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Originally Posted by Jeremy5848
Maki is correct. The Prius is a unique-looking car; folks who drive one are able to say "Look at ME! I'm green!" OTOH, Honda's hybrid Civic (which I preferred when I rented it and later the Prius for a week each) looks like any other Civic plus the little "Hybrid" badge.
Jeremy
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Using a unique platfrom makes sense for a hybrid because of the packaging needs of the battery pack. I bet it's accidental on the part of Toyota, but it's also brilliant marketing to make the car so distinctive because many buyers of the Prius do want to show off their green cred.
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Originally Posted by 02isb
some years back a guy in the tdi forums stopped in a toyota dealer to test drive a new prius. sales person gave him the keys and when he returned and said thanks but no thanks, the sales guy didnt even ask why or pressure him.
guy was leaving and couldnt help but ask why he didnt try to sell him on the prius, he was sure it was because he was driving a tdi. but to his surprise the sales person came right out and said he has never sold a pruis to someone who wanted a test drive first. the people who bought them, already had it in their minds they were gonna buy one no matter what!!
new pruis cars may be better and funner to drive by now though, i sat in a new volt while i was at the local chevy dealer and it was a very nice car. (didnt drive it) but at 42k its not worth it for the fuel savings alone thats my opinion.
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They're not. Wife was due for a new car about a year ago. She dragged me to the Toy dealer to look at and drive a new Prius. We both hated it. Wrong side of $30K, not well equipped, cheap feeling, noisy, slow - there wasn't much to like about it. She couldn't wait to get out of the dealership.
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Originally Posted by shertex
Turns out that, when they pulled the codes, daughter's IMA light was coming on because the battery was overheating, not necessarily going bad. Codes cleared and light not on....today. She also found out that it will NOT fail inspection in VA because of emission related lights. But certainly need to get the overheating things figured out....at least keep an eye on it.
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Or just get it inspected during the winter.
I wonder if there is a cooling fan for the battery pack that has ceased to function?