2nd prius

So I have a 15 Prius. Traded in my 12 and reset the payment plan. They gave me 0 percent on the trim 4 with sunroof in sea glass. Guess I'm not in the blizzard pearl group any more.
The car drives and feels just like my old one but has wipe clean vinyl seats instead of that horrible velor that attracted dirt. They had a lot of 15 prii left on the lot. Gas is down. But I stil bought one because of the highway handling and low wind noise. I have seen very few sunroof models. Ordinarily it's an expensive option but they gave me a pretty good deal on top of the financing that beat my old rate of 2.9
My payments went up Fifty bucks but I felt it was worth it.
Features I like the best:
Seat fabric
Sunroof
Navigation option
Backup cam
Three magic door handles instead of one
Voice control

Features I'm ambivalent about
Hud display
Home link (no garage)
XM radio

I had my old Prius for three years and only put 25 thousand on it but oddly I used it a lot for short trips and two long interstate trips.
Here are a few things I learned if anyone's interested.

Low ground clearance is a pain on the freeway in case of debrie that I did hit on several occasions resulting in minor fairing damage. Be careful when driving at night.

I had a clear film hood bra installed but while it may have protected against gravel chips it looked like crap after a year. The big problem was in areas that the film did not lay flat like around lights and grill, the adhesive attracted dirt and was very noticeable. It also gets stained by sap. I am not installing it on the new car.
It was after market but done by an installer at a cost of 700 dollars. The edges of all the film became somewhat visible as well, looking like a pencil line.

Leaves and pine needles accumulate in the wind shield gutter and can clog the drainage system allowing water into the engine compartment.
Don't park under pine trees or any trees. Treat leaves like those weird fried egg creatures from Startrek. I will be much more careful about them with this car. And I won't park it near pine trees at all. The back hatch gutters will also get clogged.

I had some small animal get inside the car even with everything shut. It ate my phone cord and a plastic cup. It also brought its own food in the form of some type of nut. The car had sat parked for about two weeks. I don't leave food in the car. It had been raining a lot that time period.

I only had the weird start up clunk a few times maybe six or so during the time I owned it.
Interestingly a Prius C I looked at at the same time I was looking at the new 4 did something similar. The salesman acted surprised. I liked the Prius C but it seemed small for an interstate bomber.

The car gave me no issues or scary moments. I got consistently over official mpg more so during long trips. My only complaint was the seat fabric.
I was reluctant at the time to buy a nicer trim level since I had never owned a hybrid before. I ran mid grade gas in it. I got hit with a door while parked, by a Prius hater. I mean really whacked while I was in the car(!) checking my voicemail. I thought for sure there would be a big ding but there was only a tiny little dent almost invisible. I just glared at the beach and let her go.

Happy new year to everyone
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It's officially called leather look or something. It's obviously not leather but it's a bit nicer then vinyl. I love animals as much as anyone however I do happily eat them and I would also happily sit on them in the car but, if they did have any year 2015s left with leather they did not have the power sunroof option.