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| Thread ID: 121700 | 2011-11-07 21:56:00 | Toyota Prius? | wallarro (11242) | PC World Chat |
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| 1242373 | 2011-11-07 21:56:00 | Just wondering whether anybody here has any experience with a Toyota Prius hybrid car? What's your opinion on it? Are they easy to service? Do they need specialise garage for hybrid cars or regular garage will do? And how expensive is it to service compare with regular cars? Cheers. W. |
wallarro (11242) | ||
| 1242374 | 2011-11-07 22:06:00 | One of my clients is a car dealer who bought a few in from Japan a few years back, they were very troublesome. One they ended up having to replace the batteries in it, very expensive I seem to remember, around 7 to 8 grand. That was an early model of Prius tho, there are newer models now which have improved alot, are more reliable and batteries last longer, still dont think I would buy one personally. Amazingly quiet though, I drove one and had to keep looking at the gauges to make sure it was still running lol. | Iantech (16386) | ||
| 1242375 | 2011-11-08 00:56:00 | If you want one for economy or to be environmentally friendly, get a diesel VW Polo or Golf. The Prius is not a very environmentally friendly car. Emissions are only a very small part of the story - think of the manufacturing and then all the heavy metals that have to be disposed of once the car has done it's dash. Depending on where you drive them, a lot of the time they aren't any more economic than your average small hatch. If you do most of your driving around town (under 50kph) then it will be pretty economical though. Most of the new small diesels can get over 50MPG if you're gentle, and turbo diesel performance will easily match a Prius. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1242376 | 2011-11-08 03:06:00 | If you want one for economy or to be environmentally friendly, get a diesel VW Polo or Golf. The Prius is not a very environmentally friendly car. Emissions are only a very small part of the story - think of the manufacturing and then all the heavy metals that have to be disposed of once the car has done it's dash. Depending on where you drive them, a lot of the time they aren't any more economic than your average small hatch. If you do most of your driving around town (under 50kph) then it will be pretty economical though. Most of the new small diesels can get over 50MPG if you're gentle, and turbo diesel performance will easily match a Prius. +1, But I would say avoid the euro cars unless buying new. look at the kia's and hyundais |
plod (107) | ||
| 1242377 | 2011-11-08 03:24:00 | Good point about the second hand UK cars Plod - I was thinking new. www.kia-world.net One of those, 1.7 CRDI (www.kia-world.net)would be a very good Prius replacement, if only we had them in NZ... |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1242378 | 2011-11-08 03:49:00 | Good point about the second hand UK cars Plod - I was thinking new. www.kia-world.net One of those, 1.7 CRDI (www.kia-world.net)would be a very good Prius replacement, if only we had them in NZ... there was a good article on the dog and lemon website about hybrids and their unrealistic mpg claims |
plod (107) | ||
| 1242379 | 2011-11-08 05:46:00 | I would go for a small Diesel. The cost and weight of the batteries puts me off. More to go wrong too. | mzee (3324) | ||
| 1242380 | 2011-11-08 05:52:00 | I recall a study which showed that just owning a prius was as bad as driving a land rover for your entire life (environment wise). Something about the production of the car being bad for the environment. Dunno about it driving wise though. |
icow (15313) | ||
| 1242381 | 2011-11-08 09:58:00 | Thanks guys. I'll cross out Prius from the list :-) |
wallarro (11242) | ||
| 1242382 | 2011-11-08 10:01:00 | You might find this helpful. www.myhybridcar.net |
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