We have been sitting at #1 on the waiting list for a few months now. Our dealer is no longer taking deposits or adding folks to "the list." Why keep a longer list of dissatisfied folks who by being on the list think they need to keep contacting the dealer when there is absolutely nothing that can be done to help them?
General manager tells me if and when a Prius to our liking comes in, we can have it. In the interim, to be sure we aren't waiting a looooong time for something that may not really be "just the ticket" for us, he has, without being asked or prompted, volunteered to loan us a Prius for a while.
We are to pick it up this coming Monday and return it Saturday. His thoughts are that we might want to be really really sure before we continue to wait.
The car in question came to him unannounced, marked "NOT FOR SALE" and was to be used at an auto show and then as a loaner/demo to fleet buyers to develop fleet sales. The GM commented that he doesn't understand why anyone would want to do a promo for fleet buyers when they can't supply cars to retail buyers with cash deposits down waiting in line to pay MSRP. So, creative and independent thinker he is, he decided to loan the car to me for a week and then waste time loaning it to fleet buyers after that.
Ths is the dealership where I was told they are legally free to charge whatever they please for a car but in the last 14 years of my source's experience they have never exceeded MSRP as the price base.
I quess I'll be getting a little "stick time" in a Prius a bit ahead of expectations.
Pat 
General manager tells me if and when a Prius to our liking comes in, we can have it. In the interim, to be sure we aren't waiting a looooong time for something that may not really be "just the ticket" for us, he has, without being asked or prompted, volunteered to loan us a Prius for a while.
We are to pick it up this coming Monday and return it Saturday. His thoughts are that we might want to be really really sure before we continue to wait.
The car in question came to him unannounced, marked "NOT FOR SALE" and was to be used at an auto show and then as a loaner/demo to fleet buyers to develop fleet sales. The GM commented that he doesn't understand why anyone would want to do a promo for fleet buyers when they can't supply cars to retail buyers with cash deposits down waiting in line to pay MSRP. So, creative and independent thinker he is, he decided to loan the car to me for a week and then waste time loaning it to fleet buyers after that.
Ths is the dealership where I was told they are legally free to charge whatever they please for a car but in the last 14 years of my source's experience they have never exceeded MSRP as the price base.
I quess I'll be getting a little "stick time" in a Prius a bit ahead of expectations.