New Prius owner

Welcome! You will love the gas mileage. I have a 2008 Scion XB as well, and average about 28-29mpg on that. In the prius, I'm averaging almost 50 since I've had it (only 1200 miles since I purchased it).

I also find it to be more comfortable than the Scion XB, which my wife drives now

 

Looks like an FJR13. Power locomotive that one is.

 

Welcome aboard and enjoy the ride! You might consider some snow tires for the up coming season.

 

Agreed. I'm ordering mine this week, just need to find a set of gen II or gen III 15" wheels to put them on and I'm set.

 

That is a great plan (second set of rims). I have a set of Corolla steelies, which are fine but look like sin and weight a bunch. With studded snows and steel rims and the cold, I take nearly a 10mpg hit in the winter. But safety is paramount.

 

Yes! There absolutely IS something you have to do! Have the dealer take the required couple of minutes with their ScanTool to reset the gosh darned seatbelt and backup ding/dang/dong majorly annoying alerts to their absolute minimum number (e.g. ONE). Don't let them tell you that it will cost $90 (what they tried with me) or any other amount than $0.00. It is or should be part of their standard dealer prep duties. Ignore this warning at your own peril - you WILL regret it!

Other than that, welcome! Enjoy your new Prius!

 

Welcome to the board. Just a bit of caution about using the graphic display and trying to get the most out of a gallon of gas. Other drivers are not bashful about tailgating if you don't accellerage briskly and don't drive over the speed limit. We're getting about 52 mpg (actual mileage) in mixed city/country driving in the summer. The car is put of for the winter.

Sports tourers are great bikes. I ride an ST-1300.

 

Motorcycle season? What's that?

<ducks and runs>

 

Beware of all the weird noises you will hear, relax, they are normal. The car makes noises when you unlock it, and when you start it. For example at times if you have the ac on when the ready button lights up, you will here the ac kick on before the ice starts. There are also other noises, some of them about 15 minutes after you have shut it down, what they are I don't know, but I've learned on this forum that they are normal. So enjoy the car, the great mileage, and the noises.

 

It's not a necessity but it makes a world of difference. I have put snow tires on only RWD vehicles in the past but after seeing how great they are in snow, I started putting them on all my cars. It's amazing how confident you feel driving in snow. I drive throughout the midwest so for me it's definitely something I am willing to invest money into.

 

I was thinking about the Corolla steelies as well but the local junk yard wants $75 each for them! I think I may have found a set of gen II wheels/bad tires for $190, will try to pick them up next week.

I should be able to get wheels, tires and get them mounted and keep the second set under $650 with all the running around.

 

Welcome and I'm sure you will love your Prius!

My only suggestion is if this is your first hybrid, I suggest driving it like you would a normal car for at LEAST a week. Get a feel for how your hybrid system cycles when it's still warming up, when it uses electric power, when it switches over to the ICE, etc. Once you're comfortable with driving the car and not freaking out every time the engine cuts out (I used to drive a manual car and I swore the first week I had my Prius I kept thinking I stalled the thing) I would say THEN you can start picking up the mileage techniques.

I say this because the first day I bought my Prius I was trying to Pulse and Glide in southern California traffic and was driving extremely distracted. Just know that if you drive your car like a normal person, you're still going to get very close to that 50 mpg advertised. Plus you wouldn't want to harm that pretty blizzard pearl color you have

Lastly, if you've never had a car with CVT, get ready I see you ride so you're probably very familiar with having gears. The Prius doesn't have set gears to change so that takes some getting used to...

 

Oh man those grades are going to kill you. I have a 2 mile 7% grade I have to climb on my way to work everyday and my instantaneous MPG rating has 3-4 bars at most during the entire climb even at 55 mph!

 

Where are you in Idaho Wayward? I'm in Spokane and debating on snow tires too. The guy I bought my Prius from said he siped the tires on his 2011 Prius and does fine with that in the winter. So, I may try that and avoid the rush at the end of the month to get snow tires installed at the tire shops...