About to purchase Prius Prime Advanced 2017 I need your advices

1. it seems (some) Primes left idle for an extended period deplete their 12volt batteries.

 

I'll second this thought, take a voltmeter with you & measure the 12v battery.

I'd tell you any 12v battery measurement at or below ~12.30 volts means you should bargain for a better purchase price. If you have to buy a new 12v battery anytime soon, it will cost you roughly $150 dollars.


Rob43

 

welcome!

keep in mind, there's a $4,500. fed tax credit on a new prime, so take that into account on a used one.

energy savers will maintain similar mpg, providing a smoother, quieter ride.

the gps is horrible, but semi useful

all the best!

 

I actually prefer the 2017 Prius Prime 4 seat maximum capacity. I don't like to cram 3 passengers into the back seats. It is already cramped back there! And I almost exclusively driven alone in the car. So the missing 3rd seat instead are cup holders and have an added storage tray in there! I think that is a better bonus then a 5th passenger!

Other than that the 2017 Prime is fantastic! Mine has 33,000 miles and absolutely no problems. Brakes are maybe 85% worn from new? At the 30,000 mile mark I had averaged 101 mpge from new. So I maybe filled her up less than 30 times.

But then I switched over to a 225/45r17 tire and mileage has dropped a lot. I now average about 86 mpge! But I like the larger and gripper tires. =)

 

11" screen rebooting, screws in rear tires, no tire monitoring, no spare tire, little space, creaks, easily dented sheet metal, easily chipped windshield, everything's expensive to replace (there's sensors in the bumper points that often get hit, windshield has to be calibrated with camera, rear windshield an unusual shape), re-engaging adaptive cruise control can be tricky (compared to my last car which was a '15 sonata), tough using 11" screen for a bunch of basic functions like AC, fastest type of charging still takes 2hrs for 25mi. i love the car, just thinking about things i've been apprehensive about.

On the plus you can replace the headunit. The advanced headunit seems to be a different generation hardware than 2020. But I keep hoping (for android auto in my case).

No, because it doesn't have lane keep assist (LKA). I've read some older gens have that and TSS-2.0 has that. Prius is compatible with comma.ai though as an aftermarket solution.

lots of people on their discord report good results, but not as good as with TSS-2.0.

 

No but it can!

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2) The original tires are low rolling resistance tires. Even if they weren't, throwing away decent tires to replace with LRR will never pay off. As Tideland said above, replace the tires if you have a good functional reason to do so, not to gain a couple of mpg or a mile or two of battery range.

There is no industry spec for LRR tires. They are whatever the tire maker wants to call them.

We like our 2017 Prime a lot. I did replace the Toyo NanoEnergy tires with Bridgestone's 3rd generation DriveGuard run-flat tires. The Toyos (and maybe the Bridgestone Ecopia) have a very light, thin casing to be part of the LRR. The size of one screw hole in the Toyo got me to dump them for the RFT. The RFT is heavier, but the battery range/mpg hasn't taken a big hit. Alternately, some carry a full size spare or a compact spare strapped down behind the seat or in the back. A Corolla spare fits the Prius.

 

4) Yes, you can send address from your phone via Entune app to your car if you have a Safety Connect subscription.

Posted via the PriusChat mobile app.

 

Pretty sure the sync occurs via Bluetooth or usb.

 

I have a question concerning your car being under full warranty from Toyota until April 2021. I also have a 2017 Advanced and it was warranted for 36 months from when I purchased it in March, 2017. Did you purchase an extended warranty?

 

Congrats on the purchase! I got a used 2018 Prius Prime a few weeks ago... Has the big screen but not the HUD or BSM.

I'm super happy so far.

One thing I hate is no physical knobs to turn the AC on or off. Takes a couple of presses on the touch screen I seriously debated getting the base model instead because of it...

Warranties are a waste of money in my opinion... Dealers make money on them and it comes from your pocket

 

I have the basic 2017 (Prime Plus) and I can send destinations to my car.

The EnTune App on the phone opens with a search bar 'Where would you like to go?" Enter in your location, and when you find it on the map, save it.

The trick is in the car's menu, don't go to Navigation. Go to 'Saved Destinations'. It gets the list of destinations from Entune on your phone. When you find the desired destination in the list, press it, and a 'Map' button will show up in the corner. Press that and it takes you to that destination in Navigation. Now you can tell it to navigate to that address.

I don't know if this works with the Advanced Prime.

I usually use Google Maps on my phone though. I'm not spending > $100 to update the maps in my car.

 

Congrats on new to you PRIME. I just traded my 2017 Prime with 2020 Prime and thinking who would actually buy used 2017 Prime when I can buy a brand new 2020 Prime cheaper with a total of $9500 rebates and discounts. I am suspecting many of the used PRIME from CARB states with heavy discounts are sold in states where no PRIME inventories. Do you know where your used PRIME was previously registered?