Picking up my new Prius in a few days!

Congrats. Just ordered mine too. But I got the blizzard white with sport package. I'm still a young so, I feel I needed the sporty look. I should be picking mine up within a couple days.

 

Congrats to both of you! It's really a great car and this forum is incredibly helpful for anything Prius...

 

Congrats and welcome to the Prius family!

Driving experience can draw you in just by seeing. Ownership experience can only be attained by, well, the experience.

 

Read the Getting Started literature and the Navigation/Audio and then go drive it. And after a week of that, go read all the manuals. By then you'll have a better feel for the questions you have and the settings you want.

 

Welcome aboard and enjoy the ride! Sounds like you have already done a fair bit of research, good for you. At this point you know more than the average dealership in terms of the Prius.

 

Congratulations and welcome to PriusChat from another convert who will NEVER buy a GM product in their life again.

True story: I test drove a Chevy Equinox (same drivetrain as the Terrain) before I bought the Prius and it broke down 2 miles from the dealer, no joke. The salesperson offered to let me test drive a different one, no thanks. As if suffering through 8 years of non stop repairs and maintenance on my GMC Envoy wasnt already enough to top the cake...

 

The consensus here seems to be to save your money and pass on the warranty - the Prius is recognized for its reliability and dependability. Not to mention you get nice coverage from Toyota from the factory.

 

Holy random spam....LOL (Ive reported it)

 

Congrats on the purchase from yet another GM nightmare. New GM product - back to the shop the day I picked it up and 46 more times in the following 14 months - until they bought it back at same price plus interest I paid on the loan.

Drive and enjoy for a week or so. Then take the next couple of months and figure out what all those buttons do - lots of neat stuff to discover. Visit PC often and you'll find out things that aren't in the manual. Enjoy!

 

Congrats.

 

It no wonder with GM's shoddy QC that they are constantly hemorrhaging customers to their competitors. And then people that have been mistreated by these other companies end up buying a Toyota
http://www.autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121216/RETAIL01/121219900/toyota-set-to-reclaim-world-sales-crown-as-gm-vw-vie-for-no-2&cciid=email-autonews-blast

 

labellavida,

You can get a refund on that warranty if you want.

I was charged $2100 for an extended warranty on my 2007 Prius. Needless to say, I got all that money back once I realized just how much they overcharged me.

I also got the Lojack, but it's probably unnecessary now.

Congrats on your new car!

 

Prius is the least stolen car.

 

I laughed like crazy when I read last month that one was ripped off from my dealer's lot! Turns out it was a Plus and they found it up on blocks not far away, people just wanted the wheels. I wonder if there'll be a shady market for battery packs and hybrid parts....

 

You should be able to go much longer. I go by 10 gallons as others do. Take the average mpg and divide it by 10, that's how far you should be able to go, with still a gallon to spare. The gas gauge will flash at you when the dte is about 25 but I've gone 35 more miles with no issues. For me, averaging up to 52-55 mpg, I usually fill up right around every 500ish miles, putting anywhere from 9.6 to 10.2 gallons or so. You may find your mpg at the pump could be 2-3 less than the car says but it's still a ton of miles