2012 Plug-in Prius PiP Advanced - COVID sale!!

great car, all the best!

 

wow! well done guys. might be a new record

 

I know right?
I've been searching for one very much like this one, and one day I didn't look at the sale ads and it's gone!
Snooze you lose.. LOL

Posted via the PriusChat mobile app.

 

TL;DL: Great honest seller and PC community member, pure luck to randomly visit PC to find this LOCAL deal hours after it was posted, laundry list of things to address w/ some already addressed, and patiently waiting for NJ MVS to open up for private sale registrations.

@KCobby is a great and honest member and I enjoyed the meet up. I've been socially isolated for months so it was good to get out and talk about hybrids/EVs. I probably went off topic a few times.

@ttou68 , the irony is I've been off the PC boards for a couple years when I sold my 2010 and got a 2013 Volt (free charging station at work). I've been on/off searching the other typical haunts (craigslist, eBay, Autotrader, etc.) for my brother who's 2004 Prius has 200+k miles and he's looking for a replacement. I was casually looking for a Prius Advanced Tech package (non PiP), especially since I'm not likely to return to work to get free charging for at least 6 months, if not longer, and I happen to jump on here (don't recall what triggered me to do so). Since my brother has no place to charge at all, I'm going to keep it for my wife and I to enjoy. She also likes the color, so win-win (happy wife, happy life). AND, we are literally less than 10 miles away from each other so getting it home was a snap! I was a few hours away from talking with my wife (when she got home from work) to go see a 2011 w/ solar package in PA (3.5 hours away) when I saw this ad. I almost lost hope when I went to sleep early w/o a reply, but woke up in the middle of the night to a nice surprise in my inbox!

Initially, I thought there's not much that I need to "research" since I've been on PC for my Gen 2 Touring and Gen 3 vehicles and @KCobby took good care of the car the last few years. That said, since I plan on keeping this for life, I'm going to invest in a Hotchkis RSB (Same as what I installed on my 2010; just ordered and totally required with my driving style), sound proofing (since its kinda noisy, over 65mph and I regularly go... higher...), rear seat heaters (for the kids), cleaning out the intake manifold and EGR system (to avoid the headgasket problem), early plug replacement (while the cowl is off), coolant (since the EGR will drain a little anyways and it's 8 years old now), ATF WS change ($40 peace of mind), Navigation update (still debating dealer upload, complete headunit upgrade, or deal w/ my phone on the dash somewhere...), speaker upgrade (especially for a little more bass up front), 12V battery (8 years old and tested below 12V, via dash diagnostics, when I went to buy it), and replace one window tint (which he disclosed the damage when I got there and I probably wouldn't have noticed). Okay, maybe I will need to be on PC a little more often for some research and opinions... lol.

Now, it's a waiting game for NJ MVS to be open for private sale registrations... I already cleaned out the EGR pipe and valve (not cooler) while checking the condition, throttle body plate, and MAF sensor (w/ sensor safe cleaner). Also poured a couple ounces of MMO in the tank and filled up w/ Premium (Costco) since it hasn't been driven much the last few months to keep the gas fresh(er) and less likely to pre-detonate since I didn't know the condition of the EGR until I got it home to take it apart. (Notice I'm uber-sensitive to the headgasket issue?).

Yeah, I guess you can tell I'm excited to have a new "project" car to work on to keep me sane...

 

Congrats to both of you!