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From: Cathy on 4 Nov 2009 21:36 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
From: dr_jeff on 4 Nov 2009 21:38 Cool! I am glad you like your new car. Jeff
From: badgolferman on 4 Nov 2009 21:48 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.
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 4 Nov 2009 20:52 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!
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 4 Nov 2009 20:53
On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:48:10 -0500, badgolferman 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 > > The only reason you didn't get the Honda is because you would have had to > unsubscribe from this group. We'd still let her in, esp in fishnets... |