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I own a Prius!

As of January 25 I've been an owner of a Prius!  It's a nice one too, Barcelona Red and dark grey interior fabric; nice.  I was going to get Driftwood Pearl (beige) and Bisque (beige) interior, but after seeing another car with a red exterior and black interior I just had to switch.  The move cost me since the dealer had put a rush on the other one -- apparently -- so I had to pay $500 more to get the red!  Sucks.  But, oh well, I'll have the car for a long time and be happy with the color so that's why I agreed to pay the surcharge.  I really got everything I wanted in this car, nothing that I'll wish I would've gotten.  The red color; check.  MP3 playback ability; check.  Navigation system; check.  Sure it's going to cost me a lot but I wanted what I wanted.  Plus 2006 Priuses get a $3000 tax credit so that'll help out with the cost too.

I'll post pictures later, but so far I like it.  The acceleration from stopping could be vastly improved but that's my only gripe.

Posted: Sun, Jan 29 2006 6:12 PM by Humpty | with 3 comment(s)
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Leah said:

so... I never realized... how truely geeky you are not that thats a bad thing :-p. you make me laugh sometimes for no reason, and tonight thats a good thing.
# February 3, 2006 10:20 PM

Tim said:

We own 2 Prii, a 2006 Salsa Red one and a 2007 Super White. My wife drives the 2006 and gets 47MPG; I drive the 2007, and this summer have gotten 53-57MPG. Cool.

# August 28, 2008 12:26 PM

Humpty said:

Wow, that's pretty amazing gas mileage you're getting! I average about 49 MPG overall in my 2006, around 52 MPG in the summer. I guess Toyota made some improvements in the 2007 model.

# August 28, 2008 1:12 PM
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