Already? NO WAY! But wait...

[TonyPSchaefer]

I can't believe it. Jeff just called from Libertyville Toyota. Offered me "Right of First Denial" on three #9s but none in silver. I really like the look of the silver. My options are[list]

Who has these colors?
Why did you choose them?
Are you glad you did?
Who has silver?
Would you choose it again?

I'll be on the lot in 2 1/2 hours. Rapid responses appreciated.

[toyoprius]

Color choices are (obviously) subjective, but I love all three colors. Tideland is "complex" and more likely to change given weather and lighting conditions. Driftwood is an appealing gold. The seaside blue is wonderful, though I wonder if I might tire of it.

A bird in the hand....

[P-Car-Go]

seaside all the way! we just got ours yesterday and it's the coolest blue out there.

good luck and let us know what you picked

[Liam]

I have a Seaside and I love it. I have had it since December and I like it more now than when I first saw it. We chose it because we had never seen another 2004 Prius when we ordered and figured blue would be a safe choice, (we both like the color blue). I have seen all the colors now and would have a hard time choosing a color now because I think all the colors look nice on the Prius. I would probably chose blue again just because I do like blue. I think Tideland would be my second choice and then Driftwood, but I would be very happy with either of those colors. I don't think you could get really tired of any of these colors because they change depending on the enviroment and weather.

[eklabbers]

Seaside was my first choice, but I ended up with a Tideland. I'm loving it though. Sometimes it looks green, sometimes dark grey. Very distinguished. I think Silver is too common.

Esther

[Marg]

In dealerships or "in the wild", I have seen silver, seaside and tideland Priuses. I've never seen a driftwood. The adjectives I would ascribe to seaside and tideland are:

seaside -- eyecatching, va-va-voom
tideland -- distinguished, cool

Both are excellent choices, but it depends on what you're going for.

Personally, if I didn't have a silver, I probably would have chosen Tideland.

[LeVautRien]

I think seaside has a lovely champagne feel to it.

[aarons12]

driftwood was my second choice. i have seen it in the wild and it's quite nice. but the best thing about that family of colors (tan/goldish metallics) is that they are by far the easiest to keep looking clean. i have had a peugeot, a pontiac bonneville SSEI and a lexus rx300 all in those colors and have been very happy with them all.

that said, i am glad i got my first choice, which was salsa, though really i want 1950's metalflake candy apple red

[TonyPSchaefer]

UPDATE:
Jeff called back. Turns out the Seaside is in today but the Driftwood and Tideland are being trucked from Portland to Chicago currently. He misread the info.

I'm going to stop by and check out the Seaside this evening and see what I think. I've never seen one. I've seen various Prii in the wild but only as fleeting glances. The dealer has a white to test drive and I've already decided against white (no offense intended).

Thanks everyone so far for weighing in. Esther, I appreciate your comment that the silver is too common. Now that I think about it, I think you might be right. It's just that I'm not a colorful car owner. Not yet, anyway. We'll have to wait and see. Besides, my wife's car is silver.

Also, thanks to everyone who's posted pictures in the gallery. Yes there are some great pictures, but it really helps to be able to see the colors in the real world. Specifically how the colors really do shift a bit in different lights.

Jeff did tell me exactly what the price is going to be and it is MSRP + tax, title, license. Also, I am #7 on the list, so if I decide to pass and hold firm for the #9 silver, perhaps a couple months.

[Danny]

Tideland!

It's beautiful!



Good luck with whatever you choose, Tony!