Just picked up my 2nd Gen 2

I recently moved to Colorado from Texas, and in anticipation of this move, I purchased a 2004 GMC Sierra 2500HD. It was intended to be a safe vehicle to drive in the snow. Well long story short (and due to the unreasonably high real estate prices) I live 84 miles from where I work, so it was not practical for fuel economy.

My wife drives a 2009 Prius and I put studded snow tires on it and blast past people with 4x4 or AWD with no risk of losing traction on snow and ice. So the whole reason for owning a $20k truck was negated by $400 tires.

I put about 18k miles/year on my vehicle so I sold the truck and yesterday I purchased a 2008 Prius with 117k miles on it. It is in immaculate shape and has all the features. This has been my favorite car (the wife's that is) to own (mainly because I am a shadetree mechanic and do my own maintenance (I once rebuilt the top end of an engine in the parking lot of an apartment complex)).

Also, I am 6'7" and (very) comfortably fit in a Prius. I love the look on people's faces when they see me get in or out of it.

Already put in a dashcam (In my experience in driving the wife's car, people like to pull out in front of a Prius). Picking up my train horn from Harbor Freight tomorrow, then I just need to order aftermarket seat heaters and she'll be all set .