We just got our 6th Prius -- Wife facing a learning curve.

So he got a later 2017. I thought BSM could be useful but it was not available on early 2017 Trim Two.

 

Jerry, I have new OE Toyota Weatherproof mats (front and cargo for a Gen 4 Prius - I had Weathertechs from my 2016 now in my 2020). If you are interested PM me.

Jeff

 

Nice switch up of the avatar.

 

Haha..thanks. Thought I should move into the future with the 2012 instead of the 2010.

Plus...it was a good excuse to use a photo from the road trip we just got back from...I think this one was from Capitol Reef National Park.

 

The only road tripping we did this summer was to the back yard.

Hopefully on your way back to MN you didn't hang out too long in SD.

Or if you did, hopefully you had your mask on.

 

Nope....SD was pretty disgusting when we were there....I hate to say that...but it was true. We were going to just hit the badlands and then go south to ScottsBluff Nebraska. However, on the spur of the moment we decided to go thru the black hills. However, I forgot Sturgis was going on. We stopped at Mt. Rushmore and basically walked out. The place was pretty busy...and not a lot of mask usage going on...scary stuff!

If interested, here is the route : https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=16JH5jS16swVleaz2iiR0Lh8A8WbYrqq3&usp=sharing

 

I'll keep this out of FHOPol, but not surprised.

A couple bad apples spoils the bunch.

But glad you made it out of there.

 

Yeah..It is too bad mask usage is such a political hot topic...but it is what it is... Needless to say, we wore a mask absolutely everywhere, and pretty much avoided people...for the most part.

 

I'm just counting down the days til it isn't .

Soon enough we'll make progress on multiple levels.

 

There are 2 types of cargo mat. Jerry needs the one for Trim Two and Three with the spare tire.

 

@jerrymildred

Congrats on the sweeeet new addition....love the color!!!

 

She's a real beauty!
....the car is pretty nice too.

The great thinker and philosopher Stephen Edwin King once wrote:
"A man with a good wife is the luckiest of God's creatures......”

 

I had Weathertech in my 2016 Prius 3 (had a spare) and the cargo mat fit perfectly in my 2020 AWD-e (NO SPARE and no place to put one).

JeffD

 

Is the cargo floor the same height as the Prius with the spare? That would be the differentiating factor.

Mine went into service in October 2016. BTW, I do not care for the white garnish on the steering wheel but I notice it has a "glitter" to it I had not heard mentioned here.

 

All that I know is that the Weathertech cargo mat from my 2016 Prius 3 fits just fine in my 2020 Prius AWD-e that did not come with a spare tire.

JeffD

 

What about the "learning curve" mentioned in title; how's that going?

I find myself I resist "improvements", that's at least part of the reason we sat out 4th Gen. I don't think tactile and intuitive is making a comeback any time soon though.

 

Medel.

I have found that Gen 4 was a significant improvement over my 2004 Gen 2 Prius (I never had a Gen 3).

• Improved MPG (52 vs 46, both right at the EPA rating)
• Improved handling (lower center of mass and stiffer frame)
• I really love the safety features (even better on my 2020 than the now dead 2016) especially the Dynamic Cruise Control
• I miss the Heads up display that was on my 2016, not on the 2020
• No place for a spare tire in the AWD-e (I have it in the cargo area, but need to find a way to tie it down)
• There were no indications of the engine problems from the Gen 3 in my 4 years of driving a Gen 4
• As of 2020 Toyota
  • has stopped supplying a CD player in their media center (I purchased a portable CD player for now)

• supports Apple Play but not Android. This almost made me so upset that I considered not getting the new Prius. At some point I'll replace the whole Media center with a third party one as I had to in my 2004 Prius when two successive media center CD drives failed.

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JeffD