The new car :-)

#1

On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:36:15 -0500, Cathy wrote:

Quote:

I did take some looks at the '10 Honda Insight, but IMO it just didn't
measure up. Mileage isn't as good, it's smaller, not as much power, and I
heartily dislike the design of the dash (all knobly instead of sleek).
The price is better, & the exterior is cute (well, gee, I wonder why?!
g>), but overall it falls short of the Prius, AFAIC.

Cathy

Bout time!

Did they give you a discount for the fishnets? ;p (No, I NEVER give up!)

Good news. I hope you like your new car!

#2

On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:48:10 -0500, badgolferman wrote:

Quote:

I did take some looks at the '10 Honda Insight, but IMO it just didn't
measure up. Mileage isn't as good, it's smaller, not as much power, and
I heartily dislike the design of the dash (all knobly instead of sleek).
The price is better, & the exterior is cute (well, gee, I wonder why?!
g>), but overall it falls short of the Prius, AFAIC.

Cathy

The only reason you didn't get the Honda is because you would have had to
unsubscribe from this group.

We'd still let her in, esp in fishnets...

#3

Well, not exactly a dearth of political posts around here... some things
never change. ;-)

*This* post, happily - for me, esp.- is *on* topic!

Refresher/background: I've wanted a Prius since the '04 came out; drove 100
miles to see (other than in pics) & test drive one back then. But no matter
how many times I did the math - & believe me I did it over & over hoping to
see a different result!, there was ~$5K difference over a 6 yr. ownership
between a low # pkg. '04 Prius & a virtually fully loaded Corolla LE.
Couldn't justify that amt. of money - other than "want"!, so wound up buying
my 4th Corolla in a row. Perfectly good car, intelligent buy, etc., but by
the 4th one... pretty boring. ;-) As it turned out, the Prius has held its
value - for a car - really well, so the difference in cost may've been more
like $1 - 2K, but never predicted that/thought to factor that in at the
time.

Anyway... over 5 years went by & when the 2010 Prius came out - and read the
reviews, decided it was about time to treat myself. ;-) Ordered one ( a
lowly II, but it's still an upgrade from my Corolla LE) at the end of Aug.
& have now had it for 3 weeks; love it. Besides the fact that I have liked
the exterior & dash designs since the '04 came out, that it feels extra
solid, that it is relatively spacious, that it has airbags out the wazoo,
etc., today - in around-town driving - got 77.6 MPG at one point! :-) (And
no, I wasn't driving "like a Prius driver" <g> - it was in a 30 mph zone & I
was going 32.)

I don't miss the moonroof I had on the last 2 Corollas - although I may a
bit come next spring/summer. However... what I really *do* miss are:
daytime running lights & most esp. auto-on full headlights, and... this is
little but important: there is no place to put one's quarters in the Prius!!
I've solved the headlight problem by leaving them on all of the time, since
they're auto-off. But have yet to find a place for car wash quarters...

I did take some looks at the '10 Honda Insight, but IMO it just didn't
measure up. Mileage isn't as good, it's smaller, not as much power, and I
heartily dislike the design of the dash (all knobly instead of sleek). The
price is better, & the exterior is cute (well, gee, I wonder why?! <g>), but
overall it falls short of the Prius, AFAIC.

Cathy

#4

Cool! I am glad you like your new car.

Jeff

#5

Cathy, 11/4/2009,9:36:15 PM, wrote:

Quote:

Well, not exactly a dearth of political posts around here... some
things never change. ;-)

This post, happily - for me, esp.- is on topic!

Refresher/background: I've wanted a Prius since the '04 came out;
drove 100 miles to see (other than in pics) & test drive one back
then. But no matter how many times I did the math - & believe me I
did it over & over hoping to see a different result!, there was ~$5K
difference over a 6 yr. ownership between a low # pkg. '04 Prius & a
virtually fully loaded Corolla LE. Couldn't justify that amt. of
money - other than "want"!, so wound up buying my 4th Corolla in a
row. Perfectly good car, intelligent buy, etc., but by the 4th
one... pretty boring. ;-) As it turned out, the Prius has held its
value - for a car - really well, so the difference in cost may've
been more like $1 - 2K, but never predicted that/thought to factor
that in at the time.

