2008 Black, Special Edition Premium 11/17/07

[mabelair]

Originally Posted by cuttooth

Looks like all systems are go for us to pick up our lovely new vehicle tomorrow evening!

Must...contain...excitement...

Please forgive me my green with envy. :-) Let me know how it goes. I'm very jealous. And don't forget: WE WANT PICTURES!

MAB

[cuttooth]

Well it took a while, and I definitely knew a helluva lot more than the person who "introduced us" to the car, but we're at last proud owners of our 2008 Prius.

Proud papa:


Corrie, getting used to her new digs:

[Tideland Prius]

Originally Posted by cuttooth

Well it took a while, and I definitely knew a helluva lot more than the person who "introduced us" to the car, but we're at last proud owners of our 2008 Prius.

Proud papa:


Corrie, getting used to her new digs:

<drools> Nice!

Hope you have time to give it a good coat of wax before the salt and slush!

[mabelair]

Wow, looking really slick! Hope you've had a change to put a few KMs on it since picking it up. So. It remains to be asked: Do you like it? :-)

MAB

[cuttooth]

I absolutely love it! It handles better than our (traded) Civic, has much better shocks, is more comfortable, unbelievably quiet (shh!)...I could go on and on.

We had a rush hour snowstorm here this morning, and my wife said it handled everything with relative ease, even with the stock tires. That being said, we're still putting Nokian WR's on it this weekend.

[Tideland Prius]

Originally Posted by cuttooth

I absolutely love it! It handles better than our (traded) Civic, has much better shocks, is more comfortable, unbelievably quiet (shh!)...I could go on and on.

We had a rush hour snowstorm here this morning, and my wife said it handled everything with relative ease, even with the stock tires. That being said, we're still putting Nokian WR's on it this weekend.

sweet...

You'll like the WRs. I'm currently running on 38/36. I might bump it up to 40/48 (max cold PSI is 47 for the WRs).

Oh and post your findings in my WR thread!

[mabelair]

Originally Posted by Tideland Prius

s*snip* I might bump it up to 40/48 (max cold PSI is 47 for the WRs).

I'm assuming you meant to say 40/38? ;-)

MAB

[cuttooth]

Thanks for the advice, Tideland; I was curious as to what a reasonable pressure is for them on a Prius.

[Tideland Prius]

Originally Posted by mabelair

I'm assuming you meant to say 40/38? ;-)

MAB

whoops! Yes I do. How'd that slip by me? 40/38!

Originally Posted by cuttooth

Thanks for the advice, Tideland; I was curious as to what a reasonable pressure is for them on a Prius.

I don't know but when I was doing research, a couple of people over at the Subaru forums said 38-40 PSI was the sweet spot for their cars. Now assuming they weigh similar to the Prius (the Impreza models), it seems reasonable. Just don't expect the tyre store to do it for you at 40/38. Asking for 35/33 (Stock PSI for 185/65R15 tyres) gives them a shock and a reprimanding for running the pressures too high. I should be running them at 30 .



When I running on the Integritys, I was running on 38/36 (max cold pressure inflation is 44 PSI for the Integrity). There's a noticeable ride quality difference between 38/36 and 35/33. I always knew that if my car became more comfortable, it was time to pump it back up lol.

With the WRs, I can't tell the difference btwn 35/33 and 38/36. Given that the pressure is up to 47 PSI, I think 40/38 wouldn't be too unreasonable. Even at 47/45, there's a good margin of error built into the 47 PSI rating.


Anyway, this is for the 15" wheel/tyre combo. I'm not sure how different it is for the 16 inchers.

[cuttooth]

Originally Posted by Tideland Prius

Just don't expect the tyre store to do it for you at 40/38. Asking for 35/33 (Stock PSI for 185/65R15 tyres) gives them a shock and a reprimanding for running the pressures too high.

Psh...I'll have to get them (Kal Tire) to manage a tire installation without smearing dirt, grime and grease on our fabric interior first (even on the console...the console!!). We complained enough that they'll be sending the car to one of their detailers to take care of it tomorrow, but I'm pretty pissed that we even have to after just 3 days of ownership. But I digress; indeed, upon asking for a higher inflation pressure we were turned down for the same reasons you've mentioned. I guess I'll have to do it myself which, apparently, is the cleaner way to go.