A week and a half ago I wrecked my 2005 Prius. Today I picked up a replacement 2005 Prius from the local Toyota dealer.
Squawks:
[ul][li]It’s white – my least-favourite colour on this car.[/li][li]Only one key fob. I’ll have to have the spare from the other car re-coded.[/li][li]The shift knob does not operate as smoothly as it should. I’ll have to have them look at it when I take it in for routine maintenance in 5,000 miles.[/li][li]I don’t see top rings to which I can attach a cargo net.[/ul][/li]
On the positive side, it’s in better condition than the old one was. It has less than half the miles on it than the other one had.
Interesting. I can tell you that the Prius accelerates faster than BMWs, Mercedes Benzes, and other cars you’d think were fast. They seem to have trouble getting up to freeway speed by the end of the onramp. The Prius can do it.
[ul][li]Only one key fob. I’ll have to have the spare from the other car re-coded.[/ul][/li][/QUOTE]
Whoops. Toyota of Seattle wants $140 to reprogram the old smart key. :eek: Or I can just buy a new one for $200 plus a $114 programming fee. :eek: :eek: :mad:
Still, you know that the best drivers can’t afford 'Vettes and the dreck that can shouldn’t be allowed behind the steering wheel of one. From one coast to the other, certain laws of commuting always seem to apply.
No. I was more into filmmaking at the time, as well as other things. One day I had to take a girl-band from London up to the Hollywood sign for some photographs. We all had to pile into the 911. I began to think I needed something bigger, especially since my 16 mm camera outfit would, in its case, barely fit in the back seat. So I got a Jeep Cherokee. That served me well for nine years, but I had since moved to Washington and I had a job in Seattle 110 miles from my house. Fuel bills were deadly. A friend had a 2005 Prius, and he moved to Canada. Since the car had not been paid for, they lien-holder would not send the title out of the country so he could register it in BC. So he offered to sell it to me for the remainder of the loan in 2008.
FWIW, my car history is: 1966, 1977, 1977 MGBs (concurrently), Porsche 924, Chevy Sprint, Porsche 911SC, Jeep, Prius. In the MGB era, there was also a 1948 Willys CJ2A, and a decade ago I had a 1946 Willys CJ2A. Currently I have the Jeep, the ‘new’ Prius, and a 1966 MGB.
When I got my 335i, one of my BMW friends warned me it had so much more instantaneous power than I was used to…it would be like driving an electric car.
My best friend in high school in the 60s had one of those. His father bought it out of Army surplus. My friend had put a newer engine in it (a '53 flathead) and built a wooden cab to put on top, which was heavy enough to make you worry about the thing flipping over. It had the original 16-ply military tires on split rims. We had more fun in that thing, despite the slippy clutch, the fading brakes, the loose steering, and the tendency for the the transmission to pop into neutral when on a serious downhill grade. I’ve loved bobtail jeeps ever since and owned three Wranglers.
