Newbie from the UK

[benw123]

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to drop a post in now that I've got a deposit secured on a 2006 Prius T-Spirit. I researched this car heavily before locating one and think it will work out well on my daily drive into West London with all the stop-start traffic.

Mine is finished in Verbier Green and comes with the Intelligent Park Assist on later variants, plus the optional leather interior

Will post some pics up after delivery on Saturday!

Cheers,

Ben

[pdhenry]

Wait, deposit on Thursday, pick up on Saturday??

That sounds like the way things were here way back in March!

Pictures would be good. It will be interesting to see all of the configuration differences betwwen the US and UK models (aside from the steering wheel...).

[benw123]

Of all the cars I've ever bought, the Prius was the hardest to nail down. I chased up six different ones, and three were sold within a couple of days of arriving at the dealership.

There's a lot of press coverage in the UK at the moment for so-called "green" cars, and I'm hoping my Prius will be something of an investment.

Until collection tomorrow though, here's some pics - these were the dealer's own website pictures:

[Tideland Prius]

Congrats and to PriusChat! We do have a good number of UK members registered here (don't know how often they check PriusChat though)

[benw123]

Thanks! Collected my Prius two days ago and already it's made a big impression. Saw 61mpg on the way home (around 90 miles), 62mpg the next day out to a nearby town and on my first commute into London today (Monday), I saw a scarcely-believeable 64.9mpg.

But it's also the way it drives and rides so nicely that has endeared itself to us so quickly! Sitting a little bit higher up than everyone else also helps. Happy days to come hopefully...

[pdhenry]

Question: Does the "MPG" on a UK Prius use Imperial gallons? US gallons are 20% smaller than Imperial gallons (128 fliud ounces vs. 160) so 61 mpg in the UK might be 48.8 mpg in the US.

What's your mileage in liters/100km? 61 miles per imperial gallon is 4.63 l/100km, while 61 miles per US gallon is 3.86 l/100km.

[priusuk2008]

Welcome benw123 ! Replied to a post on your 1st London trip. Great forum this Prius Chat and loads of useful (and some off the wall) information here too to help you get the most from your new starship. Enjoy !

[Tideland Prius]

Originally Posted by pdhenry

Question: Does the "MPG" on a UK Prius use Imperial gallons? US gallons are 20% smaller than Imperial gallons (128 fliud ounces vs. 160) so 61 mpg in the UK might be 48.8 mpg in the US.

What's your mileage in liters/100km? 61 miles per imperial gallon is 4.63 l/100km, while 61 miles per US gallon is 3.86 l/100km.

Imperial MPG. So it's 4.63L/100km or just about 49mpg.

Originally Posted by benw123

Thanks! Collected my Prius two days ago and already it's made a big impression. Saw 61mpg on the way home (around 90 miles), 62mpg the next day out to a nearby town and on my first commute into London today (Monday), I saw a scarcely-believeable 64.9mpg.

But it's also the way it drives and rides so nicely that has endeared itself to us so quickly! Sitting a little bit higher up than everyone else also helps. Happy days to come hopefully...

That's fantastic!! You're already touching the combined 65.5mpg figure!

[benw123]

Thanks guys - and just to confirm, yes, those measurements were imperial.It's raining in London this morning and the traffic was a bit heavier, but I still saw 58.5mpg which is still exceptional, as well as being around 15mpg up on our Audi A3 2.0TDI!

[AdamKPL]

so jelous of the non - us prius