battery and the fender with a plug don't you.

 

how does that affect the 10 combinations?
I had time to ask because I too saw an extra hour added to the countdown clock.
An "associate" of mine heard from his Preferred Dealer that delivery was to start in Jan 2012, that doesn't seem likely to me. I am fine with March or April.I want my car "well built" I am not in a hurry for any recalls.

 

This is my 4th time doing this now... 2000, 2003, 2009, 2011.

It's very exciting being on the verge of another memorable moment in life. My late father would have found it very fulfilling to share the experience. He was the one who introduced me to the worlds of cars all those decades ago. Thanks Dad!

30 minutes to go.
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What?!?!? Battery is optional?!?!

 

My Plug in Prius is a far cry from what my dad taught me to drive in . I was fortunate to have a "family car" 1965 Chrysler Newport, a real tank with single digit mpg. Definitely not a chick magnet but I got T-boned by a truck doing about 35 mph and I walked away and drove the car for a few more years (unrepaired) until I could get a muscle car (SS396)
I know back to topic.....

 

I don't see that; it has been spot on since at least 4:00 pm yesterday.

 

If they weren't customizing it for you, you might end up with a regular Prius. Customization was the original question .