Just Purchased 2013 Prius Hatchback with Advanced Tech

This site has been so great for information, and opinions. Thank you all! Now it feels "official" - we signed papers yesterday for a 2013 Prius V/Five (not wagon, but hatchback) with 86,300 miles, great records, with Advanced Tech package. We will pick it up on Saturday morning (needs to have the DMV-1 and insurance binder completed today, and with rush hour traffic taking us almost 2 hours to drive the 37 miles, we will wait for Saturday morning.)

It is fairly nerve wracking doing all the due diligence for the purchase of a used car. We live South of Boston, and drove all over looking. We purchased in Acton. I like the dealer, but will wait to see how everything finishes up before a final say. We feel like we have a fair purchase, and look forward to many years with our Prius - it is black-with-silver rocker panels. We are thinking of names, and will post photos soon!

 

I just drove our new Prius home from the dealer in Acton, mostly highway miles, stopped at a grocery store, then in-town miles drive home. Was very happy to see 56.6 MPG on the first trip, and 57.8 on the second trip. I realize that I now need to keep track via fill-ups, rather than using the onboard computer, but it still feels good. I've read a lot about technique, but need to practice more - I'd love to be able to (without driving more than usual!) get up it to 60 mpg.

 

Thank you, dorunron, I just made that change.

 

I posted these photos in the "Newbies" area in a thread there, but thought I should post them here as well, as I first said I would in this thread:

Photos of our "new to us" 2013 Prius Five with AdvTech package. We especially love the HUD - the Nav takes some getting used to, and we will still travel with our Garmin, but I like the larger display on the Prius Nav, and so far it works fine for around town. We will need to purchase some snow rims/tires. It has been well taken care of, and had 86,300 miles on it when purchased. Our 22 year old son especially loves all the tech - (also, he has had a lower back disc rupture in the past, and he raves about the comfortable drivers' seat.) My best mpg so far has been 70.6. We have named our Prius The Falcon.

 

I know - I'm getting really attached to the HUD and the LKA. We weren't looking for top of the line, but for a reasonable "Four" - preferably 2012-2013 (we needed the automatic seat - my husband is 6'5" and we felt that the increased adjustment abilities were important.) Most Prii that I researched had a "red flag" on the Toyota Owners' site - since this had high miles, but good records, and was reasonably priced, we were sold. We are used to high mile purchases - we bought our 1993 Volvo 940 with 145,000 miles on it, and it has 250,000+ miles on it. We will be retiring it when our son gets a job and has moved to a place of his own.

 

Congratulations, Alison! Have fun exploring your new to you Prius. I hope that you have a manual for the navigation/phone system. It is not very intuitive. If not, you can download what you need from the Toyota Owners' site. I found that very helpful.