Canadian Roll-Call

Buck here from Cobourg Ontario, just moved from Ottawa, the second coldest capital city in the world!! It's a great place to be from.

Buck:canada:

 

You called -EH?

Gabe here :canada: in GTA.

 

Depends on how you measure or who you quote. Coldest Capital Cities says 7th. Ottawa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia says 7th or 3rd.


Mike in Aylmer, Quebec; next to the Gatineaus and across the river from Ottawa.

I think the price of gas could have a subtle effect on my house value. Many live here in cheaper houses than Ottawa, but commute to jobs in Ottawa across congested bridges.

I'm doing a commute across those bridges every working day. 30 km each way but it takes half an hour. If I went at peak traffic times it would take 45 minutes, most of the extra dealing with one lane being a bus lane and the bridges with a bus and carpool lane.

Hmm, I should lobby for letting hybrids into the special lanes !

I've been noticing an increase in small cheap scooters and smartfortwo cars lately. Prius's are still relatively uncommon; I might see one every 2nd day.

My black Prius should arrive in 12 days, so until then I'm just a wanna-be getting about 12.5L/100km in my 4000 pound Stealth TT/AWD.

 

Just checking in. My wife and I each drive a 2007 Prius with Package 5 (both purchased in Indiana) and love them. We are in Port Perry which is about 40 miles north-east of Toronto.

 

Jay in Winnipeg. Glad there's now a forum for us Canucks.

 

Hello, I'm new to Prius as of Monday and this is my first post. I live in Dundas, Ontario but will be relocating to Guelph this summer. Glad to make the connection with this group.

 

Fibb here, desperate for a Plug-in conversion - can't stop thinking about it. Victoria, BC.

 

Hey brand new to this site. Moved to Vancouver, B.C. from NYC in January and bought a 2008 Prius. Love it but I must say it's not so good in snow or rain for that matter. At this point (3,200 km), I'm getting 6.4L/100km which seems to translate to 35mpg. Not so good but is this usual for a brand new Prius? Driving breakdown is 95% city, 5% hwy.

 

Thats about 44 Imperial (British/Canadian) MPG according to my calc or about 37 US MPG. What kind of city speeds do you reach and are you heavy right footed ? At 3k km's perhaps you are still breaking it in; and the summer mileage should be better.

I haven't got my Prius yet but I recall seeing Bridgestone tires ? I think the US OEM 16" tires are Bridgestone Turranza (sp?) and the reviews for those on Tirerack are awful for wear speed, rain and snow. I think these are cheap tires perhaps good for mileage testing, but not real good for driving on. They seem to be average for summer driving.

Based on what I've read, I'm thinking of upgrading to Continental Something-Contact as it's rated well on Tirerack and is the only top seller besides OEM they show for the Prius stock tire size on 16" wheels.

 

Burnaby, BC

 

Count one more from Winnipeg... actually, one owner with 3 Prius (used as company vehicles and occasional Costco runners).

Cheers;

MSantos

 

Yeah Canada.
Just bought my 2008 Seaside Pearl Prius on Wed. Love it so far. Can't wait for see how far I can get on a tank of gas. It just went up another 4 cents a litre yesterday here in Medicine Hat, AB. That makes it 1.29.9 per litre now.
Just got finished filling out my rebate forms so I think I'll drive down to the post office and get them in the mail today. Anyone know how long it takes to get the rebate $$$'s back.

 

Dealer tells me my Black base Prius is in the Toronto warehouse and should be ready here in Ottawa this week.

Original ETA was 11 days from ordering when the car was at port of Vancouver. A few days later it was on the train and they added 5 days for "wiggle room", which SHOULD have meant I'd have my car today at latest. I guess they needed more wiggle room.

I guess Toyota Canada can track the ordered vehicles as they cross the country. Salesman promised to keep me updated but I've been having to email him and wait a few days for responses.

 

Things are rollin' now.. lane: (or flyin'?)

I just sold my old car tonight. I put it at the end of my driveway and had 2 potential buyers visit over the weekend. Second guy bought tonight, deal to close on Thursday because I don't have my Prius yet. BTW, 94 Dodge Stealth Turbo AWD/AWS 320+ HP, last fillup today with the last gas I'll ever put in the car: 17 MPG. I had this wonderful, but "oh so 90's fuel efficiency wise" car for 12 years now and we've treated each other pretty well.

And what do I get tonight but an email from the dealer:

We are expecting your Prius here tomorrow, Tuesday. Assuming it arrives tomorrow, it will be ready for delivery to you on Thursday afternoon.
As soon as it has arrived and we have touched it I will give you a call.

Woohoo ! The stars appear to be in alignment.

I'm also shifting all of my insurance over to RBC from La Capitale and expect to save over $1k a year; about $1300 instead of $2400.

I'm still a bit miffed about the slipped ETAs though. First ETA was May 20, then May 25, then May 27, now May 29. So 12 days turns into 21 if I'm lucky from here on in.

That's muich better than some of the crazy wait times US residents are getting, AND I got $1k off of MSRP. I'm convinced Toyota is limiting shipments to countries, like the US, where they aren't making as much money. Eg. $21K US MSRP for base Prius compared to $29.5k minimum in Canada, although it seems to be a package 2+ equivalent...

Anyway, Woohoo !