I got a new Prius

Tomes proudly announced:

Thank you Tomes for the wonderful news!

I am very happy for you as I am doing my homework for my next vehicle (currently researching the RAV 4).

Tell me about where you are driving (highway, local roads, any cities or landmarked locations) and have you driven it at night yet?

What features did you have equipped with your new Prius? _________ ===fish=== ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

That is my problem with Prius drivers--they're too busy playing their dashboard video game to drive.

How about paying attention to traffic instead, and DRIVING?

You people piss me off.

There's a web page out there, a hugely long one, that goes into incredible detail about how to play the stupid dashboard video game that Toyota put into the Prius. Frankly, it scares me that people without lives can go out into traffic, vote, etc.

I'm getting a Prius next month--a company car (gas and insurance paid). I have two goals: a) never display the video game, and b) get the worst gas mileage I can possibly get, with the goal being under 24mpg across three tanks.

In fact, I'll get a rooftop luggage carrier for when I take the family on a trip through the mountains. I bet I can crack the 20mpg barrier.

Congrats!

Color me jealous.

Cathy

Maybe you can drag a trailer too.

Nice to see it fits your comfort zone. I've had mine for four years and would not trade up to anything else but another Prius.

mark_

You work for Consumer Reports? LOL

May it be a long and happy relationship. Have you found all the storage cubbyholes yet? :-)

If you haven't got a rubber mat to go over the spare tyre, do so. The standard Toyota part fits snugly and makes that into a useful storage area: flip up the rearmost section and cool-boxes slot in the "trench" securely.

Hm. There's that horn again (see other thread). Does the USian definition of "quiet" (and similar terms) differ from the UKian?

Beware the Ides, the Ides of February! Mark and heed what I say unto you: you will return to the bosom of your family, a changed man, with strangely exultant look in your eyes, yet stumbling as if drugged by faery potions, chanting happily: "...the Prius is pure and good, the Prius redeems, the Prius is best, all hail to the Prius, for it has saved me from 4x4-dom and off-roading, nor shall any gas-guzzling be done by me, yeah, I have seen the True Way, yeah, even the Hybrid Way of Prius, ..."

And do you know, the doctors will be utterly _stumped_. And all the other Prius owners will look at you oddly and cross the road as you approach. It will be so sad.

Well, I wouldn't go THAT far, but, God YES! Never mind trying to squeeze every drop out of it! I can't even tell you how many times I've been driving the speed limit on local roads (usually

45-50 MPH) and come around a corner to find someone driving a Prius at about 35 MPH and almost got into an accident trying to avoid taking off their ass end!

Good God, DRIVE the thing! It will get good enough mileage at normal road speeds!

Good luck with that...I doubt you'll get below 40...

Hi Fish, I have been reading along with your threads as well, good luck with your search.

We drive around here in west central NJ, where we have a mix of local-rural (30-50 mph limit), highway (50) and a bit of I287 and I78 (we are just SW of where they meet up). With this mix we have been getting around 48 MPG so far. I have driven it at night (just got back from a night trip in misty rain). It works well at night, the lights light things up well, and I am already used to that Toyota lens sculpting away the light that would normally point into the opposing drivers' eyes (that took a bit getting used to in the Sienna in 1998). I see no issues regarding night driving this car. Why do you ask? Tomes

You know, I think that you actually have a really good point. I have made it and issue to get the passenger to look at that thing instead of me. I really look forward to your reports. Tomes

Yep, and I found myself being one of them until I came to my senses. I'll play that game if there is no one around (happens enough around here), but I am a firm believer in doing traffic speed.

We did have this conversation in the car, however, in that we can see in the near future the nature of driving changing as more folks get these hybrids and actually do change their driving habits. We're going to end up with the hybrids versus the gassers. "If you are not with us you are against us." LOL Tomes

I got the blue one......

This was another thing I liked about it when I test drive one - sort of icing on the cake. The double storage units in the console - incl. the one at the bottom front, & the double glove box. Are there even more storage cubbies, in other parts of the car?

Cathy

Heh; if I ever manage to buy one, that certainly won't be me!

Cathy ;-)

Okay, then I'm not quite so jealous. OTOH, if you had a silver one...

Cathy

Dunno... If I have not seen some I might not know they are there...

We got these nice cloth covered fold-up boxes that fit perfectly across the wayback area for stowing stuff so it does not roll around. We found them in Home Depot of all paces.

Gotta go look in there....

It surprised me. Maybe I ought to look for that Tundra horn..... (once I stick someone else's head under the hood to find the horn...) Tomes

Tomes respectfully replied...

I thank you very much.

Part of my research comes from reading about many experiences with other Toyota brand vehicles to broaden my ideas to help me decide what features I should be focusing on.

To learn and share experiences so I can enter the dealership showroom with confidence that I have done my homework.

Thanks again, Tomes! :) _________ ===fish=== ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

Don't waste your time wondering why they are driving like they are. Both of you think you own the road. It's that simple.