New driver in CA: Prius Prime LE or Prius LE

Maybe you could network with your neighbors and friends and try to rent/borrow a garage?

 

Here is a pic of my install on our 2019 Prime:

What did you do to your Prime today?

Should be a good deterrent .

 

FWIW, I used a floor jack and 6 X 6 timbers to get the car up to about 12", but was still restrictive (OK, I'm a fat old geezer) so decided to see what one of the local mechanicswith a lift would charge: $50.... SOLD~! Had him do it to avoid any further angst and he did a great job.

 

Miller Cat Shield has a list of installers on their website.

All the install requires is a way to raise your Prime and I swapped some of their fasteners for rivets.

Any mechanic can handle if you buy the shield I would say.

 

If the California state rebate goes away, Toyota will likely increase their incentives to match it. The high incentives in the Northeast are there, in part, because the states don't have such generous incentives.

 

Well, I believe the older models used more platinum and other valuable metals in them, which is why they are targeted by thieves. It is also possible that the current model has more belly pans for aero.

 

see post 66

prime cats are being stolen, and you're in cali.

how can you tell if a dealer is lying? their lips are moving

 

The underneath of your Prime will resemble the underneath of our 2019 Prime:

What did you do to your Prime today?

While better protected, I wasn't going to chance it.

Now when I trek out into the great unknown, I have piece of mind .

 

I have had three PPs and assure you the 2021 catalytic converter is very much unprotected. I ordered a Miller Cat Shield and opted to have a local mechanic do the installation, as he only charged $50... I did, however, first jack up the car and assess the install myself and the cat IS very much exposed. Here's a shot of a PP shield from the Miller website:

 

for $350. i would let him take care of everything, as long as you know him and his work. make sure he replaces the panels properly, might need new fasteners

prius has an immobilizer. might want to cht with your ins. co. about theft and alarms. sometimes it depends on where you live, i have never had one.

 

Use priusoffroad10 for 10% off at Miller, also may want to consider using the stainless steel model, for a few $$ more. A mechanic with a lift should be able to complete the job in 30 minutes. The hard part is getting the car high enough off the ground for access... hence having a lift really helps.

 

It won't ease your pain right now, but it does eventually get better (I'm an old geezer who lives in a low risk area):