soon to be an owner of a Prius

You should check with the service dept if they will honor the warranty/service plan purchased from Toyota financial. They finance sales person always says that so he can sell the same to you at a higher price and make $ out of commission.

 

Welcome to the world of Prius owners.

You don't need to be hoodwinked into extra warranty. I have a 2007 I-Tech (Australian top of the line) and I have done 35,000 kms without so much as a lightbulb failing. I have the standard warranty here (100000km or 4 years) and every service has been a 1hour turnaround.

Great car, great fuel efficiency, great flexibility (you should see what you can fit in it with the seats down).

You are really going to enjoy it.

 

I did have a MFD fail in my 2004 Prius recently however Toyota and the manufacturer of the MFD have designed out the fault on later Prius so it is unlikely there will be a problem. The repair to the MFD cost me $25 and an hour or 2 of my time. So far I am glad I haven't paid out for extended warranty so far.

I asked the dealer if the extended warranty he tried to sell me covered the traction battery and he said it was excluded. I since found out they don't fail either.

For the short answer according to Pat, check my signature.

 

Congrats! The two weeks between the time that I ordered mine (OK, I was picky, I wanted the color I wanted and the option package I wanted, anything else was really just not an option, but that's a different story) were filled with excitent and impatience that rivals that of a five year old on Christmas morning....

Just remember though, that while the Prius is unlike any car out there, buying one is just like buying any other car; the price really turns on what happens in the Little Room. The car doesn't get any better based on what happens in there, but you wallet can sure get a lot lighter (but not enough to change your mpg's.....)