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Posted by stromboli on July 13, 2006, 4:01 pm
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>> Not that I mean to exclude comments from non-owners (I don't own one
>> myself), but I'm curious. If you've experienced it more than, say, a
>> demo at a dealers, I think you might have something to add.
>>
>> I'm really just looking to see what kind of "pool of experience"
>> there is in here. So far, the "hard facts" part of discussing a new
>> car, certainly one as controversial as a hybrid, seems to be of less
>> interest than the other subjects I've seen in here. That may well be
>> just due to a lack of actual experience with the vehicle among the
>> members.
>>
>> So, own up if you would, our intrepid current or past owners: what
>> type of work did you put it to, and what sort of impressions did you
>> take away from it.
>>
>> Is it a comfortable car? Notice any quirks? What did you notice?
>>
>> The only less than glowing thing Consumers Reports had to say was
>> that the steering feels vague. Their report mentions that they got
>> 44 mpg (US) overall in their tests.
>>
>> Thanks for any comments, owners. It must have taken a leap of faith
>> somewhere in the buying process. This car is a sign of what's to
>> come in terms of saving oil, I hope. For those of you interested,
>> have a look at that question in this month's National Geographic.
>> Title page, "The End of Cheap oil".
> I have the older model Prius (2003) and
> last year I used mine to take a trip around the country,
> 11,275 miles over 4 weeks. It was comfortable rideing as
> a couple days I was able to cover over 800 miles and had many high
> 700 mile days.
> Depending on the road, I crused between 55(local roads) and
> 75(Interstates)
> mph and got passed by half the trucks on the road. Milage varied
> from 43 to 53 MPG in a given day, with an overall average of 45MPG
> for the trip. The only problem was a slow leak in one tire
> due to a nail.
> About a third of the way through the trip, in Orlando,Fla. area,
> I had no problem haveing the car serviced at a local dealer
> on a drive in basis.
>
> The only two problem areas I found were: the instrument panel
> is in the center so that when I what to check speed, gas,etc
> I have to look to the right rather than just dropping
> my gaze. The other is that the trip meters roll over to
> zero after 9,999.9 miles - so don't plan any trips 10K or longer ;-)
Just run it past 100K and you'll be good-2-go
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