Anyway... over 5 years went by & when the 2010 Prius came out - and
read the reviews, decided it was about time to treat myself. ;-)
Ordered one ( a lowly II, but it's still an upgrade from my Corolla
LE) at the end of Aug. & have now had it for 3 weeks; love it.
Besides the fact that I have liked the exterior & dash designs since
the '04 came out, that it feels extra solid, that it is relatively
spacious, that it has airbags out the wazoo, etc., today - in
around-town driving - got 77.6 MPG at one point! :-) (And no, I
wasn't driving "like a Prius driver" <g> - it was in a 30 mph zone &
I was going 32.)

I don't miss the moonroof I had on the last 2 Corollas - although I
may a bit come next spring/summer. However... what I really do miss
are: daytime running lights & most esp. auto-on full headlights,
and... this is little but important: there is no place to put one's
quarters in the Prius!! I've solved the headlight problem by leaving
them on all of the time, since they're auto-off. But have yet to
find a place for car wash quarters...

I did take some looks at the '10 Honda Insight, but IMO it just
didn't measure up. Mileage isn't as good, it's smaller, not as much
power, and I heartily dislike the design of the dash (all knobly
instead of sleek). The price is better, & the exterior is cute
(well, gee, I wonder why?! <g>), but overall it falls short of the
Prius, AFAIC.

Cathy

The only reason you didn't get the Honda is because you would have had
to unsubscribe from this group.

#6

On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:54:41 -0500, Cathy wrote:

Quote:

"badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:xn0gh9gqtar580000 (AT) news (DOT) albasani.net...
Cathy, 11/4/2009,9:36:15 PM, wrote:

Well, not exactly a dearth of political posts around here... some
things never change. ;-)

This post, happily - for me, esp.- is on topic!

Refresher/background: I've wanted a Prius since the '04 came out; drove
100 miles to see (other than in pics) & test drive one back then. But
no matter how many times I did the math - & believe me I did it over &
over hoping to see a different result!, there was ~$5K difference over
a 6 yr. ownership between a low # pkg. '04 Prius & a virtually fully
loaded Corolla LE. Couldn't justify that amt. of money - other than
"want"!, so wound up buying my 4th Corolla in a row. Perfectly good
car, intelligent buy, etc., but by the 4th one... pretty boring. ;-)
As it turned out, the Prius has held its value - for a car - really
well, so the difference in cost may've been more like $1 - 2K, but
never predicted that/thought to factor that in at the time.

Anyway... over 5 years went by & when the 2010 Prius came out - and
read the reviews, decided it was about time to treat myself. ;-)
Ordered one ( a lowly II, but it's still an upgrade from my Corolla
LE) at the end of Aug. & have now had it for 3 weeks; love it. Besides
the fact that I have liked the exterior & dash designs since the '04
came out, that it feels extra solid, that it is relatively spacious,
that it has airbags out the wazoo, etc., today - in around-town driving
- got 77.6 MPG at one point! :-) (And no, I wasn't driving "like a
Prius driver" <g> - it was in a 30 mph zone & I was going 32.)

I don't miss the moonroof I had on the last 2 Corollas - although I
may a bit come next spring/summer. However... what I really do miss
are: daytime running lights & most esp. auto-on full headlights, and...
this is little but important: there is no place to put one's quarters
in the Prius!! I've solved the headlight problem by leaving them on all
of the time, since they're auto-off. But have yet to find a place for
car wash quarters...

I did take some looks at the '10 Honda Insight, but IMO it just didn't
measure up. Mileage isn't as good, it's smaller, not as much power,
and I heartily dislike the design of the dash (all knobly instead of
sleek). The price is better, & the exterior is cute (well, gee, I
wonder why?! <g>), but overall it falls short of the Prius, AFAIC.

