my life, my pace

That’s right! Three weeks and one day from when we placed our order for our Prius and we already have it! And exactly what we wanted too! Such luck!

It definitely wasn’t an easy task and I felt like just giving up so many times during the wait, but I’m glad we perservered and got lucky. We weren’t scheduled to receive our Prius for another eight weeks, or so we were told when we called the dealer on Tuesday. And all of a sudden, this weekend, we started questioning our choice to go with a 2007 model instead of a 2006 because we would be losing half of the tax credit. We had been counting on going with a lower package to recoup the difference, but found out earlier this week that the lower package wasn’t available for our region, which made the 2007 and 2006 models the same price except for the loss of half of the tax credit. We knew that our dealership had a 2006 model available and decided to grab that one before the 9/30 deadline. When we called them to tell them so, they told us that a 2007 silver touring edition had just arrived that very morning and we could have it if the person who was currently test driving it didn’t want it.

WTF!!! You told us that we wouldn’t be seeing any 2007s for another eight weeks and then you turn around and get one the very weekend that we called?! And you didn’t call us even though that particular car and package was EXACTLY what we wanted?! And someone’s test driving it?! Dealers are so…annoying.

Of course, we told them that we wanted the 2007 touring. And then we had to wait and wait and wait for them to call us back to let us know whether or not the person who test drove it wanted it. After what seemed like hours and a whole lot of being annoyed at how poorly they’re running things, they finally called and said that the car is ours!

So we cut our trip short, came back today, and came home with our new Prius! All in three weeks, which is amazing considering the demand (the wait is usually much longer) and that it’s a 2007. Not to mention that we’re probably the first ones around here to have a 2007 touring model. And it’s also absolutely great! I was kind of hesitant to follow through with this whole thing because the test drive didn’t impress me. The car felt very unstable on turns and on the freeway and I was dreading having to change my driving habits to accommodate this change in the car’s handling. But the touring edition with its special suspension eliminated that and I’m able to drive it normally (or as normally as one can drive a sedan), which totally sealed the deal for me!

So we got our car. But we wouldn’t have if it hadn’t been for the particular set of circumstances that led us to call our dealership yesterday, so there was quite a bit of luck involved. And that makes me happy because: 1) I have my Prius, and 2) I never get lucky.

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