How to Buy a Car

Okay, we decided to buy a Prius; now what? Dennis and I approached it from two sides: I called Cars Direct and he visited two local Toyota dealers trying to find the car we wanted at a price we wanted to pay. Sounds easy, right? We found a good price rather easily, but we wanted the solar roof/navigation model and I wanted a Barcelona red color. Ha. We almost settled for silver because there were no red ones available anywhere. At first, Cars Direct found one in Santa Margarita, but that didn't pan out; then they found one in North Hollywood, but someone else beat us to it. At the same time, Japan suffered a devastating earthquake and stopped exporting any cars at all. Then Cars Direct found a Barcelona red Prius with solar/nav in San Jose, apparently the last red one on earth. We are in the process of buying it (Cars Direct will FedEx papers to us to sign and have notorized). Then, if all goes well, they will deliver the car to us for $500. Stay tuned.