Cathy

The only reason you didn't get the Honda is because you would have had
to unsubscribe from this group.

Heh! Haven't checked over there, but maybe they're not as contentious of
a bunch! ;-P

Cathy

There are a couple who should be muzzled...

#7

On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:49:48 -0500, badgolferman wrote:

Quote:

Hachiroku ãƒãƒãƒ*ã‚¯, 11/4/2009,8:53:13 PM, wrote:

We'd still let her in, esp in fishnets...

_Nobody_ has seen her in fishnet stockings. What makes you think you have
a chance?

I can dream, can't I?

#8

On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:53:23 -0500, Cathy wrote:

Quote:

"Hachiroku ????" <Trueno (AT) e86 (DOT) GTS> wrote in message
news

an.2009.11.05.01.52.47.459112 (AT) e86 (DOT) GTS...
On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:36:15 -0500, Cathy wrote:

I did take some looks at the '10 Honda Insight, but IMO it just didn't
measure up. Mileage isn't as good, it's smaller, not as much power,
and I
heartily dislike the design of the dash (all knobly instead of sleek).
The price is better, & the exterior is cute (well, gee, I wonder why?!
g>), but overall it falls short of the Prius, AFAIC.

Cathy

Bout time!

Did they give you a discount for the fishnets? ;p (No, I NEVER give
up!)

Good news. I hope you like your new car!

You're not kidding!

Prius = MSRP. Arghhh. You're right - not as long as you draw breath, is
my guess.

And yes, & yep! Thanks.

Cathy

When I was working at Toyota (dealer, that is) Prius=MSRP + $5,000! They
were still behind and people were ordering 4 months or more in advance!

#9

"Cathy" <clfr (AT) roadrunner (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

Well, not exactly a dearth of political posts around here... some things
never change. ;-)

*This* post, happily - for me, esp.- is *on* topic!

Refresher/background: I've wanted a Prius since the '04 came out; drove
100 miles to see (other than in pics) & test drive one back then. But no
matter how many times I did the math - & believe me I did it over & over
hoping to see a different result!, there was ~$5K difference over a 6 yr.
ownership between a low # pkg. '04 Prius & a virtually fully loaded
Corolla LE. Couldn't justify that amt. of money - other than "want"!, so
wound up buying my 4th Corolla in a row. Perfectly good car, intelligent
buy, etc., but by the 4th one... pretty boring. ;-) As it turned out, the
Prius has held its value - for a car - really well, so the difference in
cost may've been more like $1 - 2K, but never predicted that/thought to
factor that in at the time.

Anyway... over 5 years went by & when the 2010 Prius came out - and read
the reviews, decided it was about time to treat myself. ;-) Ordered one
( a lowly II, but it's still an upgrade from my Corolla LE) at the end of
Aug. & have now had it for 3 weeks; love it. Besides the fact that I have
liked the exterior & dash designs since the '04 came out, that it feels
extra solid, that it is relatively spacious, that it has airbags out the
wazoo, etc., today - in around-town driving - got 77.6 MPG at one point!
:-) (And no, I wasn't driving "like a Prius driver" <g> - it was in a 30
mph zone & I was going 32.)

I don't miss the moonroof I had on the last 2 Corollas - although I may a
bit come next spring/summer. However... what I really *do* miss are:
daytime running lights & most esp. auto-on full headlights, and... this is
little but important: there is no place to put one's quarters in the
Prius!! I've solved the headlight problem by leaving them on all of the
time, since they're auto-off. But have yet to find a place for car wash
quarters...

I did take some looks at the '10 Honda Insight, but IMO it just didn't
measure up. Mileage isn't as good, it's smaller, not as much power, and I
heartily dislike the design of the dash (all knobly instead of sleek).
The price is better, & the exterior is cute (well, gee, I wonder why?!
g>), but overall it falls short of the Prius, AFAIC.

Cathy

Great hearing from you, retirement is not cramping your style, eh?