Well, i was just rooting around Priuschat and saw the 'instructions' for posting to this forum, so there's my stuff. dealer told me the wait is probably a year, which would actually be fine in terms of my current car, a 2 year old Buick Rendezvous, that would usually be traded in after 3 years. but hanging around here and talking about the prius all the time is driving me nuts with impatience. we shall see.