Welcome to the Chicagoland Prius Group

[geeky teacher]

Hi Tony, I enjoy the many contributions you make to the Main forum as well as the Chicagoland Group. For me you could add a Barcelona Red to your map, just above the city of Aurora. Thanks.

[TonyPSchaefer]

For me you could add a Barcelona Red to your map, just above the city of Aurora.[/b]

Done.

If you would like me to make the location more accurate, send me a PM with an approximate location. I will not put a mark on someone's actual real address.

[Ray Monroe]

Hi Everybody,

I am a happy Prius ( 08 pkg 6) owner. I have owned it a little over a month. Gosh, I love this car! I am interested in learning a lot from other owners here. Living in Rockford, I am not exactly next door to many of you but I hope to meet many of you some day soon. I plan to go to the Hybrid Fest in Madison. Tony, thanks for getting this forum started. Thanks all for a minute of your time.

"smilin" Ray

[mirth]

Tony, feel free to add another to the map.... '05 Salsa Red. IIRC I've got package 3. 60030.

[ctbering]

Originally Posted by TonyPSchaefer

Welcome to the Chicagoland Prius Group.

This section of PriusChat provides us a location where we can talk about Chicagoland news, Prius sightings, and other stuff. Do you love your dealer? Post your exerience and steer us to them.

Only those people who sign up for this group can see the messages posted here. Also, if you use the "View posts since last visit" function, you will see the posts from this group but people not registered will not.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to post them here or just Private Message me.

Hey Tony,
I have read many of your posts on Prius Chat and have appreciated your wealth of knowledge. I live in the South Loop and I have been hoping to find a service garage to do maintenance on my Prius when the intervals call for maintenance. Specifically, I am looking for a place that knows Prius cars well, one that will allow the customer to bring in oil and a filter for oil changes, will do tire rotations or even add-ons that I read about. I was using Toyota to service my SUV but had a bad experience with them during my last maintenance visit. I am not looking to cut into the service person's bottom line. I would like a service person to really understand the Prius and be willing to use certain oil and filters (and I would pay for the labor) or if they would purchase the correct brand and the correct amount that would be great, too. There is so much great information on this site and am hoping to utilize the information to service or new car. Thanks, Terry

[aksharam]

I am planning to buy the Prius 2010 II model in Chicago area. Can anyone post the honest dealer in Chicago area(especially the price)?

Thanks!

[TonyPSchaefer]

Originally Posted by aksharam

Can anyone post the honest dealer in Chicago area(especially the price)?

Thanks!

You mean there's only one?
Congrats on your decision. I try to not play favorites on dealers and there are enough people who have had good and not-so-good interactions with so many dealers. The Chicago Prius Group has an arrangement with Jabber and KFern that we receive a referral bonus if the purchaser was referred by us. They are both Prius-owning members of Priuschat and you can PM them.

I'm sure others will weigh in with their thoughts.
Good luck and because to check out Chicago Prius Group where I'm currently working to populate the 2010 information.