I saw my first Prius out in the wild!

kettledrum · 08-30-2004, 01:00 PM

I finally saw my first Prius out on the open road on Friday evening. It was the weirdest thing too.

I was merging onto the interstate and since I was getting off at the next exit 2 miles down the road I decided to drive more Priuslike and just was going to hang out in the right lane and not try save myself a whole 20 seconds and waste a lot of gas by trying to zip around everyone. I looked at the car in front of me and first noticed the license plate. It read SAV ENRG.

It wasn’t until then that I looked at the car and saw that it was a Prius! I wanted to honk and wave, but being that I don’t have a Prius yet, I think they would have just thought I was crazy.

BTW this was in the Indianapolis area…

DaveinOlyWA · 08-30-2004, 06:19 PM

wow your first?

or have you simply not been paying as close attention until your interest in the Prius was manifested?

i guess its possible that there is a Prius void there (well there is a shortage everywhere!) but in my area, i have stopped trying to figure out how many different ones ive seen.

in fact, i've seen one with a custom paint job already. it was bright green. (cool color but not sure i would want to paint a brand new car thou)

also i came home today and there was another Prius in my apartment complex parking lot. it was the mother of one of the renters here ( there is only 11 apartments here) so as you can see, there is a huge amount of them around here.

my dealer told me that they were getting 4-10 every two weeks and the waiting list is so long that they quit taking new names for the list but they have started a "list of interest" this list is for people who want to get on the waiting list when a slot becomes available (the waiting list is over a year long now) but this requires no deposit or paperwork. i guess they realize that many people's situations can change drastically in a year.

exces6 · 08-30-2004, 11:03 PM

I still haven't seen any here yet, and I hope I'm the first to have one in my area. It should be here in December.

**Danny** · 08-31-2004, 12:11 PM

I think I've seen a total of 3 - including mikepaul's and paulisme's. And that was because we were meeting up.

eklabbers · 08-31-2004, 12:39 PM

Here in Portland, OR I see at least a couple of them a day. The most I've detected in one day was 7 (not counting the classics).

Esther

DaveinOlyWA · 08-31-2004, 12:45 PM

my record would be hard to say but i did see 5 Prius classics sitting at Hawks Prairie Restaurant. all were city of Seattle transportation vehicles. i question why city of seattle vehicles would be sitting in a restaurant parking lot in Lacey which is 55 miles south of seattle city limits.

**TonyPSchaefer** · 08-31-2004, 12:59 PM

We're accustomed to thinking of hybrids as vehicles that run on Gas and Battery, but in Indianapolis, hybrids run on Bob and Tom.

GO HOOSIERS!!

kettledrum · 08-31-2004, 01:55 PM

Yes, I'll admit that I haven't been trying to find them out on the road until the last month or so, so it'd quite possible there's a lot out there that I'm missing.

But also here in Indiana, we usually lag behind the curve on these types of things

But then again I'm looking at a year wait to get one, so who knows?

Gurmail · 08-31-2004, 07:57 PM

In the San Francisco area, I see more than 20 a day. No one ever notices mine.

priusham · 08-31-2004, 09:18 PM

There is a ton of them in California, which is why I had to get mine there.

I've still only seen 10 2004 Pri here in Michigan. Today I saw a Salsa Pearl just like mine pulling into Oakland University north of Detroit. It was nice to note that Salsa is by far the best color. I hope you all feel the same way about the color you own, too.

So in the month since I've had mine, I've seen a grand total of three.

Still the rarest production car in Michigan and probably will be for a few more months.

=paul=

08-30-2004, 01:00 PM	#1
kettledrum Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 154 My Car: 2006 Prius Package: #4 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	I saw my first Prius out in the wild! I finally saw my first Prius out on the open road on Friday evening. It was the weirdest thing too. I was merging onto the interstate and since I was getting off at the next exit 2 miles down the road I decided to drive more Priuslike and just was going to hang out in the right lane and not try save myself a whole 20 seconds and waste a lot of gas by trying to zip around everyone. I looked at the car in front of me and first noticed the license plate. It read SAV ENRG. It wasn’t until then that I looked at the car and saw that it was a Prius! I wanted to honk and wave, but being that I don’t have a Prius yet, I think they would have just thought I was crazy. BTW this was in the Indianapolis area…

08-30-2004, 06:19 PM	#2
DaveinOlyWA Opps !! I Did it Again!! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: South Puget Sound, WA Posts: 9,675 My Car: 2006 Prius Package: #4 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 5	wow your first? or have you simply not been paying as close attention until your interest in the Prius was manifested? i guess its possible that there is a Prius void there (well there is a shortage everywhere!) but in my area, i have stopped trying to figure out how many different ones ive seen. in fact, i've seen one with a custom paint job already. it was bright green. (cool color but not sure i would want to paint a brand new car thou) also i came home today and there was another Prius in my apartment complex parking lot. it was the mother of one of the renters here ( there is only 11 apartments here) so as you can see, there is a huge amount of them around here. my dealer told me that they were getting 4-10 every two weeks and the waiting list is so long that they quit taking new names for the list but they have started a "list of interest" this list is for people who want to get on the waiting list when a slot becomes available (the waiting list is over a year long now) but this requires no deposit or paperwork. i guess they realize that many people's situations can change drastically in a year. __________________ My 2006: Last tank 463.1 miles @49.2 pump (49.4 computer) 4.22 cpm winter mpg 50.70 summer mpg 54.59 lifetime: 33,038.3 miles 52.79 mpg pump (54.04 mpg computer) 5.74 cpm My 2007 Zenn Driven 5945 miles, 2.01 cpm/ 105 mpg (at $2.05/gal), 4.04 miles/ Kwh Savings over my Prius $302.66 The Corolla...573.26 The REAL SAVINGS from not driving Corolla 657.39 +Prius= 958.18 (excludes maintenance costs...would be unfair to ICE vehicles) My Plate: DUALPWR (Dual Power)

08-31-2004, 12:11 PM	#4
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DaveinOlyWA Opps !! I Did it Again!! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: South Puget Sound, WA Posts: 9,675 My Car: 2006 Prius Package: #4 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 5	my record would be hard to say but i did see 5 Prius classics sitting at Hawks Prairie Restaurant. all were city of Seattle transportation vehicles. i question why city of seattle vehicles would be sitting in a restaurant parking lot in Lacey which is 55 miles south of seattle city limits.

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kettledrum Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 154 My Car: 2006 Prius Package: #4 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Yes, I'll admit that I haven't been trying to find them out on the road until the last month or so, so it'd quite possible there's a lot out there that I'm missing. But also here in Indiana, we usually lag behind the curve on these types of things But then again I'm looking at a year wait to get one, so who knows?

08-31-2004, 07:57 PM	#9
Gurmail Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Oakland, CA Posts: 244 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	In the San Francisco area, I see more than 20 a day. No one ever notices mine.

08-31-2004, 09:18 PM	#10
priusham Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Michigan - land of everlasting snowflake icon! Posts: 525 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	There is a ton of them in California, which is why I had to get mine there. I've still only seen 10 2004 Pri here in Michigan. Today I saw a Salsa Pearl just like mine pulling into Oakland University north of Detroit. It was nice to note that Salsa is by far the best color. I hope you all feel the same way about the color you own, too. So in the month since I've had mine, I've seen a grand total of three. Still the rarest production car in Michigan and probably will be for a few more months. =paul=