I walked in and there was aboslutely no haggling about the price, and they didn't try to tack on any ridiculous and unnecessary fees. They didn't have the magnetic gray in stock w/ package 5 so they had to put in a 'request' for one. Ron Tonkin was one of two who said they could meet the price- all the other dealers said there was no way they could touch that price as the Prius' was in high demand (This was back in June '07). I looked up the FMV on and pretty much emailed the dealers and told them if they could meet that price then I would buy from them. I really shopped around hard on the internet for the best price. I bought from Ron Tonkin in Gresham, Oregon. A couple of good pictures of The Pri at some of the greatest places in our country. There are really more pictures than words. You can read our travel blog that we kept on our trip here We can't wait to go on another long roadtrip in The Pri. The Prius was a champ, I had no complaints at all. All things considered, our gas milage was much better than it would have been in most other cars under the same conditions. Our overall average gas milage was pretty low- 31.8 mpg! But we didn't do ourselves any favors by driving in the dead of winter, added weight of luggage, 75 MPH speed limits in many states, and our Yakima rack and Rocketbox screwing with our aerodynamics. The trip took 13 days, 4,346 miles through 16 beautiful states, faced temperatures as low as 16 degrees, trudged through high-desert snow and made countless memories that will be with us forever. We decided that this would be a great opportunity to see some of our great country and made the choice to drive the Prius rather than have it shipped over on a truck. My boyfriend and I made the big move from Portland, OR to Brooklyn, NY at the end of January.

it's my turn to give back to the community!! Priuschat was a great tool when I was doing research when purchasing my car and an ejoyable read since then. Well, I've been meaning to post this for some time now.

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