My fiancee and I bought both a Prius and a HiHy at the same time in August, up in Ventura. We were able to get $500 off sticker from each car. It was just before Katrina hit, and about a week before the HOV sticker approval happened.

There was one Prius on the lot at the time (the one we got), and two HiHys.

Last week we drove by the same dealership again just to check things out, and we saw 2 or 3 HiHys, but absolutely ZERO Priuses. One of the salesmen told us that their waiting list is now approx. 3 months long, yet they've always had a few HiHys on the lot.

The kicker: They were selling an '04 Prius, Salsa Red (not sure what package # though), with 47,000 miles on it, for $500 *less* than we got ours. WOW!

My suggestion: get on a list now so you can have it in a few months!

Rick