I finally bought my Prius!

congrats! all the best!

 

You can wait on the extended warranty until near the end of the 3 year 36K warranty, you don't gain anything by buying it now. I'd suggest driving it for a couple of years, see how you like the car before spending that money.
Great price on your car, that's about what I paid for my 2 just prior to the tsunami.....enjoy the car!

 

Is it the region northern California or the name of the place?

 

Good price. Enjoy.

 

I have the same car, a 2010. I love it! I didn't buy the extended warranty. I bought a Kenwood GPS/Bluetooth/radio/DVD Player/USB player that fits in the dash in place of the terrible radio. A backup camera is also a great add-on; rear visibility is terrible in Prius and the rear bumper scratches VERY easily. Paint protection film for the rear bumper isn't a bad idea.

Fuelly.com is a great way to track your mileage. I keep a link to Fuelly on the home screen of my iPhone and enter miles and gallons at each fill up, then I reset the trip odometer.

Toyota changed the oil change interval from 5,000 to 10,000 miles. On my 2010, the car nags you to change the oil at 5,000 intervals anyway. Other maintenance items: The cabin air filter is SUPER easy to replace yourself; it takes no tools at all. The engine air filter is also very easy to change yourself. You can have your dealer change the reverse beep so it beeps only once instead of constantly. Likewise he can program whether opening the door will unlock only your door or all four. He shouldn't charge you for either. The SmartKey doesn't just start the car, you can unlock the door by touching the handle as you open it, and you can lock the doors by touching the bumpy surface on top of the door handle.

Now you know all I've learned about Prius. Have fun!!!

I removed the plastic hub caps right away and bought four small wheel caps from the Toyota dealer for about $40, so now I have alloy wheels and I can put the hub caps back when I sell the car.

 

Yes, Prius uses 87 (lowest) Octane. Using a higher octane gasoline will reduce mileage, because higher octane can withstand higher pressure before combustion, which is great for high compression engines like V8's, but causes incomplete combustion in then Prius engine.

 

Yo.....

I got my new Met. Blue 2010 with 5,450 miles on it three weeks ago. I surfed E-Bay Motors and came up with a 2010 in LA for sale.

It was bought from State Farm in Colorado and shipped to LA. it had a light fender bender ( The air bags did not even go off .... DO NOT buy a fixed Prius if the air bags went off ! ) .

I took the Amtrak 250 miles to Union Station in DT LA to pick it up. They were filming a movie in the 1940's Union Station and I had to stand outside on the sidewalk when the " rolling " film horn went off.

While on the sidewalk, I noticed a couple dozen bright yellow Prius Yellow Cabs zipping in out our of the station.

The salesman said LA has a " go green " incentive for the cabbies to use Toyota Prius's and that the Prius cabs buy Prius parts from their shop.

He blew me away when he said.......... " A lot of the Prius Cabs have over 300,000 miles on them. "

Jesssss !......... how is that for a Prius quality testimonial ?

I paid 15K for my baby. I do not drive it much. My friend asked why I do not drive it more ?

I told him I like to use it as a driveway lawn decoration and just sit in my yard and look at it !

It looks soooooooooooooooo cool ! :usa2:

Jim