Why someone will buy Prius ?

My wife fell in love with the black one we bought and she was afraid of the Prime fearing it would be a problem being they were new out.

She was like that when we bought our new 2008 Prius, she insisted on buying the extended warranty and we never needed it.

I wanted a Prime but gave into her concerns. Happy wife, happy life.

 

1. The Prime was not available in Virginia in October 2016
2. Not everybody gets the generous California rebates
3. Charging for plugins are not plentiful here in Central Virginia
4. I chose to spend the extra money elsewhere. (Farmall 140 row crop tractor)

 

I do not get any state rebates here in Maine. We also have very few charging stations.

We bought a 2011 Prius and we love it. A few years later I bought a 2017 Prius Prime which I recharge using our household solar power system. My wife mostly drives the 2011 Prius.

We get a lot of waste-food from our school district cafeterias, and from the grocery store, that we use to feed our pigs. My wife's Prius has far more storage space to haul stuff.

Our state is not a prefered market for hybrid cars. Toyota only sends the dealers whatever the corporation decides to send. Dealers here can not order a car that a customer wants.

California gets very special status and privilege that others state lack.

 

Doesn't the "regular" Prius have more storage space?

 

My 16 model 4 got 71mpg the first summer, 51mpg that winter.
My 17 prime advanced got 97.3 mpg the first summer, 89.5 mpg this winter and winters below 20ish, the ice never turns off, it's already headed back toward 97.3mpg, the advanced drives like a sports car, not power which it has but handling, storage is great, it holds my 203cm snow board with ease, or an abundance of trash, tools, etc.

 

If you’re an Uber or Lyft driver you have to get the regular lift back. That’s one of the main reasons why I got the Prime. To differentiate myself from all the bad rideshare drivers that clutter our roads in SF.

 

So your pigs prefer the Gen 3 over the Prime?

 

But anyone who pays federal taxes gets the federal tax credit.

 

spare tire available on some trim levels.

all the above being said, prime is crushing the lift back in sales.

 

As well as the decrease in sales of the liftback

 

That's what I figured you probably meant

 

Perhaps in some areas.

I have seen a few Gen 4 around here. I think I saw a Prime behind me once. Plenty of gen 2 & 3 Prii here though.

 

We do not have curbside trash/recycle, but need to drive recyclables in different bins, pre-sorted, along with any trash, to our "transfer station" in our town. We also need to bring kid to college and back. The Prime has a lot less cargo room.

 

that's my dilemma, i would have to put the seats down every time i went to recycle.

 

More trunk space, allows for more pig-feed.

I have carried honeybees and chicks in the back, but never pigs, yet.

 

My son's dogs prefer his Prius v over his previous Gen 2. Does that count?

 

Yes that is what I was referring to. I'm assuming they oinked their approval.