BACKGROUND
In 2016, I visited the local Toyota dealer to replace our 2003 Prius with a new one with TSS-P, the safety package. Unfortunately of the three Prius models and trims, the fuel efficient ECO version did not have TSS-P. They offered instead an upscale trim which the test drive barely reached 98 MPG . . . not good enough. Their last offer, $28.9k was the same as a used, end-of-lease BMW i3-REx, 72 mi EV, which sealed that deal.
Six months later, after a +700 mi trip to Stillwater OK and back, the BMW had become my primary ride. Then an infantile problem with a motor mount bolt break led to replacing a 2010 Prius with a 2017 Prius Prime Plus, a 25 mi EV range plug-in. At least this one had the TSS-P safety package that was missing six months earlier in the Prius ECO.
February 28, Tesla announced the $35k Model 3 and I ordered one with basic AutoPilot. Then March 26, we drove to Nashville to trade-in our Prius Prime Plus, $18.3k, for a Standard Range Plus Model 3. We're keeping the BMW i3-REx as backup.
Bob Wilson