My new Prius

Just got home from finalizing the paperwork and things. 2013 Prius Four in Winter Gray Metallic with the Dark Gray interior. Terrible picture from my phone, but I figure most of us are pretty familiar with it.

My goals: getting into the 600 miles per tank thread. Based on my fairly limited driving in our Two I think I can get there on my regular commute. Might take me a few tanks though.

This is in addition to our 2012 Prius Two in Blizzard Pearl with the Dark Gray interior that my wife drives.

 

Thanks guys.

I have a question, the dealer put nitrogen in the tires, under a program called NitroFill. I didn't ask for this, but it was already done when I got there and I didn't want to spend any more time at the dealer than I had too. Is this nitrogen in the tires ok for MPG like it's supposed to be? Can I just replace it with "regular" air in the future? Any thoughts on that?

Hah. I haven't decided yet if I like them or not.

 

Yeah it was between Blizzard Pearl and Winter Gray. Because we already had one Blizzard Pearl I thought it might be a little silly to have two of the same car in the same color.

Yes, I'm lucky enough to drive in a bit of traffic both going to work and coming home. Slightly uphill going to work and slightly downhill coming home. I've managed near 65MPG coming home in our other Prius.

And, I've had previously trouble with speeding, so I don't ever get above 5MPH over the limit anymore.

My commute isn't tremendously long, about 250 miles a week, but it just didn't make sense for me to buy a car that got 40MPG when I know I can get near 60MPG in a Prius. I don't know whether or not this car is better for the environment or not when you consider everything about it, but, I do know that I won't have to go to the gas station as much which pleases me. I would have bought a Leaf if I had a place to charge it.

 

For the record my dealer didn't charge me for the nitrogen filled tires, wasn't even mentioned until the very end of the process. They would have most assuredly tried to say "but we are giving you awesome additions like 'nitrofill' and we can't come down on the price" during the negotiations. All of the other dealers did the same "we'll throw in floormats." "They are $90 shipped online, I don't care if you guys charge $200 or more for them." Well, you guys/gals know what I mean.

The only mod I'm interested in are those Japanese headlights without the orange reflector. I see threads and posts where people say they have them, but I haven't seen any details. Where'd they get them? How much they cost? How is the install? Straight swap or extra wiring, etc?

 

Stealth is a much better name than Winter Gray. Winter Gray sounds kind of depressing.

However, I know from past experience with Hyundai, many colors that looked similar from the North American market and the Australian/New Zealand market, would be slightly different and therefore have slightly different paint codes. I wonder...

 

When I get a chance to take some better pics I'll post 'em there.

The last two picture of my 2002 Hyundai Elantra GLS that I had since new. You might be able to tell that I hadn't washed it in two years! You can see that there was some front end damage as well, dents, scratches, etc etc.