How did you find out about Priuschat?

DaveinOlyWA · 09-04-2006, 02:15 PM

before my Prius, i was not a car buff in any way whatsoever. was only transportation. other than a possible car stereo or speakers, had never spent a dime on a car accessory. in fact about half of the many many cars i had owned i probably never washed even one time other than to sell it.

my Prius, god rest her soul, was washed weekly for the first 18 months, bi-monthly until she was injured beyond repair.

jimgraffam · 09-04-2006, 02:19 PM

Turned onto it by my salesperson as well. Gilles Labelle at Westboro Toyota. Excellent experience all around.

**efusco** · 09-04-2006, 03:55 PM

I think Danny e-mailed me when he was starting things up to get some input on structure, format and content. So I was the first to register (it says #3, but some admin thing is the #1 spot, Danny's #2) and see the site as an infant. Danny had really done an amazing job and he was so motivated to make it a great home for Prius folk.

At the time I'd been participating at PriusOnline and some of the Yahoo! groups as well, but POL had little participation, it was disorganized and the owner was pretty much AWOL. Yahoo! is a free-for-all, every thread thrown together, just a disorganized mess and hard to follow...though I learned a LOT there.

PC was clean, neat, organized, the owner was motivated and involved and really set out to form a community...it's been a love affair (with PC, not Danny!) ever since.

santoro1 · 09-04-2006, 04:04 PM

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Priuschat is such a popular community I was wondering how you all first found out about it? I think I found it by just doing a Google search on Prius message boards or something like that. I'm sure glad I found it.

Another thing. Before the Prius (BP), I, for one, had hardly spent any time at all on my car, except for the things I had to do. Now, I spend much of my spare time in Priuschat reading about others' experiences and adding my own, and spend a lot more time washing and waxing it and worrrying about tire pressure, etc. than I've ever spent before on a car. I guess it's because of the new technology and wanting to get the highest MPG possible.

Were any of you that enthusiastic about your other cars BP?
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I was searching for information on high mpg vehicles as I was in the market for a new car...I remembered something about a Toyota model that got high mileage. My first attempts at googling the Prius were not very revealing bec i was spelling Prius incorrectly. When google finally helped me find the correct spelling one of the first hits was PriusChat..So I clicked on it and started reading. The forum helped me make my buying decision bec of the vast amount of information and opinions.. Even though I have just about all the mods I care for at this point, I still go on daily just to see if there are interesting topics to read about...OR..if I am in need of an answer to a technical question..Heck I would go here before I go to the Toyota website!!!

galaxee · 09-04-2006, 04:10 PM

DH told me all about the prius while we were looking for a new car. i took a look at a couple on the lot in the short time between the delivery/prep and owner coming to pick the car up, but never drove one.

since i couldn't experience it before actually settling in to the waitlist to buy one, i thought i'd do a couple of yahoo searches for more info. at the time i had some spare time because of the nature of my experiments during a research rotation, and got into reading the forums. now, a long time later and still here.

we've always liked to tinker with cars, i suppose that comes with the territory though

so we weren't too shocked to see people tinkering here, we just thought what fun it would be. and it was!

harper42 · 09-04-2006, 04:32 PM

DH and I were searching for the best, low mph, car on the market. Lots of Google searches and I started reading about the Prius. Somewhere along the line, I came across Priuschat. You folks helped convince me that a Prius was what we wanted and needed. Test drove one... signed the paperwork....there was one coming in, in just 2 weeks. The rest is history. Now I've come to you folks with my doubts, fears, question, and get so much good advice. Couldn't get along without all of you!

PriusRos · 09-04-2006, 05:20 PM

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I think Danny e-mailed me when he was starting things up to get some input on structure, format and content. So I was the first to register (it says #3, but some admin thing is the #1 spot, Danny's #2) and see the site as an infant. Danny had really done an amazing job and he was so motivated to make it a great home for Prius folk.

At the time I'd been participating at PriusOnline and some of the Yahoo! groups as well, but POL had little participation, it was disorganized and the owner was pretty much AWOL. Yahoo! is a free-for-all, every thread thrown together, just a disorganized mess and hard to follow...though I learned a LOT there.

PC was clean, neat, organized, the owner was motivated and involved and really set out to form a community...it's been a love affair (with PC, not Danny!) ever since.
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Wow -- since I'm member number 15-thousand and something, I'm impressed that you are one of the founding members and still contributing on such a regular basis.

I agree -- this is a really neat, organized site. It's easy to use and participants are generally helpful, articulate, and responsive.

What I was wondering is, is this unique to Prius owners or do other cars attract such a loyal following?

**efusco** · 09-04-2006, 05:26 PM

There are a few other cars which have very loyal followings and active chats/forums. The TDI forum is quite active, I know those 'vette folks are pretty active as well...and I'm sure there are others.

jkash · 09-04-2006, 05:27 PM

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I think Danny e-mailed me when he was starting things up to get some input on structure, format and content. So I was the first to register (it says #3, but some admin thing is the #1 spot, Danny's #2) and see the site as an infant. Danny had really done an amazing job and he was so motivated to make it a great home for Prius folk.

