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["Bill Geschwind" <geschwind AT earthlink.net>]

Before I moved to Africa I had a 2005 Prius which I bought new. I got to
know Doug and his wife Nikki (who posts on PriusChat as Galaxee) quite well
and learned to trust their judgment completely. Not only is he a very
talented and trustworthy mechanic, he is also a Prius enthusiast who truly
believes in the Prius and its technology and who genuinely enjoys working on
them. I had all of my routine maintenance done at Toyota of Durham, where
Doug works, and was surprised at how quick and inexpensive it was - in
particular in comparison to the Acura dealership where I had my previous car
serviced. Everything except the 30,000 mile service was done while I was
waiting in the service lounge. The 5,000 mile services cost, IIRC, in the
neighborhood of $25-30, the 15,000 mile service around $80,00 and the 30,000
mile service less than $200. Other than that I just added gas and had one
slow leak in a tire fixed at a gas station - that was all it needed over the
course of a two-year ownership covering around 37,000 miles. I found it to
be an exceptionally dependable and economical car to own, not to mention the
environmental benefits. 

If you find yourself unable to find a mechanic in Raleigh/Cary or are not
satisfied with the service at the Raleigh dealerships, I can highly
recommend Doug at Toyota of Durham, and it just might be worth the drive
over there.

Now, if I could only find such a reliable and trustworthy mechanic here in
Cotonou...

- Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Brian
Daniels
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 8:22 PM
To: Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/
Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Good,independent service for Toyota Prius in
Cary area

On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 01:47:44PM -0500, tkarches AT imapmail.org wrote:
> We just purchased a new Toyota Prius, and I'm not particularly 
> interested in driving from Cary to the other side of Raleigh for routine 
> maintenance.
> 
> Any recommendations?
> 

This is probably not what you wanted, but...

We also just got a new Prius.  While exploring priuschat.com, I found that
the 
husband of a poster there is the head hybrid tech at Toyota of Durham on
15/501.  
The recommendation was to ask for 'Doug' to do the work on your car when 
scheduling the appointment.

We've only had ours for a few weeks, so I haven't had a chance to test this,
but 
at least the tech owns a Prius himself...

On the negative side, Fred Anderson in Raleigh (where we bought the car) 
delivered it with the tires 7lbs underinflated, and didn't set up the tire 
pressure warning system.  So we had badly low tires, and disabled
notifications 
of same.  Luckily we caught it, but it didn't make for a good first
impression 
of their service department.

--Brian

-- 
Be it thy course to busy giddy minds
With foreign quarrels; that action, hence borne out,
May waste the memory of the former days.
                        Henry IV, Part 2
        

Brian Daniels                  bitmage AT bellsouth.net
      http://www.eviloverlord.net

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