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Introducing Yoda!

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  1. Yoda-chan

    Yoda-chan New Member

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    Hi everyone,

    I'm Kirsten, and I brought home Yoda, a 2008 Barcelona Red Prius (package #2) last week.

    I'd been researching the Prius for a while in the hopes of replacing my '94 Civic sometime later this year; I knew I wanted a red one that was neither the base nor the fully-loaded model. We went to the local deadler intending to get a better idea of the model options, and lo-and-behold, Yoda was sitting there after 2 failed sales. We drove her home that same night.

    We took her on a weekend trip to St. Augustine last weekend and adored every minute of it!
     

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  2. wchardin

    wchardin Senior Member

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    Congratulations on your Prius purchase and welcome to PriusChat. Your car looks great, I love St. Augustine, such a beautiful city with so much history. Do you know why the car had two failed sales?
     
    #2 wchardin, Apr 23, 2008
  3. Yoda-chan

    Yoda-chan New Member

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    The dealer said that the financing didn't come through for either of them... I'm sorry for them, but happy for me at the same time! :)

    Yoda loved St. Augustine...roads with speeds of 45 MPH--flat and wide. It was perfect!
     
    #3 Yoda-chan, Apr 23, 2008
  4. LindaD8284

    LindaD8284 New Member

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    Congratulations on your new Prius! I've had mine now for 3 weeks and absolutely love it. It's such a fun car to drive!
     
    #4 LindaD8284, Apr 23, 2008
  5. Austin50mpg

    Austin50mpg Prius Driving Right Winger

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    Nice

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    Perfect name..

    Enjoy
     
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    My sister-in-law calls her Prius Mr Peabody (from the Rocky and friends genre) for all of it's gadgetry. We are currently getting ready to make a Prius order and think we will call out P2.
     
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  7. KC Prius

    KC Prius Junior Member

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    Welcome to Priuschat! You'll find lots of good information and helpful people here.

    Enjoy your new Prius, and I think you made a great choice of color!
     
    #7 KC Prius, Apr 23, 2008
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    Very nice color and good name! :welcome:
     
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  9. NYPrius1

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    Very Nice!! What MPG's are you getting?? :moony:
     
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  10. Yoda-chan

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    Thanks for all of the well wishes. KC, I like your color choice, too. The Toyota dealer only had in three colors-this one, silver and tan (driftwood?). Luckily the red was my first choice, so it worked out well!

    We got 57 MPG on the first fill-up, which was 5 gallons and included all of the driving to and from St. Augustine. I was elated! It seems like I'm averaging closer to 51 or so city driving, but time will tell...
     
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  11. hill

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    Hi Yoda-chan ... this is Hill-chan ... that's my Japanese sneeking out.
    Yes, Yoda IS way cool:

     
    #11 hill, Apr 23, 2008
  12. Barcelona Red

    Barcelona Red OM dream mobile sea glass

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    I got my red one after someone said they wanted it and were coming back in the day I went to the dealer. Whoever it was did not return and I decided to be daring and buy a red car. I love it.
     
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