smileys first trip

as many of you know i got "smiley" last week after waiting since nov 24th. any way i took a 400 mile round trip to metropolis from nashville today. this was my first chance to see what this car could do on a trip well, it was great!slight buffeting effect but nothing bad. again extremely comfy. had no trouble at all maintaining between 65 and 70 mph even though ther were a few steep hills. surprisingly no problem to do a couple of short blasts to 80 mph to get past dangerous oversized vhicles swerving all ovet the place. people ( not owners or 04 prius) said it could not keep up with anything) well thats a bunch of hooey! got 47 miles to the gallon on the way down with heater /ac going and 49 mpg on the way back. car now has 533 miles on it. i was QUITE pleased. ive determined not to baby the car but treat it like any other car ie good accdeleration full use of standard things like ac etc

 

thanx for your nice reply. i actually drove a couple of hundred miles in city traffice before i took my little trip. nowadays its not as critical as it used to be for break in since tolerances , machining and oil capabilities are so much better. dont floor it or slam on the brakes for awile and youll be ok. after a couple hundred miles do it like my harley dealer used to say "ride it like you stole it!"

 

oh i forgot to tell you about getting into my other car after driving my prius for a week. i have an 02 mecerdes c230 (mitt kompressor) 6 spd hatchback. this is a great little car and will get up to 33 mpg on a trip. anyway, i got into it . darn im sitting so lowwwwww. gosh these controls feel stiff!.boy is this noisy and mechanical sounding.geez its like a bullet accelerating. im going to float around in my little smiley prius because it darn near as much fun as my little benz!

 

i was going to name him snubby because of the short hood but when i saw his little smile i had to name him smiley.
fred

 

very good!
fred