Bought my second Prius- now a 2 Prius Family

Bought my second Prius last week. Someone asked me today if I liked the Prius...I answered that I had 2. She understood.

Base 2012 purchased in Canada and the colour is quite beautiful sea glass pearl.

The buying experience was good and bad. First dealer offered my $2000 for my high mileage sienna. Felt like a slap in the face was I being encouraged to buy there.. Sold it in 2 days for double that.- not even trying to bargain hard.

He then showed me a used Prius but it was sold before I could get it. Then misquoted me on a Prius V rather then a base Prius. 3 strikes...

The second salesmen was very helpful..different dealership. Picked me up at the train, let me borrow a demo for 2 days while I finalized the sale. I arrived and the vehicle was not ready. It arrived too late to really prep it. They had also sold 13 units the previous day. Left in a hurry and only then noticed they had not installed the hood deflector that I paid for...

Reviewing the paper work and can't find a full description of the particular options included on this vehicle- no new vehicle info statement on the inside cover of the owners manual supplement.

I am slowly figuring the new Prius out. Will do a careful comparison to my base 2005 Prius bought in NH. One thing I do notice is the 8 year or 160,000 km warranty on the hybrid components. Seems to have been a better warranty on the '05 US Prius.

I hauled the finance guy over the coals about Prius USA refusing Canadian customers. Wonder if a Saudi Prince wanted a loaded Prius from a US dealer- would they say sorry +US citizens only...next! He paused on that one and said he never really thought about it that way...But Canadians are 2nd class in a USA Toyota showroom---or no class. He then sold me on the rust protection. Next day when I arrived, it was not sprayed so I pulled the plug on rust. Reading on Prius chat the previous night showed me how much of a chump I was to add rust proofing at Toyota $499?! So I saved the money. Looked at my 7 year old Prius--absolutely no rust. Funny how vulnerable I was at the initial consultation.

Mods to new vehicle. Will buy cargo mat and front mats from Prius Chat. I gave the new vehicle a coat of Margoul... Hi-Tech 2.0 sealer- 2 coats on the front end and hood. Hope it really protects, better then the Platinum sealer at $399 offers by Toyota and better the the original Marg. Wax I put on the 05 Prius.

Welcome any comments...

 

My Prius was transferred from another dealership- the sticker did not come with the car.