[ausev] Can you rent a Prius Hybrid here ???

[Mark Farver]

You might try going to a Toyota dealership,, taking a test drive and 
telling them you are interested in purchasing, but your wife really 
needs a few days to decide and could you rent one.   Most toyota dealers 
will do this.  Wear your best dot com money outfit.  You'll probably 
have better luck with one of the dealers on the fringe of town since 
they will not be moving Prius as fast as the in town dealers.

Mark

Dan_Lee Vogler wrote:
> Well, after the article in last week's Wednesday newspaper rating the
> Toyota Prius as the number one car in America for MILAGE, RELIABILITY and
> RESALE value,... I then started looking for one.
>
> I don't know about reliability, but the resale value seems to be only about
> $1000 a year depeciation for one in good condition.    WOW !
>
> Next week GF1 & I are going to tour San Antonio's Spanish Missions and the
> 2000 acre Toyota Tundra Plant site, which is the most modern automotive
> plant in the world they say.
>
> I want to rent a TOYOTA Prius for the trip to TOYOTA , so to no avail, I
> called every car rental place in the book ( ~ 150 listed ) and got a very
> cold response from most, saying "oH NO, the banks won't those weird POSs
> for us,... call someone else."   I was stunned by more than one negative
> response to my request to rent a Toyota Prius from these uninformed people
> at the rental lots.
>
> Does anyone know where I can rent a TOYOTA PRIUS in or near Austin ??
> There's $50 in it for the right referal by this Saturday the 10th of March.
>
> Dan Lee Vogler
> 512-462-9171 
> phev at WireHead.com 
>
>
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