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Newly Minted Prius Owner

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Main Forum' started by shorelineprius, Jul 31, 2009.

  1. shorelineprius

    shorelineprius New Member

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    After being told over the past week there were no Prius's for sale in Western Washington, I got a call from Michaels Toyota in Bellevue that they had a III with Nav in black if I wanted to come over and get it at MSRP with no tax. This combined with the transmission breaking on my 88 Corolla FX-16 and a mandate from my wife to get a reliable car meant it was time.

    Yeah!!!!

    I ran right over there and picked it up, its nestled in the garage now. I'm stoked. I've never had a car like this before, its quite a piece of machinery. I'm looking forward to learning about it with the help of this board.

    I would imagine there might be a few more stories like this today. I know there were some cars on the lot with reservations that hadn't been picked up yet.

    -Sebastian
    Shoreline, WA
     
    #1 shorelineprius, Jul 31, 2009
  2. MaggieMay

    MaggieMay Active Member

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    Congratulations!! Please post pics!

    Happy driving and :welcome:
     
    #2 MaggieMay, Jul 31, 2009
  3. dmvp

    dmvp Member

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    :cheer2:

    Congrats!! Enjoy your new car!!!
     
    #3 dmvp, Jul 31, 2009
  4. TKY

    TKY Member

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    Sebastian (Shorelineprius), Congrats and welcome to PriusChat. Is Shoreline a city yet? --TK
     
    #4 TKY, Jul 31, 2009
  5. P3III

    P3III Gen 1 and Gen 3 owner

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    Enjoy! I thought my 2002 Prius was awesome, but my 2010 is even better.
     
    #5 P3III, Jul 31, 2009
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    stream Senior Member

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    Congrats--enjoy.
     
    #6 stream, Jul 31, 2009
  7. 32kcolors

    32kcolors Senior Member

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    And it's a quiet piece of machinery. Congrats.
     
    #7 32kcolors, Jul 31, 2009
  8. shorelineprius

    shorelineprius New Member

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    32k - Lol. It is. I drove the last half mile in EV, and my wife didn't even know I had pulled into the garage.

    Maggie - I tried to, but I need 5 posts to link my image. So expect some pics shortly.

    TKY - Shoreline is, incorporated in 1995. Are you from around here?
     
    #8 shorelineprius, Jul 31, 2009
  9. Holmesman

    Holmesman Junior Member

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    Now you're part of the Prius madness....

    Congrats!
     
    #9 Holmesman, Jul 31, 2009
  10. TKY

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    Shorelineprius, I was born & raised in Seattle. I went to Franklin HS and UW. At one time I patrolled the Shoreline area for KCP. Moved to Denver area in early 1995 and still miss the green of the Northwest, but not the rain. I didn't know, or don't remember that Shoreline incorporated. Got to go into the private, guarded community just north of 145th for alarms at the homes of several locally prominent citizens. Interesting experience. --TK
     
    #10 TKY, Jul 31, 2009
  11. shorelineprius

    shorelineprius New Member

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    Amazingly, I also graduated from Franklin HS and the UW (95' and 99')!!!! And I work in the public safety arena (Firefighter though, not police). I think the area you are thinking of is The Highlands. I live on the other side of Shoreline, by Hamlin Park. Shoreline (like many small cities in King County) uses King County Sheriff's for the police department.
     
    #11 shorelineprius, Aug 2, 2009
  12. TKY

    TKY Member

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    That is just almost scary. I may be a bit ahead of you; Franklin '69 and UW '79. Grad schools elsewhere. We're planning a road trip, in the Prius, late Sept. to early Oct., for my wife to visit her mother in Portland and I'm attending my HS 40th reunion.

    It's a small world . . . --TK
     
    #12 TKY, Aug 2, 2009
  13. shorelineprius

    shorelineprius New Member

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    Wow.... It really is. Nice to meet another Quaker. One of my best friends (who graduated with me in 95') father went to FHS around the same time you did. Don Morgan. I'd have to check the actual graduation class, but I'd bet a dollar you were both there the same time.
     
    #13 shorelineprius, Aug 2, 2009
  14. shorelineprius

    shorelineprius New Member

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    Oh yeah, here is a terrible cell phone pic of the car tucked in:

    [​IMG]
     
    #14 shorelineprius, Aug 3, 2009
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