I'm in love!

I picked up my new 2010 Prius on Friday and I absolutely am in love with it. It's a V with the Advanced Technology Package in Blizzard Pearl with Misty Grey interior. I've only driven it twice since I got it because I've been babysitting all weekend and didn't want to put the kids seats in it... But so far it's awesome!

Any tips or advice is welcome! Both times I drove it I kept it in Eco mode and didn't have any problems with that, but I guess I need to experiment with normal and power mode too! Is there a big mpg difference in the 3?

Obviously I'd love to maximize my mpg as best I can, but my previous car was an Acura MDX and I was lucky to get 22 mpg on the highway. So far i'm already getting an average of at least double that!

I'm soooo excited about it! I have my first road trip
on Monday (3 hrs) and I can't wait to see how it does!

 

Thanks! Everytime I see it, I keep thinking, "ahh, that pretty car is mine!!"

I can't wait to drive it some more and play with all the features!

I know some people have issues with the Bluetooth for the phone and the iPod USB interface, but having neither in my old car, I love them! I can't wait until I fill up for the first time and it doesn't cost me $40 or $50! I just might cry!

 

Thanks!! I'm not stressing about it... I'm pretty sure that on a bad day my prius is still going to get double what my old car did and that is fine with me!

I'm so excited about not having to fill up every week, it's going to be great!

Do you put gas in yours before it gets low? (like blinking low) or do you wait and fill up when it blinks? I've read where some people say they fill up at half a tank, but that just seems to kind of defeat the purpose to me! Just wondering!

 

Thanks everybody!!

I was really torn between the IV with the solar/moonroof or the V with the ATP. I went back and forth on it for a little while. But then I decided to go with the ATP because the solar panels only cool the car off, they don't warm
it up. Which I personally would rather have. Because I have more of an issue with getting into a cold car than I do a hot one. So i figured I might as well get an auto start put on if I want to be able to cool my car off (since the solar doesn't just do it automatically and I'd have to go push the button anyway) and then my car can be warm for me too!

I'm super excited about using the DRCC on my trip tomorrow. That was the main component that made me want the ATP. I've used it a little, but not for very long, ao I can't wait. Does the LKA only warn you and auto correct or whatever when the DRCC is on? Or does it do it all the time when it's on?

I loved my Acura, don't get me wrong. But I usually am the only person in my car (and I'm 5'3), so it's a big car just to haul me around. Every now and then I'll have another person or two or the kids I babysit, but it's mainly just me. I have hauled some pretty big stuff around in it, but only because I could, not because I really needed to. So I figure most of what I need to haul around will fit fine in the Prius! And, if gas goes back up like it did last year or whenever it was... I won't miss paying $70-$80 to fill up my car!

 

I wasn't planning to try and run it on empty, but I was just wondering! There are enough gas stations around here that I think I'd be fine to get to one in plenty of time if it starts blinking. I looked in the book and it says that when it blinks you have roughly 1.6 gallons left. Which I figure is like the gas light in my old car. It came on when I had around 40 miles left I could drive (so prob 2+ gallons) and I would always get gas as soon as I was able to. So, if I'm getting in the 40+mpg range in my Prius and I have roughly 1.6 gallons left, then I should be fine to go down the street to the next gas station! Or to make it to the next exit on the highway! I'm paranoid about running out of gas, so I may not even make it to the blinking one... But I doubt I'll be one of those that fills up at a half a tank! I just wanted to check! Thanks!!

 

Thanks so much for the advice about the modes. I know that I test drove one in normal and the 2 times I've driven mine it was in Eco. I'll have to try power too! I didn't have a problem with Eco. I notice it accelerated slowly, but I figured part of that was just because I'm used to a v6/v8, so I was expecting it to be a little slower anyway. But I did have to hit it once to get through some traffic and I had no problem at all! I'll try them all and see if the mpg varies at all for me!

And thanks for letting me know about the gas... I figured it was basically like my old gas light. Which meant - hey... Get gas sometime in the near future!

I was driving a loaner Prius until mine came in for a day or two and that one started blinking at me and I was like ahh, what does that mean? I had just passed a gas station so I turned around and went back because I was afraid it meant GET GAS RIGHT NOW! haha. It was exciting because I only put $6 in that one and that put it almost up to a half a tank!

 

I promise to post tomorrow after I get there and let you know how it went!