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Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by Danny, Dec 2, 2003.

  1. Danny

    Danny Admin/Founder
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    Since this thread was lost, too, from the old site, I'll start it up again.

    Let's hear:
    Where you're from
    You're Prius' information (year, options, color, etc)
    Car you had before you got your Prius


    Columbia, South Carolina
    Currently in a black 2001 MR2 Spyder - about 30 MPG
     
  2. jkash

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    Tideland Pearl AF on order since August
    Driving a 1995 Honda Civic VX avg. 40 mpg for life of car

     
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    Gilroy, CA - The Garlic Capital :roll:

    Picked up my Seaside Pearl BC on October 28, 2003.
     
  4. priusfanmh

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    From Bristol, UK

    2002 Silver Prius with Sat Nav (getting cruise control fitted on the 11th)

    Previous car - Renault Megane which got smashed into - hit and run :(
     
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    Silver BC w/mats (MSRP...ordered)

    Navigator; getting a whopping 11mpg :roll:
     
  6. JeffG

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    Middle Tennessee.
    My other car is on the opposite end of the technology spectrum, a 1971 Triumpn Spitfire MK IV
     
  7. petteri

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    Seaside blue (BC) due this week

    Saab 9-3
     
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    patiently awaiting my black bc
    ordered 11/2 in southern md
    expecting around 12/15




    my other car is a 1996 isuzu rodeo
    w/ 160,000 miles (avg 21mpg for life)
     
  9. efusco

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  10. James

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    Orange County, California (Southern CA)

    2004 Seaside Pearl BC
    Ordered October 21st
    Delivered November 25th
    Wish it was Tideland...

    Last car was a 1994 GMC Sonoma 4wd
     
  11. rbonte

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    2004 Silver AG Prius. Got it 10/18. Mansfield, OH. Retired and enjoying it.
     
  12. egandy

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    Ordered 2004 Silver Pruis in October. Hope to get it after the first on the year. Can't wait :lol:

    My last car was a 1996 Ford Escort (it was recently totaled). But I don't think that I will miss it.
     
  13. Danny

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    Something tells me you won't :)
     
  14. DPoole

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    Palatine, IL (NW Suburb of Chicago)
    2004 Silver #9
    Previous vehicle was '97 Camry
    Wife has had a 2003 Prius Aqua Ice since Feb.
     
  15. RobertO

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    Bob & Judy in Bellevue, WA (just east of Seattle).

    Love this car.

    Desert Pearl, AM-7 package plus rear mat, cargo net, twinky Toyota First Aid kit. Oh, and heavy rubber. almost color matching Kraco floor mats from Costco ($ 20.00 the set of 4!)

    About 1,800 miles to date. Best trip, 51.2. Worst, 39.6.

    Last car: Sweet old '91 Mecedes 300E. End of an era. Time to move on, save fuel, clean up the universe and Stealth my way through those underground parking lots!
     
  16. RobertO

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    Bob & Judy in Bellevue, WA (just east of Seattle).

    Love this car.

    Desert Pearl, AM-7 package plus rear mat, cargo net, twinky Toyota First Aid kit. Oh, and heavy rubber. almost color matching Kraco floor mats from Costco ($ 20.00 the set of 4!)

    About 1,800 miles to date. Best trip, 51.2. Worst, 39.6.

    Last car: Sweet old '91 Mecedes 300E. End of an era. Time to move on, save fuel, clean up the universe and Stealth my way through those underground parking lots!
     
  17. Wolfman

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    Bryan Foust

    Paradise, TX - an hour northwest of DFW airport and DFW metromess along HWY 114 for the locals.

    I picked up the last 2003 Prius in a 5 state area after giving the 04 a thorough going over with the intention to order one. The reason for the switch is that I do carry passengers, and have a requirement that the car be able to fit a passenger behind my seat. The 04 rear seat headroom is SO badly inadequate, that I had to sit hunched forward and with my head cocked to one side to fit. :shock: I am six feet tall, and a good many of my friends are of similar height. Purchase date was 11/19/03, and I have a little over 2300 miles on the odometer.

    So far my worst tank of fuel was 48 mpg by the computer. As I'm still getting used to the quirks of that fuel tank bladder, my calculated numbers are not yet accurate. My best tank was 51.5 by the computer, and the best ever observed during a drive was 89.4 mpg, shortly after a fillup.

    I traded in three vehicles for this one, they were:

    1984 Mercedes Eurospec 240D
    2000 Daewoo Lanos SX sedan
    2003 Saturn VUE AWD.

    The VUE triggered the trades after it began to have its seventh failure in 14 months. The rest served to partially overcome negative equity, and were not given up happily.

    My promised cruise control was finally installed yesterday!! :D The only other "option" beyond the normal BS that the dealers put on to pack profit was a CD player. It goes on it's first road trip after I get off of work on the 15th.

    Here's to 250,000 miles of hopefully trouble free ownership.
     
  18. green4evr2003

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    I'm 5'9", my wife is 5'6". We have 2 dogs which will ride in the Prius (if we ever get it - ordered Salsa Red on Oct. 28). We're from Pittsburgh, PA.

    Vehicle traded: '99 Saturn SW-1 "money pit"

    Other vehicles have: '97 Saturn SL-1
    '02 Saturn VUE V-6 AWD which is used to tow...
    '02 Aliner A-Frame Pop-up

    I'm disappointed that I'm starting to hear bad things about the VUE. Maybe the ad is right, "I should have boughta Honda (or a Toyota)".

    Bruce Webster
     
  19. Aprill's Toy

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    We live in Franklin, Louisiana and got our 2004 Silver Millenium in November 2003. The dealer is selling us his PRIUS Driftwood Pearl as soon as TOYOTA allows it to happen and we will be a 2 PRIUS family. We love everything about it. Hope this means a 4,000 income tax deduction. Do any of you know the answer to that? k
     
  20. Wolfman

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    Well, Greev4ever, my neighbours have a VUE, and my folks own three of them. They are all happy, so hopefully mine was just a fluke. Irregardless, I'll never be setting foot in another GM car lot again.

    Aprill's Toy. That tax deduction is nothing more than an income adjustment. Based on my loose estimates on the '03 tax tables, I'll likely be only seeing a $500 - $700 difference in my tax return. Ya gotta love the wording of the government and how they can make a great sounding thing actually be alot less.