At the time I'd been participating at PriusOnline and some of the Yahoo! groups as well, but POL had little participation, it was disorganized and the owner was pretty much AWOL. Yahoo! is a free-for-all, every thread thrown together, just a disorganized mess and hard to follow...though I learned a LOT there.

PC was clean, neat, organized, the owner was motivated and involved and really set out to form a community...it's been a love affair (with PC, not Danny!) ever since.
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I signed up the first day PriusChat went live. Danny had been posting on the Yahoo group that he was creating this site. PriusChat soon became my favorite Prius site. The amazing part is Danny had to wait until recently to get his own Prius!

Ichabod · 09-04-2006, 05:33 PM

I don't remember precisely what I googled that brought me here... I think it might have been the backup beep, like Rufaro. The first thing that caught my eye though was a "I beat the EPA" thread, and on reading it I realized y'all were a bunch of nutcases.

So I joined right up.

09-04-2006, 03:55 PM	#13
efusco Troll Slayer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Nixa, MO Posts: 14,207 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #9 Nominated 1 Time in 1 Post TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 24	I think Danny e-mailed me when he was starting things up to get some input on structure, format and content. So I was the first to register (it says #3, but some admin thing is the #1 spot, Danny's #2) and see the site as an infant. Danny had really done an amazing job and he was so motivated to make it a great home for Prius folk. At the time I'd been participating at PriusOnline and some of the Yahoo! groups as well, but POL had little participation, it was disorganized and the owner was pretty much AWOL. Yahoo! is a free-for-all, every thread thrown together, just a disorganized mess and hard to follow...though I learned a LOT there. PC was clean, neat, organized, the owner was motivated and involved and really set out to form a community...it's been a love affair (with PC, not Danny!) ever since. __________________ Evan E. Fusco, MD Seaside 04BC9/OEM EVb/NAV & auto-BT/XM Radio, CAN-View, Shark Fin, BT Stiff. Plate, Skid Plate & Strut Support

09-04-2006, 04:10 PM	#15
galaxee running WOT until out of fuel Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: central NC/ western WI Posts: 9,066 My Car: 2005 Prius Package: #5 Nominated 5 Times in 3 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 21	DH told me all about the prius while we were looking for a new car. i took a look at a couple on the lot in the short time between the delivery/prep and owner coming to pick the car up, but never drove one. since i couldn't experience it before actually settling in to the waitlist to buy one, i thought i'd do a couple of yahoo searches for more info. at the time i had some spare time because of the nature of my experiments during a research rotation, and got into reading the forums. now, a long time later and still here. we've always liked to tinker with cars, i suppose that comes with the territory though so we weren't too shocked to see people tinkering here, we just thought what fun it would be. and it was! __________________ black 2005 prius, tweaked just the way i like it my diagnostic guy on electronics: "lack of troubleshooting ability is due to a high common sense rejection ratio."

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09-04-2006, 02:15 PM	#11
DaveinOlyWA Opps !! I Did it Again!! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: South Puget Sound, WA Posts: 9,633 My Car: 2006 Prius Package: #4 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 5	before my Prius, i was not a car buff in any way whatsoever. was only transportation. other than a possible car stereo or speakers, had never spent a dime on a car accessory. in fact about half of the many many cars i had owned i probably never washed even one time other than to sell it. my Prius, god rest her soul, was washed weekly for the first 18 months, bi-monthly until she was injured beyond repair.

09-04-2006, 02:19 PM	#12
jimgraffam Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sterling, MA Posts: 131 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Turned onto it by my salesperson as well. Gilles Labelle at Westboro Toyota. Excellent experience all around.

09-04-2006, 04:32 PM	#16
harper42 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 178 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	DH and I were searching for the best, low mph, car on the market. Lots of Google searches and I started reading about the Prius. Somewhere along the line, I came across Priuschat. You folks helped convince me that a Prius was what we wanted and needed. Test drove one... signed the paperwork....there was one coming in, in just 2 weeks. The rest is history. Now I've come to you folks with my doubts, fears, question, and get so much good advice. Couldn't get along without all of you!

09-04-2006, 05:26 PM	#18
efusco Troll Slayer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Nixa, MO Posts: 14,207 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #9 Nominated 1 Time in 1 Post TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 24	There are a few other cars which have very loyal followings and active chats/forums. The TDI forum is quite active, I know those 'vette folks are pretty active as well...and I'm sure there are others.

09-04-2006, 05:33 PM	#20
Ichabod Artist In Residence Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newton, MA Posts: 1,774 My Car: 2006 Prius Package: #7 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 7	I don't remember precisely what I googled that brought me here... I think it might have been the backup beep, like Rufaro. The first thing that caught my eye though was a "I beat the EPA" thread, and on reading it I realized y'all were a bunch of nutcases. So I joined right up.