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OOOOHHHH Whatta Feelin'!!

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by gjr3, Apr 7, 2005.

  1. gjr3

    gjr3 Junior Member

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    Picked up my M. Silver Pkg 6 Prius this afternoon- WOW!

    Thanks for all the info I've found here.

    Just one question- how do I wipe the smile off my face??

    Gregg.
     
  2. kkister1492

    kkister1492 New Member

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    Don't worry about it - it looks good on you!!
     
  3. DanH

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    I have the same problem from when I picked mine up last Monday. :D
     
  4. kidtwist

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    Congratulations. I know how you feel. I just got mine on Saturday. Still learning about it.

    :mrgreen:

    As far as the smile, I was able to get mine off with a brillo pad.

    :|
     
  5. galaxee

    galaxee mostly benevolent

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    over 3 weeks later... still smilin' every time we get in the car. whee!
     
  6. alanhu99

    alanhu99 New Member

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    It's been seven weeks for us, so we're not smiling ALL the time. Now it's only when I pass a gas station and look at the prices.

    Congratulations!!!
     
  7. TonyPSchaefer

    TonyPSchaefer Your Friendly Moderator
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    I've had Priapus since mid-Aug, '04 and haven't stopped smilin' yet. It's only made worse when people ask how I like my Prius or how much MPG I get. And of course I wave to the SUVs I see at the gas stations. They never seem to wave back. Go figure.

    Oh what a feeling indeed.
     
  8. galaxee

    galaxee mostly benevolent

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    What made me smile most was a guy pulling up beside me as I was washing my Prius in a huge, almost new truck asking how I liked my hybrid and telling me he was thinking of getting one because gas proces are so high.

    Then 5 minutes after he left a guy walked by and said 'hey, nice Prius!" 8)

    That just makes me swell with pride at my new little toy.
     
  9. DanMan32

    DanMan32 Senior Member

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    You were washing your Prius in a huge new truck?
     
  10. Prius Maximus

    Prius Maximus Senior Member

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    <<Just one question- how do I wipe the smile off my face?? >>

    Only 1 way I know of - drive any other car. It will disappear immediately. Of course, as soon as you get in your Prius again, the smile's back!
     
  11. galaxee

    galaxee mostly benevolent

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    As a matter of fact... I think it would have fit, but no.

    Guess I didn't word that so great. Let's try this with better English. "I was washing my Prius when a guy in a huge nearly new truck pulled up behind me."

    That's what I get for using most of my writing skills on technical, non-conversational things. :roll:
     
  12. DanMan32

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    Just kidding with you. Had me laughing, hope it had you laughing too.
     
  13. galaxee

    galaxee mostly benevolent

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    I figured you were. You can usually catch me making some weird random error though. :)

    Wonder if I really could have fit my car in the back of his truck though? It was massive but maybe not wide enough. Haha
     
  14. Dave

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    I'll be going in for my 35,000 mile oil change this week. I'm getting 50-51 mpg. The only complaint I have is about a small intermittent rattle in the dashboard. Still smiling!
     
  15. WeHoPriusGuy

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    My smile turns to a frown when I realise that I have to park it at the end of the day or when I have to be at work and can't drive.

    This car is awesome.

    I just got my salsa red/#6 this past Saturday. It tells me that I am averaging 45 mpg.

    I just need to have bodyside molding put on. Anyone know a shop in Los Angeles?
     
  16. BoBraxton

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    Since P* Pkg# 2 Silver is driven by wife, I got my first driving opportunity on the trip back from Woodbridge on Sunday late afternoon. The silver phoenix is still training me to drive it. I like floating along in the silence. My personal name for it is in Kiswahili from "pillar of fire by night and pillar of (silver) cloud by day" --
    "ya moto na ya wingu"
    Pretty name, is it not?
     
  17. tectulsa

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    I got my Tidewater Pearl on March 24, and still have not been to the gas station yet. Need to sell my old van so I can drive the Prius full time. By the way, were does the name Prius come from?
     
  18. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    BoBraxton, that's a cool name

    tectulsa, it means 'to go before' in Latin
     
  19. mtc1234

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    Tomorrow will be 1 month. I'm still smiling. What helps are the little things.
    For example, this afternoon I plan on filling up for the 2nd time.

    A little thing from yesterday was on my way home from work, I pulled up to the stop light where I make a left into my neighborhood. Of course, the car did it's "silent" thing. Being a nice day, I decided to lower the window. I was absolutely shocked by the instant radiant effect I felt from the sun. I knew the windows were UV blocking to keep the interior cooler, but I've never experienced a similar effect in any other car! That made me smile yesterday.

    It's all good.