[Swampthing]

I've been waiting on a new Black 2004 Prius with Package #9 for about a week and a half now, and each day seems that much longer. The delivery date that I was told is February 15, so I guess I just need to buck up and get used to the wait.

In the meantime, I have been scouring the net for some good Prius discussion groups and have found this one. I have heard there is also a group on Yahoo! Can anyone recommend some more really good Prius websites to momentarily abate my salivation?

Thanks!

 

[moocatdog]

I've been waiting on a new Black 2004 Prius with Package #9 for about a week and a half now, and each day seems that much longer. The delivery date that I was told is February 15, so I guess I just need to buck up and get used to the wait.

In the meantime, I have been scouring the net for some good Prius discussion groups and have found this one. I have heard there is also a group on Yahoo! Can anyone recommend some more really good Prius websites to momentarily abate my salivation?

Thanks!

Swampthing,
This is the most on-topic and, generally speaking, well-mannered newsgroup that I've found for Prius enthusiasts. The Yahoo group is more active but is riddled with advertising and seems to attract more YELLING!!! I've found alt.autos.toyota to be pretty useless for Prius owners. IMO, if there is one "must have" Prius website it would be http://www.john1701a.com. Welcome to PriusOnline and best wishes for a fast delivery.
Moo

 

[petej88]

John's site mentioned above is excellent. He has an excellent 2004 Prius User's Guide. Read it.

If you want massive email from Prius folks, visit:
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/2004-prius/
I would recommend not sending output from this site to your email. Instead, just visit the yahoo site when you feel like reading.

 

[Chuck]

"The delivery date that I was told is February 15, so I guess I just need to buck up and get used to the wait."

Well excuse me! I ordered Nov 15 and stand #30 at a local dealer with possible delivery in March! Buck up lad.

In my experience there are only two good websites concerning the Prius, this one at priusonline which is a bit thin but still very useful and the one(s) over at Yahoo.

The Yahoo ones do have commercials and a bit of yelling and occasional ad homs (including a couple by waskibert aka me) but still contain a lot of useful info.

http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/200 ... messages/1
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toy ... s/messages
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Pri ... f/messages

If you are into the technical end of things I highly recommend this site:

http://home.earthlink.net/~graham1/MyTo ... Frames.htm

plus, as mentioned, http://www.john1701a.com./ is a very good site.

Wanna bet which of us gets their Prius first?

 

[talleyho]

Edmunds.com

There's a pretty good discussion group going on at the Edmunds website titled Prius 2004+. I've gotten some good info there and John1701a is participating quite a bit also. He's got a lot of good info to share.

 

[D U I]

I'm driving the exact object of your desire, a Black pkg 9!
It's worth waiting for!
BTW BMW's Mini division has a secret internal program that I'll reveal here:
MWF.
Make
Waiting
Fun!
Emails, small unique gifts, etc. This is one of two BMW ideas Toyota should employ! ( The other is curbside mirror tilting downward in reverse).

 

[bdp711]

I also found http://www.priuschat.com - another discussion forum for Prius enthusiasts.

Their forums seem to be more focused and organized, and they have many additional features like: (taken from the main page)

Email digests like Yahoo - get a daily or weekly dose of what's going on in the various Priuschat forums.
Photo Album - every Member has their own personal Photo Album and can also contribute to the public Albums with an easy to use upload interface.
Enhanced Search - Search Priuschat.com or Google, all from our main page!
Quick Reply - now you can use Quick Reply to reply to a thread without having to hit the "Post" button, wait for another page to load, etc.

I just found it the other day and like it a lot so far. Has everything that Yahoo is good at but without the ads and stuff.

 

[mrv]

Thanks to the folks on the toyota_prius_de for this list, in no particular order (stick a http:// before each) :

Yahoo Groups
groups.yahoo.com/group/NewPrius
groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius
groups.yahoo.com/group/toyotaprius
groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius-sat1
groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius-sat2
groups.yahoo.com/group/PriusOrg
groups.yahoo.com/group/PriusMods
groups.yahoo.com/group/PriusFAQ
groups.yahoo.com/group/Mk1_Prius
groups.yahoo.com/group/Priusclassic
groups.yahoo.com/group/classicprius
groups.yahoo.com/group/prius_friends_II
groups.yahoo.com/group/2004-prius
groups.yahoo.com/group/Prius_Technical_Stuff
groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagoprius
groups.yahoo.com/group/Bay_Area_Prius_fans
groups.yahoo.com/group/Prius2004NE
groups.yahoo.com/group/ohio-prius
groups.yahoo.com/group/midwest_prius
groups.yahoo.com/group/georgia-prius

groups.yahoo.com/group/Canada-Prius
groups.yahoo.com/group/australian-prius
groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota_prius_de
groups.yahoo.com/group/PRIUS-FRANCE
groups.yahoo.com/group/prius_uk
groups.yahoo.com/group/PriusUK_road_tax

groups.yahoo.com/group/cal-hybrids
groups.yahoo.com/group/TEXASHYBRID
groups.yahoo.com/group/AltFuelVehicles-CT
groups.yahoo.com/group/MA-hybrids
groups.yahoo.com/group/hybrid-flame

groups.yahoo.com/group/Toyota_Hybrid
groups.yahoo.com/group/lexus_hybrid
groups.yahoo.com/group/hybridvehicles
groups.yahoo.com/group/hybridelectriccars
groups.yahoo.com/group/hybridcars
groups.yahoo.com/group/hybrid-classifieds
groups.yahoo.com/group/Hybrid-Cars
groups.yahoo.com/group/highefficiencyvehicles
groups.yahoo.com/group/gridable-hybrids
groups.yahoo.com/group/silverado_hybrid
groups.yahoo.com/group/sierra_hybrid
groups.yahoo.com/group/ram_hybrid
groups.yahoo.com/group/escape_hybrid
groups.yahoo.com/group/honda-hybrids
groups.yahoo.com/group/honda-hybrid
groups.yahoo.com/group/hondacivichybrid
groups.yahoo.com/group/Honda_Civic_Hybrid_Owners
groups.yahoo.com/group/Honda_Civic_Hybrid
groups.yahoo.com/group/honda-insight
groups.yahoo.com/group/civic_hybrid

General Discussion Forums

http://www.insightcentral.net/forum/
http://www.priusonline.com/
http://www.nesea.org/greencarclub/forums/
http://www.acarplace.com/forums/index.php?act=SF&f=82
townhall.edmunds.com/TH/townhall (various - use Search By Keyword)
cartalk.cars.com/board/postlist.php?Cat=&Board=hybrid
http://www.hybridautoclub.com/HAT/Default.aspx
http://www.priuschat.com/
http://www.priusmania.net/

USENET (newsgroups)

alt.autos.toyota

Technical Details

home.earthlink.net/~graham1/MyToyotaPrius/PriusFrames.htm
http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/tech/environ ... index.html
http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/tech/environ ... index.html
http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/select/1198/hyb.html
http://www.sae.org/automag/toptech/1298t06.htm
http://www.howstuffworks.com/hybrid-car.htm
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/tech/Tec ... _5_01b.pdf
http://www.transportation.anl.gov/pdfs/HV/76.pdf