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Just got home with my NEW prius!!!!!

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  1. sandman

    sandman Member

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    Just got back from picking up my 2008 Prius.My wife named it SPEC I dont really like the name but its his and I have to deal with it...I got 43.2mpg on the way home it had 2 miles on it when I picked it up and now has 97 miles on it I tried really hard all the way home to keep mpg up as high as I could..It was about 38 degrees when I picked it up and got up to about 50 when I got home.. I stopped as soon as I left dealer and put front tires to 42psi and rear tires to 40psi.. I like it but its alot different than my 4x4 i got to turn that seat belt beeep off and the reverse beep off!!!! I am getting windows tinted next week..Hope to load my pics later..
     
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  2. sandman

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    Well here's SPEC I will post some new pics when I get windows tinted...



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    Congrats - very nice wheels! LOL on the speed you pumped up the tires. My advice until you get used to it is that you just drive it.
    Enjoy,
    Gabe
     
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  4. richard schumacher

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    " SPEC "? [The spaces inside the quotes bug me, but without them the stupid forum software reduces the capital letters to smalls.]
     
    #4 richard schumacher, Mar 29, 2008
  5. sandman

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    I will say being a newbie that the pulse and glide sounded complicated but it was really easy to do but I did find myself going slower and slower when doing it...:)
     
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    Genoz World ZEN-style living

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    SPEC??? why spec?

    anyways, i had a 06 caddy STS, dark grey interior and named it DARTH VADER.......................

    then, as i drove the car home, my wife asked me, who is on the other spectrum of darth? i said hmmmmmm, how about YODA? then, the name stuck......so.......

    congrats on spec! mine is yoda!:flame::pound:
     
    #6 Genoz World, Mar 29, 2008
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    Congrats! I watched a commercial once that had a rental car in it that was called a SPEC! Is this were the name came from?
     
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    I asked my wife where she got SPEC but she dont really know where it came from..
     
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    I thought maybe she considered it small and thus meant SPECK. They really aren't all that small, but in relative terms..... Anyway, congrats on the new #2, and welcome to the forum. I was quick to pump up my tires to 42/40 shortly after buying it, I think it was the next day as well. Just yesterday I pumped them to 45/43, but haven't driven it yet and will check that deal out today to see if it makes any difference to my mileage and/or handling.
     
    #9 HardCase, Mar 30, 2008
  10. patsparks

    patsparks An Aussie perspective

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    Nice car there Sandman, one of them Prius cars isn't it?
    Where do you plug it in?

    Just getting in before everyone else.
     
    #10 patsparks, Mar 30, 2008
  11. limetime13

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    Nice choice of color!

    I came up with the name Bullet, but my car didn't like that name, so I'm still thinking. (and in case you're asking yourself "the car didn't like that name?"- how does SHE know?) One morning as I was getting in to the car, I said my usual "good morning" and then just kind of asked aloud if the name was okay. I pushed the start button in the usual way and it didn't start - I took that as a "no". I know that I probably just didn't time the foot/finger thing correctly, but still, I'm not taking any chances. :D

    Welcome! Aren't these cars just so much fun???
     
    #11 limetime13, Mar 30, 2008
  12. okiebutnotfrommuskogee

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    I am alive today because i was wearing my seat belt in my 1954 Plymouth when it ended up in on it's side (driver's side down) in a ditch with the driver's door open (they didn't have very good latches back then) in 1956. Seat belts were aftermarket items then and i had them in my car.

    Moral to the story: WEAR YOUR SEAT BELT and you won't be bothered by the beep.
     
    #12 okiebutnotfrommuskogee, Mar 30, 2008
  13. sandman

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    I wont get into a wear or not wear your selt belt discussion..I turned the beep off so I dont hear the beep anymore you wear your seat belt you dont hear it ...Problem solved for both of us..
     
    #13 sandman, Mar 30, 2008
  14. okiebutnotfrommuskogee

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    By the way, I do have my reverse beep turned off. Have a nice day and enjoy your new car. I love mine.:)
     
    #14 okiebutnotfrommuskogee, Mar 30, 2008
  15. techiechick

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    I just got mine yesterday! Whoo hoo!!

    One of my buddies dubbed it "The Electric Slide" and it stuck!
     
    #15 techiechick, Apr 6, 2008
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