New Plugin in the house!!!

Got her yesterday! Pretty excited to drive it home in EV but of course the dealer seems to know practically nothing about the PIP and did not even charge it, they told me they thought it would be full already. I think i told them everything and learned nothing new. Luckily Ive been reading this forum for a couple weeks to get a grasp on the PIP.

Dealer also mounted the front license plate bracket when i asked them not to, I guess Ill be buying some plugs for the holes they put in my 33,000 car.

Anyway, once i got her home i plugged her in and got a full charge so i could experience my first EV ride ever, wow very cool! Loved watching the MPG crank up while others on the road are using fuel!

Mounted my radar detector(hard wired in) though im not so sure ill ever need it with this car..LOL But i do tend to role on the hwy on road trips and dont need a ticket. Man these dashboards are alot trickier to take apart then my VW.

Here are some pics picking here up at dealer....first dark color Ive owned in awhile and really love it, very comfortable driving car, tons of room and 4 doors is all such a great change for me!

 

Thanks guys Im super excited about this awesome technology!

I was wondering about the timer....It seems alittle quirky how it works, It seems easy enough to set, and then you see a green timer light. However trying to turn it off is odd, i guess you just need to get it blinking again then walk away ? seems like there should be a simple turn on and turn off screen.

Also , it seems to me the timer should be able to turn on at night when its cheaper....but why would it have a turn off time? I would want it to charge til its FULL correct? do I just set it for 3+ hours as this seems to be the time it takes for full charge from empty? I guess it seems odd to me. any pointers on how long to set timer for would help.

Last night i set if for 2:30am - 6Am cause i wasnt sure if that would be enough. I guess when its full it just turns off anyway? seems odd to have a timer OFF time at all.

thanks !
Dan

 

thanks everyone....the more i drive the more i like it....learning when to use battery for best economy...really is so much more then a car! Its like a new adventure every drive to see what i can learn! so cool.

One thing i hated was with the angle of the Nav monitor and the large angled windshield there is a ton of sun glare on Nav screen...Im sure all you prius people know all about this.

So i made a visor/hood to help with glare.....

I decided to just get out some coilstock and bend one up ...20 minutes is all it took most of which was polishing!

 

Also removed ugly license plate bracket...dealer was not supposed to drill holes in my bumper but ofcourse they did not listen! I got some matching plugs on order , think it looks so much cleaner without the plate up on bumper.











Radar detector mounted....



My temporary sun visor was not deep enough to work well....


81mpg since i picked up car on saturday at 267 miles.....sure beats my hemi pickup at 12mpg.lol

 

Just finished the window tint.....35% sides , 20% Hatch. Should help alot with the heat/sun.

 

The hatch in the pics really looks blacked out! its not quite so dark looking in real life.

My last two cars I did this same combination of tint....it is not quite legal but in NY not much really is legal. This setup seems to be ok with the local cops, they did not like when I had 20% on sides though..lol

I always go darker on hatch mostly cause i hate being blinded by cars behind me at night, but the prius hatch is sloped so steep this will help alot with interior temps no doubt. I hate the 5-7 days waiting period to open windows though, Ill have to run the AC this week for sure.

Dan

 

windshield? you cannot tint the front....well you can do approx 6'' across the top.

Dan

 

totally illegal but sure you can do anything..lol

I could never do it as Im way to anal about looking thru clean glass....looking thru tinted glass is never gonna be clear enough for me. Ive been in this game alongtime, owned too many cars in my day, still have yet to see a windshield tinted.