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Prime in the wild.

Discussion in 'Prime Main Forum (2017-2022)' started by bisco, Dec 7, 2016.

  1. Prodigyplace

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    Referring to the car or the driver? :oops:
     
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    Har, har!

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    They're both outstanding in their own way . . . :p:D
     
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    You're not helping... I am back to my first thought.

    When your SO found out, they thought, "I made a good choice. He's mine!". :LOL:
     
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  5. Old Bear

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    I don't believe that black is an option. And if it were, I'm sure Toyota would have a creative name for it, like Midnight Mystery or Burnished Anthracite or something.

    There are six colors:

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    Blue Magnetism, Magnetic Gray Metallic, Hypersonic Red, Titanium Glow, Classic Silver Metallic, and Blizzard Pearl.

    And, of course, there rumor of Fantastic Fuchsia (believed to belong to a member of this PriusChat forum):

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    I am not aware that anyone has actually seen this color in the wild, in the showroom, or anywhere that controlled substances remain illegal.
     
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    Now that baby would stand out.
     
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    You forgot this strange Japanese color.
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    Big Bird.
     
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    Still haven't seen a Prime in the wild (other than my own of course). Guess that's not surprising since for one, I'm in Texas and two, I live in a town only 400 people. lol Anyway! When I got my Prime last year, I was hard pressed to find a single Prime at any dealership in the entire State. Now I see about a dozen for sale around the Dallas/Ft Worth area so my hopes are high that I may soon see another Prime on the roads!

    I have seen a lot of 3rd gen Prii, a Prius C and even a Prius V from time to time in the town I work in that has a little less than 9,000 people. Even saw a new 4th gen Prius the other day. Made my heart skip a beat for a moment cause I thought maybe it was a Prime but as I drove past I realized it was just the regular Prius. Still, another Prius owner is good even if they aren't joining us in the Plug-in world! :)
     
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    That look like giant slugs we have around our garden. I hate them. LOL
     
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    Living in northern Vermont, we have more than our share of Subarus, but I’ve seen only two other Primes in the wild. There is a Magnetic Gray one I see during my morning commute (same as mine) and a Classic Silver that lives in Stowe. I see that parked every evening. Kind of reminds me of when we first got our 2006. We went probably 6 months without seeing any at all.
     
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    I live in South Central, PA and had a heck of a time finding Prime's at my local dealers. This being said I see two primes on my daily work commute. One in Blue that I pass every day on my way in coming the other direction and one in silver I always see in a local shopping center. I specifically had a dealer go out and get me the Hypersonic Red so I could stand out to other owners in the area. :rolleyes:.

    As I said there seem to be slim pickings at my local dealers but hopefully I will see more and more around in the coming months.
     
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    I know in CA it's no big deal to see them, but my usual 20 mile drive to work I run into one on the road most every day. It also helps that someone a few blocks a way from me has one too. I'll see them around the neighborhood also.
     
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    The sell Super White Prime's here in the Seattle area. Not nearly as nice looking as the Bluzzard White.

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    The brochure I have for the 2017 lists six colors: Blue Magnetism, Hypersonic Red, Magnetic Grey Metallic, Classic Silver Metallic, Titanium Glow, and Blizzard Pearl. The Hypersonic Red and Blizzard Pearl are extra cost, at $395. There is no mention of Super White in the brochure. I got the Blizzard Pearl for three reasons: 1. Cool interior when parked in the sun. 2. Doesn't show dirt easily. 3. Liable to last longer. I have a 1999 Tacoma that has been parked outside since 1999 and the paint is still excellent. It was an extra cost color.
     
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    I remember in my younger days when I would wave to other folks driving a 240/260/280Z car like mine.
    Also honking even or waving when someone else had a Toyota Tercel 4WD wagon...first year in 1983 they only had manual transmissions, so they were quite rare. Nowadays when riding my Honda XR650, I low-five others riding their motorcycles going the other way. My wife and I notice other PP's, she's gotten and returned the nod when they see her. No such luck for me. The only time I pulled up next to one, Blizzard Pearl with a roof rack, I was in my 4runner and didn't want to look like I was hitting on the two young ladies in the car. In our area, there are a handful of all the colors here. I got more excited when I saw a Chevy Bolt at the restaurant we stopped at, had to talk to the owner. He had a local dealer trade a Camaro with a CA dealer. Bond lake and park that my wife and walk to and around just put up electric car charging stations. I plan to drive there and now walk a little further. I've never seen another PP at a charging station yet, hoping to spot one at the lake.
     
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    I am in DesPlaines. Hypersonic Red Advanced, IL plates. Have not seen another in the wild. My friend spots a white one pretty regularly in Michigan on I96 heading into the Lansing area.
     
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    Saw the previously-spotted Blizzard Pearl Prime with roof rack on Houston's West Belt South near the toll plaza this morning.

    Both times they have been zippier than I have, but hey, I'm saving EV charge. :cool:
     
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    Ta-da! Score one more: a Titanium Glow with the advanced trim parked next to me at the ChargePoint station at BWH hospital in Boston.

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    Oddly, it was not plugged in -- just using the EV-only space to park, I guess. Go figure.