Trade in suv for '15 Prius Two?

Congrats!! The Persona is a nice package, esp. the gunmetal finish on the 17" alloys.

I have Mobile HID's 5000K kit (they've since moved out of the automotive HID business and now only deal with heavy duty equipment). I don't know what kind of picture you want so here's a variety of them. I also changed the forward-facing parking light to Cool White LEDs to match the colour of the HIDs (as you can see in the last picture). They're 194/168 wedge based (or W5W using the European code). The foglights are stock bulbs.

Rarely. It's used to move the car short distances (e.g. in/out of the garage or if I parked and want to move to another spot right away or if I want to intentionally drain the battery when I accelerate from a light because I'm going down a hill very soon that can fully charge the battery). FYI, the battery likes to sit at 6 bars so don't freak out if you never see it "full" on the display. The extra two bars is there for buffer (in case you do go down a hill on a relatively full battery). Also, the full range of the battery is only 20%-80% (so no bars on the battery display is 20% and you'll never see it. The most you'll see typically is 2 bars before the engine comes on to recharge. You may see 1 bar if you're really hard on the car. 8 bars is 80%. 6 bars is about 60% which is where Toyota programmed to keep the battery to maximise battery life. It's not a linear scale. I've noticed they've increased the range of SOC for 6 bars to show on the display so that the battery meter moves less often).

Also, there are two speed limits for the EV Drive Mode - 10mph and 25mph depending on the stage of warmup that the engine is in (See next post for the link). The 41mph you speak of is just the overall hybrid system EV speed limit (i.e. the engine will either come on or spin without fuel after that speed to keep the MG1 motor from overspinning).

No, unless you want to accelerate a bit harder in EV mode. If the engine is fully up to operating temperature (Stage 4), the engine will stay off until you cross the half way point on the Hybrid System Indicator bar. The dark green area (first half) is the "Hybrid Eco" area. This is where the hybrid system will try to use the electric motor as much as possible. The lighter green area (second half) is called the Eco area. Confusingly, the manual also states that the entire bar itself is called the Eco area. . Anyway, if you have the EV Drive Mode engaged (so you pressed the EV button), the engine will stay off until you go into the PWR area, giving you more flexibility to keep the engine off.

 

Oh and please read this thread (the first post by ken1784) on the 5 stages of Hybrid Synergy Drive.

Gen3 warming up stages | PriusChat

It will help you understand why the hybrid system works one way and yet the next time it operates slightly differently. It depends on the stage you're in and they're subtle differences.