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From: tak on 4 Nov 2009 22:48 "Cathy" <clfr(a)roadrunner.com> wrote in message news:isydnW9-SpKDp2_XnZ2dnUVZ_oOdnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > Well, not exactly a dearth of political posts around here... some things > never change. ;-) > > *This* post, happily - for me, esp.- is *on* topic! > > Refresher/background: I've wanted a Prius since the '04 came out; drove > 100 miles to see (other than in pics) & test drive one back then. But no > matter how many times I did the math - & believe me I did it over & over > hoping to see a different result!, there was ~$5K difference over a 6 yr. > ownership between a low # pkg. '04 Prius & a virtually fully loaded > Corolla LE. Couldn't justify that amt. of money - other than "want"!, so > wound up buying my 4th Corolla in a row. Perfectly good car, intelligent > buy, etc., but by the 4th one... pretty boring. ;-) As it turned out, the > Prius has held its value - for a car - really well, so the difference in > cost may've been more like $1 - 2K, but never predicted that/thought to > factor that in at the time. > > Anyway... over 5 years went by & when the 2010 Prius came out - and read > the reviews, decided it was about time to treat myself. ;-) Ordered one > ( a lowly II, but it's still an upgrade from my Corolla LE) at the end of > Aug. & have now had it for 3 weeks; love it. Besides the fact that I have > liked the exterior & dash designs since the '04 came out, that it feels > extra solid, that it is relatively spacious, that it has airbags out the > wazoo, etc., today - in around-town driving - got 77.6 MPG at one point! > :-) (And no, I wasn't driving "like a Prius driver" <g> - it was in a 30 > mph zone & I was going 32.) > > I don't miss the moonroof I had on the last 2 Corollas - although I may a > bit come next spring/summer. However... what I really *do* miss are: > daytime running lights & most esp. auto-on full headlights, and... this is > little but important: there is no place to put one's quarters in the > Prius!! I've solved the headlight problem by leaving them on all of the > time, since they're auto-off. But have yet to find a place for car wash > quarters... > > I did take some looks at the '10 Honda Insight, but IMO it just didn't > measure up. Mileage isn't as good, it's smaller, not as much power, and I > heartily dislike the design of the dash (all knobly instead of sleek). > The price is better, & the exterior is cute (well, gee, I wonder why?! > <g>), but overall it falls short of the Prius, AFAIC. > > Cathy > Great hearing from you, retirement is not cramping your style, eh?
From: badgolferman on 4 Nov 2009 22:49 Hachiroku ハチロク, 11/4/2009,8:53:13 PM, wrote: > We'd still let her in, esp in fishnets... _Nobody_ has seen her in fishnet stockings. What makes you think you have a chance?
From: Cathy on 4 Nov 2009 22:53 "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message news:pan.2009.11.05.01.52.47.459112(a)e86.GTS... > On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:36:15 -0500, Cathy wrote: > >> >> I did take some looks at the '10 Honda Insight, but IMO it just didn't >> measure up. Mileage isn't as good, it's smaller, not as much power, and >> I >> heartily dislike the design of the dash (all knobly instead of sleek). >> The price is better, & the exterior is cute (well, gee, I wonder why?! >> <g>), but overall it falls short of the Prius, AFAIC. >> >> Cathy > > Bout time! > > Did they give you a discount for the fishnets? ;p (No, I NEVER give up!) > > Good news. I hope you like your new car! You're not kidding! Prius = MSRP. Arghhh. You're right - not as long as you draw breath, is my guess. And yes, & yep! Thanks. Cathy > > >
From: Cathy on 4 Nov 2009 22:53 "dr_jeff" <utz(a)msu.edu> wrote in message news:rrednQCyFcEwp2_XnZ2dnUVZ_gBi4p2d(a)giganews.com... > Cool! I am glad you like your new car. > > Jeff Thank you! Cathy
From: Cathy on 4 Nov 2009 22:54
"badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:xn0gh9gqtar580000(a)news.albasani.net... > Cathy, 11/4/2009,9:36:15 PM, wrote: > >> Well, not exactly a dearth of political posts around here... some >> things never change. ;-) >> >> This post, happily - for me, esp.- is on topic! >> >> Refresher/background: I've wanted a Prius since the '04 came out; >> drove 100 miles to see (other than in pics) & test drive one back >> then. But no matter how many times I did the math - & believe me I >> did it over & over hoping to see a different result!, there was ~$5K >> difference over a 6 yr. ownership between a low # pkg. '04 Prius & a >> virtually fully loaded Corolla LE. Couldn't justify that amt. of >> money - other than "want"!, so wound up buying my 4th Corolla in a >> row. Perfectly good car, intelligent buy, etc., but by the 4th >> one... pretty boring. ;-) As it turned out, the Prius has held its >> value - for a car - really well, so the difference in cost may've >> been more like $1 - 2K, but never predicted that/thought to factor >> that in at the time. >> >> Anyway... over 5 years went by & when the 2010 Prius came out - and >> read the reviews, decided it was about time to treat myself. ;-) >> Ordered one ( a lowly II, but it's still an upgrade from my Corolla >> LE) at the end of Aug. & have now had it for 3 weeks; love it. >> Besides the fact that I have liked the exterior & dash designs since >> the '04 came out, that it feels extra solid, that it is relatively >> spacious, that it has airbags out the wazoo, etc., today - in >> around-town driving - got 77.6 MPG at one point! :-) (And no, I >> wasn't driving "like a Prius driver" <g> - it was in a 30 mph zone & >> I was going 32.) >> >> I don't miss the moonroof I had on the last 2 Corollas - although I >> may a bit come next spring/summer. However... what I really do miss >> are: daytime running lights & most esp. auto-on full headlights, >> and... this is little but important: there is no place to put one's >> quarters in the Prius!! I've solved the headlight problem by leaving >> them on all of the time, since they're auto-off. But have yet to >> find a place for car wash quarters... >> >> I did take some looks at the '10 Honda Insight, but IMO it just >> didn't measure up. Mileage isn't as good, it's smaller, not as much >> power, and I heartily dislike the design of the dash (all knobly >> instead of sleek). The price is better, & the exterior is cute >> (well, gee, I wonder why?! <g>), but overall it falls short of the >> Prius, AFAIC. >> >> Cathy > > The only reason you didn't get the Honda is because you would have had > to unsubscribe from this group. Heh! Haven't checked over there, but maybe they're not as contentious of a bunch! ;-P Cathy > > |