The dream is over for me...

Well, I got a call at 11 am this morning and sure enough, I finally picked up my silver pine mice 2006 #8 prius. I was trying to post earlier, but the board was down methinks... I was even late picking it up just pinging the site...

a little late for me to post pics today, but here's a teaser

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Dave

 

I don't think it was - I think my cheesy cell phone camera did that touchup all by itself...

I really wish I had taken that picture 100 feet eariler when the tacho was still at "1"


woot woot!
Dave

 

It was late last night, so I didn't post too many details.

I took delivery of the 06 #8 Silver Pine Mica yesterday afternoon, and I have to start with praise for the dealer, Alexandria Toyota and Rob http://www.toyotarob.com . Rob's a real straight up guy, and back in November '05 when I put my deposit down, the only talk of price we had was just when I handed him my credit card:

"Oh yeah, that's at MSRP, right?" I asked, prepared for snakey car dealer talk...
"Of course", with a smile.

I didn't get a break on any "tangibles", but I did get such a great loan from Toyota Financial services - that I wound up haggling a little and got a deal on prepaid maintenance and the platinum extended warrantee. I *did* use the matching technique to haggle, but held my sources of the price, and of course, my dealer does want to me hold back exactly what kind of deal I got - just to send people their way.

As for the dealer service, I expect it to be pretty sweet - check out their facility: http://www.alexandriatoyota.com/displayCon...p?keywords=tour
Not the best quality video, but I like the way I can book online, they have LOTS of bays and that they provide loaner cars.

Anyway, as for the car itself, so far I'm very happy. I guess we put 45 miles on it yesterday, combination city and highway, all on hilly roads. We averaged 41mpg in 43 to 36 degree weather, which I figure is alright for uninitiated.
I love the mp3 cd player - I made 2 mix CDs of about 200 songs each, one for my girlfriend, and one for me - although we like a lot of the same stuff. She really appreciated that though, as we'll be alternating use of the car and that makes her feel like she has more "stock" in it. I haven't really used the NAV yet as I didn't really go anywhere in particular yesterday, but it seems WAY cooler that the neverlost stuff in the Hertz rentals I've used.

I also checked to make sure the front spoiler panel was in place, which it was.

Ok, driving time...

Dave

 

Hey... HokieHybrid - I just noticed last night that there's a wifi access point called "GoHokies" somewhere within range of my house (I was on a powerbook in my prius in the driveway) - we're not neighbours, are we?

Dave