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Old 04-24-05 | 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by yoji6365
Toyota isnt discounting any of the Prius's.

A Prius blows away the Corolla in noise, power, comfort, appearance and of course fuel economy.

Is it worth double the cost? You wont make up the cost in fuel savings, maintenance. Maybe, if you are extremely lucky, can make it up on resale value.

If you walk out of the dealership because the first numbers are ridiculous, you may as well never go to a Toyota dealership again.
yup, it was so quiet, i think it's worth every penny of it. corolla's noise is
Old 04-24-05 | 11:29 PM
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Originally Posted by yoji6365
The Z's are usually marked up $10k above MSRP. There are those that pay it.

Sounds like you're gonna buy a car based on price so good luck. Theres always a better deal somewhere else.
that's a lot of mark up there. thank you for your info

i deem we were having difficult time adjusting to car buying experience out side of lexus there's no sense to play the 4-squares and running on the towers to tier one credit customer. we were ready to pick a Z, otherwise we wouldn't have 1) gone inside of the sales floor 2) sat down 3) shown them our credit report. they should know better which stage of the selling process we want to be in. forget about testing how hot the lead is: we even handed them the trial close!

to sum up our experience, for us the ready-to-go customers, it was only about the kimogi! (a.k.a. "feeling) of course sales shouldn't be expected as mind-reader, but come on, (especially for the nissan manager) spare the game so the selling time can be better utilized.

over all we really appreciate the quality sales experience longo toyota has demonstrated. we've bought numerous lexus vehicles from longo lexus, and even though this was the first time in contact with longo, my gf rated longo toyota, by comparison with other dealerships, the most courteous and "no haggle"(as mmarshall likes to say)

edit- it's expressed whole-heartedly and sincerely

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Old 04-25-05 | 01:22 AM
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man sounds like a tough day on the prius, but yeah it's a hot car.

dunno, you know i am biased
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man sounds like a tough day on the prius, but yeah it's a hot car.

dunno, you know i am biased

of course you are man! now do you know any longo toyota sales that you feel confident and comfortable recommending us to?

it shouldn't be that hard to give money away, right?
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of course you are man! now do you know any longo toyota sales that you feel confident and comfortable recommending us to?

it shouldn't be that hard to give money away, right?
ummm, i know people at scion but not toyota.... but then imho it probably doesn't matter coz' the prius is hot selling and there is no way they can go under msrp imho
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ummm, i know people at scion but not toyota.... but then imho it probably doesn't matter coz' the prius is hot selling and there is no way they can go under msrp imho
yeah, it's understood that the prius won't be sold under msrp.

in addition, after consulted by mmarshall, we might look into the Celica more in depth. bummer henry you know friends at scion but not toyota.

look at this from the toyota website--> AMAZING!!

Q. How long is the Toyota Certified Used Vehicle Warranty in effect?
A. Your Certified Warranty expires at the earlier of six years (from original date of first use when purchased as new) or when your odometer reaches 100,000 miles.
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