This story could go back as far as five years, but I'll skip that part in the interest of keeping your short little attentions. Middle of summer: I need/want/desperately crave a new car. I constantly look around at everything that's there, window shopping at Vehix.com all the time. Finally decide it's about time to start looking for real. BUT WAIT! Toyota announces the redesigned 2004 Prius (hybrid car of the future, amazing gadgets, astronomical gas mileage.) That's the car I want. Gimmee gimmee! But it doesn't come out until mid-October. So I wait. Mid-October, they say that they won't have any for test-driving until early-November. So I wait. Early-November-ish, I test drive and order. They say it won't come in until late-January to February. So I wait. Late-mid-November, they say, "We have your car!... but it's not really your car. It's like your car, but with $900 more useless add-ons like luster guard. You should buy it! What's $900 more?" I say, "But that was already as much as I was willing to spend before, and if I didn't want those add-ons when I ordered, why would I want them now?" So they sold it to someone else. Then they say, "Oh, but Toyota thought that they filled your order with that car and you turned it down. Now you'll have to reorder. PS, now the wait could be up to ten months." So I said I'll wait until the end of February. Yesterday I saw some guy driving the car.