Prius Prime Plus vs Premium. Final decisions.

Hello there, Prius friends!

I have been looking at purchasing a new Prius Prime Plus and just trying to find the best price.

Now, I am trying to make sure that I want to stick with the Plus.

I don't care either way about the larger screen of the Premium. But I have read that if anything goes wrong with the screen, the larger one of the Premium might be a lot more expensive to fix than the Plus one. Is that right? Do you prefer it for some reasons?

I don't care about smart key, since I am a paranoid person and I actually deactivated automatic proximity door unlocking in my previous Prius.

I don't care about wireless phone charging either.

So, mostly if I were to splurge on the Premium, it would be for the more durable Softex seats. All seats feel fine for me, but from what I gather, Softex is way more durable and easier to keep clean than cloth. Your thoughts on that?

Anyway, any thoughts on Plus vs Premium worthy or unworthy splurge for me?

For me, decisions get made based on practicality, so if I decide to splurge on Premium it would be for practical reasons, like durability of seats.

Thank you!

 

Is it a lot more expensive than the smaller screen or just a little?

Why does Consumer Reports prefer the Premium?

Thank you.

 

I am sticking with Silver.

Blue is gorgeous and I love it. But I think Silver is the most practical and subtle color, which is why I decided to go with silver.

 

Thank you! So much to think about!

 

Oh no, a logical reason for blue. Omg, now I have to think. I have actually never had a silver before. I have bought blue, because that's the color I like. But I decided to be super practical and go with silver. But your reason is really making me reconsider. Thank you for sharing your experience. Now I am back in decision mode. Hmm...

So, in fact a non-silver car is the safer vehicle by virtue of being seen better?

And you are right about the convenience of those physical controls. Plus the Premium is not a trivial amount more. Had it been $500 more or something like that, it would be easier to choose Premium, but it's not $500. And Advanced is very cool, but it's a whole bunch more expensive unfortunately. So, likely going to go with the Plus, unless I get a really great deal on a Premium or a stupendous deal on Advanced relatively locally.

 

Definitely a good point. Saw that in some of the review videos.

I have not used CD's in a bunch of years now. I am a very digital girl. So, no sway either way as far as CD's are concerned. I likely won't use the CD player, even if I have it.