Nissan Certified Sales Consultant Buying a New 2014 Prius tomorrow... I have a few questions?

no no no . . . it's NOT whether the Prius can handle snow . . . . it's whether YOU can handle how well the Prius does in the snow:

just sayin . . .
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I just got my Prius Three on 5/3 so a lot of this is fresh in my mind. Though I cannot answer all your questions as since I just got my Prius I don't know how it'd handle in snow and even when it gets that season we don't see much snow here in SC. But here's my go at it.

1. Unknown.
2. I wanted Bluetooth (comes on Two or Three), back up camera (only on Three) and solar roof (only on Three). So I opted for the Three. I think the price difference was around $2,000.
3. I was told to try not to brake hard and to vary your speed (no cruise control) for something like maybe 500 miles.
4. My dealer scheduled my first oil change and it's not until November or 10,000 miles.
5. From what I read on here, yes.
6. I checked out some used Nissans at Carmax and they looked smaller than the Prius to me. Since I have a little boy (he's one) and a big dog (German Shepherd) I wanted more space.
7. My dealer just said "Here she is" and we drove to the gas station and got gas. Oh and there was a bee in my car, strangest thing. Mine was a dealer trade so I did have to wait for it to get there and get cleaned up. The salesperson did try to get the bee out and when we got to the gas station we saw him fly away.
8. Don't know, didn't get an extended warranty. They were pushing for it though but it was going to be too much for my tastes. They had the warranty packaged in with other stuff I didn't want (fabric protection, paint sealant, life insurance etc.) so I declined it all and when the factory warranty gets closer to running out I will look into it then. I'm in the South East Toyota distributor area so I'm not sure how much of that garbage they were trying to sell me was from Toyota or SET, I know the paint sealant and fabric protection was from SET. I wanted the 0% financing but then they said it's either that or a $1,200 rebate and the rebate worked to my advantage so I didn't want to pay interest on a warranty.

 

^ Well, you said earlier that you were in the biz, so you know how the up-sell works, right?

Besides....the Nav unit sucks and the leather is plastic.
Good Luck!

 

Enjoy your new car. I got my Prius C at the end of January and put snows on it within 400 miles-just before we went from nice sunny weather in Western Mass to a couple weeks worth of snow storms. With the blizzaks on it never missed a beat and being the lightest of the Prius family I would think the hatchback should do better. My wife is not a fan of the Prius C and would like to try the other 2 models at some point. Being that she is 4'11" makes any car purchase a challenge for the both of us since I am 6'3" so will be fun to try them both for fit.

 

Welcome to the club! I must admit when I made my first response I was not sure if someone was pulling my leg, but apparently not.

 

1. What can I expect from this car driving in the snow covered streets? Say 1 inch to 5 inch or blizzard?1-5 ok blizzard maybe bad.

2. Is it worth buying the Prius 3 vs Prius 2 that's a personal question.

3. What is a proper break in regiment on a brand new Toyota Prius 2014. Don't do higway or interstate driving, the same spped and rpms can be bad at first.

4. Should I change the engine oil within 500 miles? No reason to. If you want to do a early one do it at 5k that's half of what people are doing.

5. Can I use full synthetic oil? You have too, or really should. It comes in the car.

 

It has heated mirrors- they come on with the rear defroster....

 

Congratulations!

I purchased my car 2.5 weeks ago. Same exterior color as yours, but with the dark grey interior.

Like you, I have a 60mile round trip commute and make a lot of side trips. I've already got 1500 miles in the short time I've owned the car. Loving everything about the car.

I was considering several cars under 25k, and with the Southeast Toyota Dealers group offering rebates on these cars, the price was right and the purchase just made sense. My car's purchase price with tax and tag included was a little under yours - I had no reasons to not pull the trigger.

This car is my commuter and our family in-town vehicle for short trips to the store, etc.. It has served its purpose well so far. It is actually quite enjoyable to drive.

 

Sorry, I didn't mean to be a downer. You still paid under the average - I read somewhere during my search that the average is around $23,200.

You'll forget all about it after your first fill up in a few days.

 

Hmmmm ... I don't get it ... many threads here on PC talk about how you don't have to get the extended warranty until the very last day of the 3 year warranty ... so why would you pay for it up front. And if a dumb slow-mo like me knows that ... then why wouldn't a salesperson in the business know that. And ... If you didn't know that - then I would also advise going to get your money back - which you legally have a right do. Those kinds of service contracts are enforcably refundable due to their very nature ... ie you're paying for something way way up front before you'll ever even use it - if in fact you ever end up using it at all.
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Good to hear that you are up on all the issues. However you may want to check the Prius chat store. Did you know that out forum owner Danny (as a benefit of priuschat membership) has special arrangements with a dealership back east whereby many of us have received super great pricing on the extended warranty? You'll likely save at least a couple hundred bucks iirc. It's just a thought.
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I declined the extended warranty. I would be interested in hearing from people that came out ahead spending the premium. I have never owned a car that would have used the extended warranty. The most expensive repair that I've had was the AC compressor on a '95 Odyssey and that was in 2009 after 298000 miles, didn't fix, traded it off.