What an Offer!
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queenoftheskiesI'm not sure whether I've posted about this in my Live Jounal before, but it always amuses me.
I drive a 2002 Toyota Prius. On June 2, I'll have had her for FOUR years. Her name is Terra (after a video game character).
I LOVE Terra. Best car I have ever, ever had. In four years, she's had tires, gas, oil changes, and routine check-ups. She has required NO repairs at all. (After my previous car...a real lemon...that's been a life saver!)
As many of you probably know, Priuses are hybrid cars.
When I first got her (and still some now), people stopped me everywhere I went and asked how I liked her. Then, they asked the inevitable, "How often do you have to plug it in?"
NEVER, stupid people.
I used to see Priuses occasionally on the street, but not often.
Now, people get on LONG waiting lists to get the new ones. I see them all over the place. I cheer. Maybe people are only buying them for the gas mileage, but they're still helping the environment.
Anyway...I digress.
About a year after I bought Terra, I think it was, I started getting offers from Toyota to buy her back to have used Priuses on the lot. I got offers from Nissan and Ford to buy her outright.
To all of these offers, I said NO.
Over the years, the offers from Toyota to buy her back have become frequent (once every 2 or 3 months) as they are desperate for used Priuses in this area. Apparently, people are NOT trading them in, but are holding onto them, as I hold onto mine. I like to hope they love theirs like I love mine.
The offers keep getting better and better, but the one I got yesterday tops them all, hands down.
The dealership where I bought her has offered to give me a trade-in equal to WHAT I PAID FOR HER FOUR YEARS AGO...the original sticker price!!! In addition, they sent a "check" to be used for an ADDITIONAL $7,000 down payment toward any 2006 car and have offered to finance anything I choose.
Sheesh! Can we say desperate???
But, you know what? I love my Terra. I wouldn't trade her in for anything.
I drive a 2002 Toyota Prius. On June 2, I'll have had her for FOUR years. Her name is Terra (after a video game character).
I LOVE Terra. Best car I have ever, ever had. In four years, she's had tires, gas, oil changes, and routine check-ups. She has required NO repairs at all. (After my previous car...a real lemon...that's been a life saver!)
As many of you probably know, Priuses are hybrid cars.
When I first got her (and still some now), people stopped me everywhere I went and asked how I liked her. Then, they asked the inevitable, "How often do you have to plug it in?"
NEVER, stupid people.
I used to see Priuses occasionally on the street, but not often.
Now, people get on LONG waiting lists to get the new ones. I see them all over the place. I cheer. Maybe people are only buying them for the gas mileage, but they're still helping the environment.
Anyway...I digress.
About a year after I bought Terra, I think it was, I started getting offers from Toyota to buy her back to have used Priuses on the lot. I got offers from Nissan and Ford to buy her outright.
To all of these offers, I said NO.
Over the years, the offers from Toyota to buy her back have become frequent (once every 2 or 3 months) as they are desperate for used Priuses in this area. Apparently, people are NOT trading them in, but are holding onto them, as I hold onto mine. I like to hope they love theirs like I love mine.
The offers keep getting better and better, but the one I got yesterday tops them all, hands down.
The dealership where I bought her has offered to give me a trade-in equal to WHAT I PAID FOR HER FOUR YEARS AGO...the original sticker price!!! In addition, they sent a "check" to be used for an ADDITIONAL $7,000 down payment toward any 2006 car and have offered to finance anything I choose.
Sheesh! Can we say desperate???
But, you know what? I love my Terra. I wouldn't trade her in for anything.
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Date: 2006-05-03 06:37 pm (UTC)I'm really hoping to get a hybrid for my next car (that, or a Mini Cooper), but I'm driving the current Strat-illac into the ground first. (It's about 6-7 years old.)
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Date: 2006-05-04 03:55 am (UTC)I think my Prius will last forever. She's wonderful!!!
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Date: 2006-05-04 04:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-05-04 04:18 am (UTC)My last car was a clunker. Just horrible.
My car before that was used. I was the third owner and then gave her to my sister. She has over 300,000 miles on her. She's a 1979 and may just last forever. (Though, of course, she needs work more frequently as she gets older and older.)
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Date: 2006-05-04 06:12 am (UTC)It's hard to imagine cars these days getting 300k...