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Discussion in 'Newbie Forum' started by dstamant2001, Mar 20, 2010.

  1. dstamant2001

    dstamant2001 New Member

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    Hello everyone. I just bought an '06. I just recently became employed again and was spending $100 a week in gas for my '99 Wrangler. The Prius is awesome. They had it listed as a base model for $12997. It was black and had 47K so I figured that was all I needed to save money. I didn't need all the bells and whistles. When I hopped in I quickly noticed that it had leather, blue thooth and the buttons on the rear view. When I started it the nav popped up. Bonus! They gave me 6K for my Jeep so I think I got a really great deal. Thought? I'm really glad I made the deal and look forward to keeping it for a long time.

    Dave
     
  2. JimboPalmer

    JimboPalmer Tsar of all the Rushers

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    ;) Sounds like a deal! I hope you find all you want here on PriusChat!
     
  3. Boo

    Boo Boola Boola Member

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    Hi Dave,

    Congrats and welcome to PriusChat. It's really the best place on Earth for info on your Prius.

    Here's the 2006 Prius eBrochure, which describes all the equipment that's Standard and in each of the Packages (if your leather is factory, then it sounds like you have the highest option package for model year 2006 -- Package #8):

    [​IMG] 06_prius.pdf

    Also, here's the 2007 Prius Owner's Manual on PDF (minus the table of contents and index), together with the table of contents on a Word file. I believe that 99% to 100% of it is applicable to your 2006. You can do word and phrase searches and find exactly what you're looking for usually a lot quicker than searching the hard copy of the Manual.

    [​IMG] 2007 Prius Owners Manual.pdf

    [​IMG] Table of Contents 2007 Prius Owners Manual.doc

    Good luck.
     
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  4. Prius 07

    Prius 07 Member

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    Hi Dave and :welcome: to Priuschat. Sounds like a great deal enjoy it.
     
  5. firepa63

    firepa63 Former Prius Owner

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    Dave, when they told you it was a 'base' model, it means it was not a 'Touring' model. There are/were 2 models, Base and Touring. In each of these models, there are several packages.
     
  6. adamace1

    adamace1 Senior Member

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    Welcome. Hope your car treats you good.
     
  7. dstamant2001

    dstamant2001 New Member

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    Thank you everyone for the great feedback. I didn't get an owners manual so that information is just what I have been looking for. Thank you so much everyone.

    Dave
     
  8. whitney0125

    whitney0125 New Member

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    good to hear that you are employed again.. And welcome to prius! :)
     
  9. usbseawolf2000

    usbseawolf2000 HSD PhD

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    You bought a base model but got a fully loaded one. You have auto-dimming rear view mirror with HomeLink. You can program it to open your garage. You probably have HID headlight as well.

    That's a great deal!
     
  10. richard schumacher

    richard schumacher shortbus driver

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    If you also didn't get a copy of Toyota's Scheduled Maintenance Guide see here:
    Toyota Parts and Service
    That's pretty much everything the car requires. For additional tips search the maintenance forum for posts by galaxee, patrick wong, hobbit, ...