From Spain

Estimados amigos,

I've signed up because next week I expect to drive my new Prius.

Very interesting site for us in Spain, given here is a minoritary model (few mad-fans, we look as) and in the USA you have a long road experience.

I'll keep visiting regularly.

Saludos.

 

Thanks AussieFriend

Last summer (here in the North hemisfery) my brother were in the wild next to Sidney for some hollidays at a friend's hut. They spent some days traveling in your fantastic country aboard two Triumph Bonnie. He told me about how scaring was to read some signals about "you're at your own" when coming in the inner dessert. We're not used to that.

I think the worst was to return home...

 

Well, I found mine in stock, so it was light-green obligatory. I can't wait for a new car 3 or 4 months when I've decided to buy, so I always buy stock units. And a good rebate too for stock cars, if you take your time with the rep.

Light-green not bad for me, indeed, because I was thinking in a light color to avoid car-wash every day. Here where I use to drive is a rural area, with a lot of agricola machinery in the roads, a lot of mud in winter. Light colors seem less dirty.

I like even more the bronze color, but green is good for me.

Isn't the PRIUS a GREEN car?

 

Some photos

And some photos:



In the country, near my little town. Today was sunny, past the mist.



I like the "greenish" look. A must the light color driving so muddy roads.



Later near the castle of a little touristic village:







Less than 50 miles in the ODO.
Next week I expect to have some impressions.

 

Valladolid, Castilla y Leon region, center of Northwest of Spain.

I live in a rural area since some years ago when I left Madrid -capital city of Spain- tired of the tipical big cities problems.

I've made a way of life of publishing design. With my ADSL web access, I need very few movements to get job done.

Less movements, less polution, less energy waste.

Isn't it what we want with a PRIUS?

 

At the begining I didn't know how different were the basic equipment in the USA and here in Europe. I was only grumbling about the high fares for our PRIUS, but later I found some reasons.

PRIUS is in the "semi-luxury" category here, not good to get a good market share, I'm afraid.

How much interesting it could be to has an entry level PRIUS, to let the spell go...

 

I'm not sure in Antequera, but here in Valladolid we pay around 1,10 per litre (4,2 per gallon). We pay a lot of taxes for environmental and social reasons.

The usual car here is a Turbo-diesel, with range around 40/50 MPG.
The PRIUS does well here

I prefer a gas car, less prone to inyection system failures of modern turbo-diesel cars.
My latest turbo-diesel car cost me more than 3.000 euros (around 4500$) in inyection failures.
So, if looking for a good milleage, why not an electric-gas car?
That were my reason to go PRIUS.

But gas is even more expensive in other European countries.
1,70 is more acurate in France or in Italy.