From: tak on

"Cathy" <clfr(a)roadrunner.com> wrote in message
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> 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
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

"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


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From: Cathy on

"dr_jeff" <utz(a)msu.edu> wrote in message
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> Cool! I am glad you like your new car.
>
> Jeff

Thank you!

Cathy



From: Cathy on

"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


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