I bought mine April 3, 2004 in the Los Angeles area.
2004 Honda Civic Hybrid, CVT AT-PZEV.
Price included alloy wheel locks, but no mud flaps or other extras.
No extended warranty, no lojack, no protective coatings or alarm.
Negotiating the initial price was easy.
Spending an hour saying no to all that extra crap was hell.
I paid $19,342 plus tax and license, $21,171.43 after tax and license.
Sticker was $21,290 (20,800 + 490 destination) before tax and license.
So I got it $1948 below sticker.
I got this good price by getting a quote from Autoland.
Then I took this price into a showroom.
They matched it.
Shame on me, I know.
All's fair in Love, and War, and Business.
This price was agreed to a couple weeks prior - just before OPEC announced a cut in production.
I had to wait 2 weeks for a blue one to come in off the boat.
By then the dealer didn't want to honor the price; they said they sold two others at full sticker that day.
The OPEC announcement caused gas prices to spike and created a hybrid feeding frenzy.
My friend liked my car so much she bought one the day after I did, April 4.
She paid $1000 more than I did.
They wouldn't budge.
What did you pay?
When?
Where?
5-Speed or CVT?
Did you have to negotiate hard, or are you a wimp?
(Post edited, corrected dates and prices, June 19th.)