Just bought a moonglow 4 (owned a 2007 Prius)

I just traded my 2007 Prius (111,000 miles) for a C 4 today and I am really happy about the decision, although I won't have the C for another few days. The regular Prius has been good, very reliable, great mileage, but I never once had anyone in the back seat. I don't need a car that big. It has dents, needs brakes, tires, transmission flush, front end work... and even though I was pleased overall with it, I have to say the traction control was maddening. Everytime I hit a pothole it would go off, and everytime I needed to get out fast into traffic and I was on a little bit of sand it would not let me go. I hated that.

Anyway, I am excited about the C in a way I never was about my 2007 Prius. I like the looks, I like the inside, and I LOVE the heated seats I will miss the backup camera and home link/auto dimming rearview mirror and lighted visors, but I can do without all those things. I am looking forward to being able to fit the C and my Harley in the garage at the same time now instead of leaving the car out of the garage all summer long, yeah!

My color choices were down to silver, blue, and moonglow. I really wanted super white, but it was not to be, so I went with the moonglow.

To be a good shopper, I went to another Toyota dealer today for comparison shopping (they had the super white I wanted) and they offered a price $3,900 higher than the first dealer I went to. What a bunch of moronic idiots. I walked away without saying anything more than "thank you for your time, I am not interested any further." Gotta love their idiocy in quoting a greedy price to start with. I don't bargain at the start point of greed.

The moonglow color is kinda wierd... it's looks greenish in the sunlight. I have a pearl white Harley and the pearl shimmers nicely in the sunlight but doesn't look green. But I will get used to it!

 

It needs (so they tell me) struts, and the front end creaks horribly. Really really loud. If I go slowly over a speed bump, creeeeaaak, groan. People even look when they hear it. I don't know what that is. And I suppose since it needs tires it would need a front-end alignment too. If I was a very wise shopper I would probably put all the money needed into the current Prius and go for another 100,000 miles. But I can't do it. Plus I have a dang acorn rolling around behind the dashboard which they can't get and it drives me NUTS!

 

I definitely would like the auto-dimming/home link mirror. I am a master at parallel parking and used the backup camera for that all the time. That I am going to miss. 'm handy with my Harley (I'm a chick) but don't know anything about car wiring. Would have to find someone to install for me. I'm going to look around for those threads, thanks!

 

Thank you so much!

 

Pick it up tonight!

 

Sitting in the managers office right now. 10 more minutes

 

Got it last night, and here is the first pic of her from today

 

No kidding! That heated seat was fantastic this morning, first time I've ever had those. Yum!

 

The entire trip yesterday - work and back (68 miles) with the heat on and the heated seat on for a while was 53.6

 

I just traded my 2007 Prius Gen II for the C so my driving behavior has been refined over the past 5 years. I used to be a led foot. The previous Prius taught me to be a conservative driver. The C is loads of fun - screens I never had on the Gen II Prius... I'm making a game of watching the eco monitor, accelerating very slowly, using engine braking, see how high a score I can get. I'm so mad the second day out with it has to be slush everywhere