New Owner..... Hello to Everyone!

Hello all.

I’m the lucky owner of two 2005 Salsa Red Prius cars. Believe it or not, my wife and I walked into the dealership on Saturday and bought the only two they had on the lot without any trouble. I originally went to trade in my truck and by the time it was all over we had gone back home, picked up her car, and traded it in on the other. The waiting list on these cars was backed up until February but the truck had just dropped off these two and we were in the right place at the right time.

Just found this site and have already learned some things that I did not know.

I look forward to getting to know each of you.

Britt

 

Thanks for the welcome.

Here is a picture of my Prius. I will try to take some of my wifes car later on today (although they are exactly the same car)

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Britt

 

It wasn't so much that we bought two Prius but that we were "able" to buy two Prius. I originally went to one dealership in town and they said that the waiting list was backed up until Feburary. "There goes that idea" I thought. We drove to the another Toyota dealership in town and they had just finished unloading the two that we bought off of the truck. I asked them if they were available and they said that one of them was. My lucky day. We worked up a deal and I got my car.

Here is what I traded in:

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This truck served me well. I orginally bought it to tow all my toys with and it did the job very well. Then along came my daughter. We decided that we were going to move to a nice neighborhood so there goes the toys. After the toys (27Ft Travel Trailer, 2 Honda Rincon ATVs, 1 Sea-Doo, and a 18Ft utility trailer) were gone, I no longer needed the truck. It hurt my soul to trade it in but you have to do what you have to do sometimes.

After we finished my deal my wife asked the sales manager if they had sold the other Prius. The sales manager said that someone was supposed to come in on Monday morning and pick it up. She said that she was interested in it and we ended up going home to pick up her car and the rest is history.

Here is what she traded in:

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It was loaded with EVERYTHING that you could put on it. It even had the sweet navigation system in it but so did my truck for that matter.

We got what I consider fair trade in value for our vehicles. Of course if we had sold them out right we would have made more money but time was of the essence when you are dealing with two Prius that are available for sale in one location.

As far as telling them apart? Right now it's hard. Whichever one opens up is the one that I get into right now. Sounds crazy doesn't it? If it warms up tomorrow, I'm going to take the pin stripe off of mine. I have never liked pin stripes so that will make it a little easier. I have also removed the trim rings from my wheels because I think it looks better without them. But my wife wants hers off now so we're back to square one it looks like.

Our cars are Exactly the same. There is absolutely no difference between them what so ever. The only thing that we didn't get was the Navigation system just because it wasn't on the cars. Beggers can't be choosers I suppose. I really would have liked to have the Navigation system but I can always buy a garmin or some other aftermarket system. I have had a Navigation system in all of my vehicles since around 2001 so it will be missed.

I don't know which "package" we have on these cars but honestly I don't know where to look. They do have the Smart Key System and I LOVE that. That is convenient as hell. The only options I can tell that they don't have is the Nav system (and everything that goes along with that) and fog lights. Everything else "looks" like it's there.

Anyway.... Thank all of you for the warm welcome! I look forward to sharing information and getting to know all of you.

Hope you all have a great evening!

Britt

 

Give me a heads up if you do. I'll be happy to show you around.

Britt

 

Here is the only picture that I could get tonight of the two cars. It was pretty dark and the shutter was open for a while which is why it is pretty blury. I will get some better pictures this weekend.

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Britt