Already? NO WAY! But wait...

Color choices are (obviously) subjective, but I love all three colors. Tideland is "complex" and more likely to change given weather and lighting conditions. Driftwood is an appealing gold. The seaside blue is wonderful, though I wonder if I might tire of it.

A bird in the hand....

 

seaside all the way! we just got ours yesterday and it's the coolest blue out there.

good luck and let us know what you picked

 

I have a Seaside and I love it. I have had it since December and I like it more now than when I first saw it. We chose it because we had never seen another 2004 Prius when we ordered and figured blue would be a safe choice, (we both like the color blue). I have seen all the colors now and would have a hard time choosing a color now because I think all the colors look nice on the Prius. I would probably chose blue again just because I do like blue. I think Tideland would be my second choice and then Driftwood, but I would be very happy with either of those colors. I don't think you could get really tired of any of these colors because they change depending on the enviroment and weather.

 

Seaside was my first choice, but I ended up with a Tideland. I'm loving it though. Sometimes it looks green, sometimes dark grey. Very distinguished. I think Silver is too common.

Esther

 

In dealerships or "in the wild", I have seen silver, seaside and tideland Priuses. I've never seen a driftwood. The adjectives I would ascribe to seaside and tideland are:

seaside -- eyecatching, va-va-voom
tideland -- distinguished, cool

Both are excellent choices, but it depends on what you're going for.

Personally, if I didn't have a silver, I probably would have chosen Tideland.

 

I think seaside has a lovely champagne feel to it.

 

driftwood was my second choice. i have seen it in the wild and it's quite nice. but the best thing about that family of colors (tan/goldish metallics) is that they are by far the easiest to keep looking clean. i have had a peugeot, a pontiac bonneville SSEI and a lexus rx300 all in those colors and have been very happy with them all.

that said, i am glad i got my first choice, which was salsa, though really i want 1950's metalflake candy apple red

 

It's just the way it turned out. It's definatly gray in the real world, though.

If you haven't already looked, this gallery might be a good way to get a view of the color with a bit more realism. Not real life, but good enough to let you know it's not green. :mrgreen:

http://gallery.joesdiner.com/gallery/Prius

 

Tony -- when I initially planned to buy a Prius, it was going to be a silver one.

However, seeing a silver '04 Prius in person, it just seemed sort of dull -- didn't really stand out. (Subjective opinion -- apologies to those who bought a silver Prius.)

To me, the Driftwood has a sort of "champagne silver" look; it's what I was looking for in the first place when I was looking at silver.

I used to say that Tideland was my first choice (the photo Danny provided above illustrates my reasoning -- though it can be a lot grayer on cloudy days (which I like)). But these days, it's an absolute tie between Tideland and Driftwood -- I'll be very happy with either.

 

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  I think you should take the Tideland or Driftwood and send the Seaside to me My neighbors have a Tideland. It definately is not close to the green in the pamphlet. It is a dark gray which has green tones depending on the light. Danny's picture above is very accurate.
  
  Like you, I have not been a "colorful car" owner. My first car was red, because that is what my uncle was selling at a reasonable price. The next 3 were some shade of silver or gold. I first figured I'd go silver again, but in what must be a mid-life crisis, I decided I like Seaside best. Now I hope I can get one.

 

Just to add my 2 cents worth.....
I really wanted Driftwood but ended up with Tideland because that was available in #7......It is definitely not green and is so far from the Toyota website color chip it is not funny. It is an okay color - and I keep telling myself color doesn't matter....but a Driftwood passed me today and I was very envious. Especially the "keeping it clean" factor as I live on a dirt road. Ah well....when I trade I'll get a Driftwood ! Enjoy whatever color you end up with - the ride and mileage are sweet

 

Here is interesting in Japan dosent name the color variation like U.S
U.S- Japan
Super White- Super white Or White Christal Pearl metallic(factory option)
Millennium Silver- Silver metallic
Salsa red Pearl - Dark red mica metallic
Drifwood Pearl - Browns mica metallic
Tideland Pearl- Jade green mica metallic
Seaside Blue- Blue mica
Black- Black

 

It is kinda like a very dark jadeish green, so that makes some sense...but still not as much as actually having a green paint color. :mrgreen:

 

Seaside was my original pick; then the wife said Salsa was a nicer color. We changed.

Pick any of the colors. You won't be sorry. Just don't let them get away.