Prius Prime Lease? Convince me please!

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1) how many more months on the corolla?

2) how many month lease on the prime?

3) what do you pay for electricity?

4) 12 miles one way, or round trip?

 

1. Your daily commute would be total electric, so no gas use.
2. Your hike trip would be 25+ miles of electric and about 1.5 gallons of gas unless you can charge while hiking.
3. Tank = 11.3 gallons. So 11.3/1.5= 7.5 weeks per fill up.
4. Don't think about it, Do it. My opinion only.

 

And let's not forget there's an additional kw/hr when the traction battery warmer is on during winter months.

 

If you really want to save money, you purchase the cheapest new Toyota or Honda that you can. They all get decent mileage and a purchase, if you drive more than 10,000 miles a year, is the only way to go. They hold their resale value and you should be able to get most of your price back when you sell the car in four or five years. If you drive 10,000 miles or less/year, then you might consider a lease, but remember they make a ton of money at the dealership from leases and you're the guy that ends up paying for that. If you want a luxurious, very reliable, reasonably priced auto that gets sensational fuel economy, then the Prius Prime has no competitors. And the months and months that it will take you to learn all about it will be lots of fun!

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i would wait the 4 months, unless there's no penalty to cancel early.

need your total bill and total kWh for month. also, does your power company offer any time of use options, or have any rebates for ev's and/or chargers?

how many miles have you put on the corolla in how many months?

is gas around $2.50/gal.?

 

I have a 72 mile round trip commute. I can only charge up at home and I am averaging 910 miles per tank for my first 3 fill ups (and that is in the coldest months of the year). The warmer it gets, the more miles/tank you get (A/C not a big help). You should do a hell of a lot better than that. Your electric cost would be in the range of $2.00- $2.50 per week, mine is about $5.00 at .14/kWh, but I do a full charge 5.5 times a week. Plus the Prime is more fun.

 

Then that way to go less for insurance and possibility to charge free with places they offer...in my little city i have 3 location for free charge..and even with paying for electricity used in my own house ...i still see more beneficial....
And ability to go entirely on EV for shopping and other little trips....there is plenty ideas how to effectively use HV/EV modes ....you can manage 60 MPG with use of Mr.Bob Wilson idea...look on other posts....
There is Charge mode also that if used properly will give you advantage depends on how you plan your trips

And welcome to the Prius Prime club....

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12 cents / kWh is a great deal. so you would be doing 12 miles a day @ about 50 cents x 250 = $125.
the 120 miles will be about $6. in gas and electricity x 52 = $312. + $125. = $ 437. vs $900.? in the corolla = around $463. in savings per year / 12 = call it $40. per month savings plus your insurance savings. the lease difference would be $125. minus that number.
btw, which model prime is it?

 

BTW, you can turn it off.
Check out the the other features of the Advanced; you might find as I did that you can live with the big screen when you factor in the other adds of the luxury model.

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I have not gone this far.....so how do you turn screen off..
Manual is so thick I'm at about 1/3 so far

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That was my feelings also way before i have Prius Prime ...it was in Tesla...and now after getting use to it i will not change for small screen....
Don't let first impression judge what is actually better

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You're like me, I was frustrated by the manuals. What I ended up doing was sitting in the car and screwing with all the buttons Etc. Somewhere on that menu there is a button to turn off the screen. When I had a question about a button I would refer to the manual; that way I got a lot more done. That first night I think I spent over 5 hours messing with that stupid thing. Then I adopted the stoic approach, and decided Well I'm going to have lots of fun for several months learning all about this thing. If something bugged me, I could always look it up in the book.
If you don't find that button, yell at me and I'll try to see if I can find it again.

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I was trying side buttons...from what i have learned in other cars holding for couple second...nothing....
So i guess it is somewhere in the touch screen menu

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If you do...save me from going trough all pages...

 

Damn straight! Don't be cheap. I mean if you can afford it don't be cheap. Remember, you're going to be stuck with whatever decision you make for quite a few years. Be sure you're considering all the benefits and disadvantages, of course, of a each model. As has been said before on this Prius chat, the rear cross traffic and pedestrian alerts are wonderful. Same goes for blind spot monitoring and the other benes that you get with the Advanced.

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