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Hi Tom...
... and WELCOME to PriusChat. I don't recall how many posts [seems like about 10 or 20], but after a certain number of posts you get out of the "Rookie" class... so... keep those responses, questions and posts coming!

As my Avatar and Signatures attest, I too have a Pkg 6 2007 Touring Edition Prius - traded my 2004 in last November in pursuit of new warranties, leather, side airbags, better tires and wheels, backup camera, better MFD display, etc. I've been a PriusChat participant for nearly 2½ years and found it to be a terrific resource.

Although it's not easy reading, the Owner's Manual is likewise a good resource. In my 2004 Manual and now my 2007 Manual, I made it a practice to create my own "Index" on a blank page in the back - you know, subject and page number - for items I might want to revisit or share with PriusChat forum folks.

 

On a completely different note (which I could bring back onto topic as a note only designed to up my number of posts).

I've noticed a prevalance for cats in member's avatars. It looks like Tom's is a cat looking out the windows, Charles, and a heapload of others have cat pictures...

I currently house 5, myself. With the odd one or two appearing and dissapearing every few years.

Oh, and I took my Prius out yesterday - Had some issues with the Traction thing, getting it up the slight incline of my 4" snow packed driveway, but 5 runs at it, and I eventually got it out

Steve.

 

100 posts takes you out of the rookie class

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(RBW111 @ Feb 16 2007, 12:30 PM) [snapback]391682[/snapback]</div>

And 500 posts will give you the option of putting whatever you want under your avatar.

 

Well since I have a feline avatar and am a rookie poster I guess this thread applies to me as well. There 4 down 496 to go

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(RBW111 @ Feb 16 2007, 03:30 PM) [snapback]391682[/snapback]</div>

I think this is not right. 100 posts takes you from "Prius Poster" to "Senior Prius Poster." The transition from "Rookie" to "Prius Poster" happens much sooner (20 posts, maybe?).

 

Welcome Tom!

I've enjoyed being a member of this community for about 6mo now. Many intersting minds lurk around here!

Take it easy

 

I think it goes through this stage of avatars:

Stage one: A picture of a Prius from some website

Stage two: A picture of your Prius

Stage three: A picture of your cat

At least, that's how I did it.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(aaf709 @ Feb 16 2007, 02:41 PM) [snapback]391691[/snapback]</div>

Ah, I was wondering how people did that. Well, I'm slowly getting there.

But as Betelgeuse says, you lose the Rookie designation at about 20 posts (or 25?), not 100.

Sorry, we have a cat, and we're friendly towards each other, but I like the Prius better, so it's stayin on the avatar...

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(nerfer @ Feb 17 2007, 05:12 PM) [snapback]392175[/snapback]</div>

Yep. You become "Senior" at 100.

I was senior long before then.

Dave M.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Stev0 @ Feb 17 2007, 04:41 PM) [snapback]392163[/snapback]</div>

Actually, I started with our cat Silver Belle (deceased) as the Prius was named Blue Belle in her honor. I changed pictures of her, had Supercar for a bit and now have another cat Boojum (also deceased) as my avatar.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Charles Suitt @ Feb 16 2007, 12:31 PM) [snapback]391597[/snapback]</div>

The USER-GUIDE was created to alleviate that very need.

If you have noted something that you refer back to frequently that isn't in the guide, speak up. After 7 years, it's difficult now for me to identify what newbies still struggle to understand.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tom 6850 @ Feb 19 2007, 04:36 AM) [snapback]392764[/snapback]</div>

And if they were really smart, they'd require their sales staff to visit it every once in a while.

Dave M.