On Saturday we exchanged our lease car from something that closely resembles a Sherman tank, to a new Prius. And I love it. I love it even though I suspect I am the poster-girl for the stereotype. I am also a little sceptical about the ‘greenness’ of the lithium battery production. But I am justifying this as by my calculations it will effectively halve our petrol consumption (and costs). After a few days of life with the Ewok (so named due to the number plate), I love that:
It is surprisingly peppy. Despite attempts to remedy the situation, I have no idea how either electricity or a combustion engine works. The little Toyota elves have munged the two up, and it works.
There is no ignition. I no longer have to trawl through the tardis to find the key, as long as it’s in the car, I just push the power button and everything starts up (if only men were that easy. Oh no, wait…)
Lumber support. I sit up straight and my legs reach the pedals. No achy back.
The touch screen totally rocks. It has sat-nav and an auxiliary plug and holdy thing for my iPod. It does everything. I fully expect the next generation Prius to plug into wikipedia. And then its only a matter of time before it becomes self-aware.
The rear view camera. I can’t really park. This is mainly due to a what I like to call ‘spatial dyslexia’. Which means that I cannot judge directional difference and distance very well. The Ewok has a rear view camera so I don’t even have to think about what should to pray over. It’s awesome.
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an ipod holdy thing too? shit, i need to get me one of those! ;)
Wow! I remember the first time I got in a Prius belonging to a friend of mine, and I thought it had died when we came to a stop because it was totally quiet! Congratulations on becoming the proud owner of an ewok, this is awesome. Expect more stories about this new baby.
Lucky girl – I’m just off to get a train and hoping there will actually be one.
I now officially have Pius-envy
or even Prius envy (that’s my inner thing trying to make me do the other ‘P’ word)
You will LOVE your Prius. Our friends have one and they adore it!
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Ooh, I TOTALLY have spatial dyslexia.
Maybe I need that rear mirror thing, and also something that helps with the FRONT of the car too.
; )
@lulu prius envy is my new favourite saying :)
If they just would make a really long retractable extension cord then… Oh I guess that would only work if you were the only driver plugged in.
Go you! Ewok-ing fabulous sweetie! Love it, love it. And hello, try to find a man who doesn’t have a start button…
@Lulu – sorry just fell off my chair laughing. Yup, definitly the phrase of the day.
(sigh) Missing ya but mostly wishing I WAS you! heh heh, ewok…
TP :o)