sold the 11 Tundra, into a Priius C3 (Great buy, smart move...)

welcome. that is a big move. I guess you possibly getting three times more MPG than the truck?

I would also like to do some mod on the C, but not want the JDM part. lol too expensive.

waiting for some strut bar, foglight kit, N&N intake?

 

yes, their price is quite high. go to ebay. I bought some accessories from the USA toyota dealer.

I bought the bumper protector, all-weather mat for trunk and floor. ask for discount if you are going to buy all the accessories from the same seller, they usually can do a little discount.

I will wait for lower price aftermarket part. JDM is too high price for me. lol need to pay $500 payment for my PC 3 each month.

 

I'm going from a Tacoma to a Prius C myself. I'm definitely looking forward to the gas savings.

 

I saved 96 dollars in gas in four days going from a Tundra to my little C. I can't wait to see the savings after a whole month

 

Welcome to PC!~ Best Of Luck with Your New Ride.

You have joined the many who put their families first.
Pay for all this gas to Look Macho at the expense of my family or Get a Prius and spend the money on vacation or entertainment for the kids.

You chose wisely my friend!!

 

Calm down. It is only an extra 2-3 hours of work a day.

 

My BIL is putting $170 in the tank of his Silverado each week, he could pay for a Prius in gas savings alone, amazing how some can't see that. He doesn't want a car payment, can't tell him that in three years, he'll still have a gas hog that is worn out and will have to trade anyway.

 

Ouch.

Time for him to sleep in the truck at the workplace parking lot. Why pay rent for two places ?

 

I was torn... I paid my truck off at an accelerated rate (2010 Tundra) and owed 22K left on it, but I lost value in the trade, and that value being lost was a thorn in my side, but I thought about it and realized...

I didn't NEED Entune, I could save the difference and buy a REALLY nice aftermarket setup, so that dropped me down to the C2 (21K).

All in all, I only went upside down about 2K, but after paying minimum 650 a month (I threw down 1000 a month to try to aggressively pay it down) in truck payments and 800 a month in gas, I thought, damn... at 1800 a month I could pay off my C in 11 months. Much quicker than my plan to throw down 1000 at 22 months to pay my truck off and STILL be stuck with 800 a month in gas.

Needless to say, having saved over 100 so far, only one fill up, and 650 miles, I'm doing pretty well... I average about 700-800 miles a week, so I get giddy just realizing how much I'm NOT spending, the best car purchase I ever made!

 

I was going to give you big ups on saving money for your daughter's future, but that won't be achieved with pimping out a Prius, which is really a terrible platform for any mods like that

Did you take a bath on the 11 trading it in? It must have been painful given that it's used, but still late model, and gas so high.