Great Timing
I traded in my Toyota RAV4 and picked up the new Prius this afternoon at 2:00. Earlier at lunch, I was heading to a restaurant to meet Nate when the ‘check engine’ light on my RAV4 came on. Since I knew that I’d only be the owner of the RAV4 for the next 2 hours, I thought the timing was pretty awesome. The only way it could have been better was if the light turned on as I rolled onto the dealer’s parking lot.
I’m planning on reading the owner’s manual tonight and will give some feedback after I’ve driven the car for a few days. The one thing that was weirding me out on the drive from the dealer to my office was the fact that the car was totally silent when I stopped at a light since the engine gets automatically shut off.
April 29th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Whoa! It shuts off?? How in the world does that even work? You’ll have to show me that.
September 14th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
You purchased a great automobile Bill. Checkout PriusChat.com, or Clean MPG.com two great webpages with lots of info on getting better mileage.
I own a Toyota Yaris, 90 day average of 53mpg. Great car also.
September 15th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
53 mpg is awesome! I tend to average between 44 and 46 MPG with a fairly even mix of highway and city driving.