My 2017 Prius Prime Advanced--How Far Will She Go--Updates

Good for you! I’m at around 15,500 miles now and will be scheduling service soon. You are getting a bit better miles in the cold weather than me. I average about 22 miles under 40deg. Happy driving!

 

Nice! You were up in my neck of the woods. (I live in Asheville, AND a Clemson Alum ) If I would have seen you, I probably would have flagged you down! HAHA Look out for a young dude in a red Viper on nice weekends in the Asheville area. HAHA.

 

Just had my 20k mile check up (although it was just over 21k haha). No problems. Looking forward to the warmer weather and longer range!

 

The Blue Magnetism is a beautiful color. I think Prius Prime is Blue Magnetism and Blue Magnetism is Prius Prime. HUD, eco gauge, etc. are all in similar aqua colors. I wasn't as protective of my Prius Prime Classic Silver Metallic. However, it is very hard to capture the correct hue on the camera, which is a bluish teal. For example the color in @ClemsonSteve's pictures is usually totally off. I always use the manual color temperature to try to get the hue right.

 

Your last picture is somewhat closer to the true color of Blue Magnetism but the second from the last is totally off—resembling the Prius's Electric Storm Blue instead. I don't know if you have a manual mode on iPhone 10. I have a Galaxy S20 Ultra. In any case Blue Magnetism is very difficult to capture on the camera and the color greatly varies with the ambient light intensity and color temperature as well. In direct sunlight it could almost appear as cyan (true aqua), and it appears as a bluish teal in most lighting conditions, the ratio of blue to green varying with the ambient light. This is why I like this color so much!

Question: Do you get it detailed and/or waxed? It looks so shiny and new!

 

Here's our 2019 all shined up:



STEK film on the front to keep it nicer a bit longer.

Blue Magnetism is best.

 

I think this is true for most people—thanks to the vast sea of shades-of-gray cars we live in, they don't realize what a great color Blue Magnetism is until they own it.

 

I am a fan of blue in general, but definitely not the blue magnetism.

 

Our 2010 was the Barcelona Red variety.

Life's too short, live in color.

 

That's because Blue Magnetism isn't blue—it's aqua/teal.

 

I really really like my hypersonic red, but I must admit that the blue magnetism is just a touch nicer. It might be that there are more red cars out there so red doesn't stand out as much. But various shades of blue are getting more popular around here. I am SO tired of all the gray cars.

 

My pastor hates washing cars, so his are always silver or grey. In fact, he just bought a new Hybrid Rav4 (upgrade from a CRV). It arrives next week. A mutual friend, who's a total car nut, was starting to explain to him the best ways to keep it clean and protect the finish. Mike stopped him and said, "Why do you think I get silver cars? So I don't have to wash them." Our friend suddenly looked like a humanoid robot in a movie who had been asked something that put it into an infinite loop.

BTW, he's really excited about his first hybrid and has been asking me all kinds of questions. And he's reading everything he can find about it.