Just got my v five

Hey everyone. I just purchased my Prius v five yesterday and so far no regrets. I was torn between the Ford C-Max and the Prius v. I actually liked the drive and nav system of the C-Max much better than the Prius, but there were a few things that made me go Toyota. BTW this is my first Toyota...
1. The Prius has about 10+ years of engineering to make an extremely reliable (I hope) car
2. The Prius v had about 10 cubic feet more space inside then the C-Max.
3. looking at C-Max forums, everyone is complaining about the gas millage missing the EPA 47/47mpg advertised by over 10mpg. I do not like to be lied to and the 47/47 was going to be a major reason why I would have gone to Ford. Nothing but complaints in their forum did not give me a warm fuzzy about getting a C-Max...

I traded my Nissan Altima Coupe 3.5 SE for my Prius v. I have a 5yr old girl and another girl on the way next month, so I had to grow up and get a 4 door I have always wanted to get a prius, but the interior space was too big of an issue in the past to get one. Love the space in the Prius v.

I really wish their nav system was more refined and I cannot believe that they didn't put guide lines on their backup camera. you have to fork out the $8K extra to get that with the tech package. Seriously? I have not seen another factor backup camera that didn't have guide lines. how could facing the camera up by a couple of degrees and overlaying two lines cost Toyota too much to make it standard? The fish eye view is horible... ok, I'll get off my rant.
I haven't messed with the Entune system too much. I'm actually leaving now to have my dealer give me the walkthrough and set up as I didn't have time for that last night.

 

Paradox, thank you for pointing that out. I had to ask the dealer when I first started looking if it was a 5 or a v, so I knew it stands for versatility. doing a quick google search, I see that just about everyone uses the capital V instead of the lower case except for Toyota. I will go with you and Toyota from now on. Thanks again!

Spiderman, I am definately going to look into that. I am pretty technical, but not familure with the Prius v under the dash, so I guess I will have to do some research to see if it is a matter of unplugging the old and plugging in the new. I highly doubt it, but who know I may be a matter of splicing the new camera's wires to the existing camera's wires. Very doable, but I really hate to start taking things apart... I just got the darn thing...

Oh, just as an update. I work in New Orleans and have a 45 min commute in the morning and afternoon. With my Altima Coupe, I used a little under a quarter of a tank for a round trip. Today, the fuel gauge didn't even go down the first notch until I drove around town later in the afternoon. With gas going over $3.50 and not looking to stop, I am really glad I bought this thing!!!