Deciding on new 2017 some input needed

9/19 of my cars have been white (incl my PRIUS) - so maybe I'm biased. It's a good "colour", but get paint protection, makes it heaps easier to look after. White doesn't become invisible like many dark colours, like it's easily visible day and night. Only thing is, the most popular colour in the carpark, it's not so easy to find as say a red or yellow car.

I'm not sure where Barrie is, but if it's a hot clime, white is the colour for you too.

That said, my last car was pale silver, and it was the easiest car I've had to keep clean, it just didn't seem to show normal highway dirt - I probably only washed it every 6 months - I'd vacuum the inside more often than wash it.

 

There's a Barrie in Ontario, Canada?

With our 3rd gen, we went in looking for white, but would have greatly preferred a non-metallic white. Anyway, none were readily available, a silver touring caught our eyes, never regretted it, love it.

The white is an extra charge too, I believe.

 

That's odd - here, with nearly every model of car, you pay extra, except for non-metallic colours, which in most cases is only white now.

Metallic whites (Pearl) were most expensive some cars when Pearl first hit the market, as they had an extra step in the painting process.

 

I can verify there is a Barrie in Ontario Canada. It is definitely not southern Ontario either.
White is the most visible colour from a distance. Blues, silvers and grays are the worst.
Where the paint chips on the Blizzard Pearl white, the undercoat is black. A gray undercoat would be less noticeable.
In the US the red and white are premium colours with a surcharge.

 

Silver is the way to go, always looks clean, I do agree it's not the most visible colour, I often get clowns pulling out on me, but I'm not sure if that's because of the colour or because it's a Prius and they assume I'm going slow to save fuel.

 

My choice is invariably bright red where possible. Pre-puberty, it was always powder blue, but I suppose red reflects my passionate alter-ego, sadly a fading memory nowadays, sigh!

But you're right kithmo, the reason they paint fighter jets grey is they were far less conspicuous to the naked eye. Tell me, is your Prius armed and can it pull more than 2g?

 

You want to drive a Prius that is far less conspicuous?? You want to make your Prius roadkill??
@jerrymildred can tell you that is not pleasant, although he ended up buying a plug-in Prius as a replacement.

 

Armed with a full tank of fuel and ready to go, yes it can pull more than 2g, it can pull 3G and 4G when it's connected to my phone.

 

Yeah - maybe I should go Bright Red again - have another go at a mid-life crisis. Hybrid of course.

 

Looking at your current avatar I think you are already there, at least mentally.

 

there are gen 4 paint issues, are there not?

unlikely any significant changes for 2018.

 

I did choose the blizzard pearl white for my 2017 because I like the pearl effect under the sun, but this time I will coat with paint protection. Since my totaled 2012 Gen 3 with blizzard pearl white do have those tiny "rust spots" all over the place.

For your second question it's depends do you have time to wait since I found out the 2018 won't start manufacture until Nov from some fleet website and by the time it reach here in Canada it will be January 2018. For the difference I want to know too but can't find any info from web and dealer yet. I didn't wait and I pick up my 2017 last Friday because of the long wait time for 18. Also it currently have the clearance event going on, the 2017 I got end up $5000 cheaper compare to the gen 3 I got back in 2012 (both are technology advanced pkg) and it come with 0% financing.

 

Yeah didn't clarify: here you can only get metallic white.

 

I know the US changed the 2017 packaging several months ago and added more safety features as standard (blind spot monitor & some others). Did they do that in Canada too?

 

Hey! My wife would take offense to that!

 

Yes, the TSS-P and the heated seat become standard this year. I also notice the cup holder and the phone charger tray become black this year (which is I prefer instead of white).

 

Well, actually the texter victim got replaced with an '07. The PiP was to replace the red '05 that was wearing out on me. I need that green '07 to last till I can manage gen 4. Interestingly, the texter victim was silver. But it was long after dark so a moot point.

And you could have a Kawasaki green fluorescent car and it won't matter here because no one's looking outside their vehicle. The phone is inside, so why would I look outside?

Silver/gray is nice in that it needs less cleaning, but on the other hand, even when it is clean, it doesn't look that great. I love bright colors, but get what's available in my price range.

 

I prefer the matte black console in mt trim two. They needed to make the shifter surround black too.

They added even more in a mid-year change here, after I got mine. (of course)