Why did you purchase a Prius?

#1 fuel economy
#2 fuel economy
#3 fuel economy
#4 handling and comfort.

 

I hated sitting in bumper to bumper stop and go traffic with the engine always idling.

 

I voted above but here is my story about why I bought my first Prius.
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For my second Prius, I considered different models, but they were all Prius.

 

92 mile roundtrip commute plus good ergonomics for transferring my wife to/from a wheelchair.

 

For me it was originally the combination of technology and the advantageous company car tax associated with low CO2 emission cars here in the UK
I recently bought my second Prius and that was based on liking the technology and of course the car.
The fuel economy and green issues being secondary

 

50 mpg.

 

I voted for environmental, but litterally for me is using less gas

 

I really don't know why, had mine for 4 years and only put 7000 miles on her. But she looks good in the garage.

 

1. MPG
2. It's a Toyota
3. Larger car, an upgrade from econobox Corollas with 20 more mpg!

 

Travel a lot for work, so fuel economy, reliability, low maintenance and a good amount of tech were huge for me. I've put 16000 miles on in 5 months, I'm saving quite a big of $.

 

I came from driving diesels. High maintenance, low reliability. I wanted low maintenance, high reliability and the Prius was perfect.

 

I was getting sick and tired of going to the gas station once a week like all the other sheeple and being aggravated at pumping $50+ into the tank, only to have to repeat the same sad scene over just 7 short days later.

I can now go to the gas station once every 16+ days- and I no longer stress over the constant increases in gas prices.
I filled up today Feb 25th $32 at $3.96/gal. my previous fillup was on Feb 8th seventeen days ago
I could have filled up tomorrow making it 18 days between fill-ups- but it's going to rain tomorrow so I filed up today instead.
Going from a 22mpg vehicle to a 88mpg vehicle has reduced my stress level considerably...

 

#1 Fuel Economy
#2 Cost-effective
#3 Fits my surfboards inside

 

I did too. Still own it.
But now, I have an option! I don't HAVE to drive my 13mpg beast when I don't need it!

$130 fill ups are now not weekly, but bi-monthly, thank the good Lord.

 

P*ssed off with our Honda Civic Hybrid, and Corporate Honda, not necessarily in that order.

 

Above all, FEAR of climbing gasoline prices; I'd had a Mazdaspeed 3 in mind prior to worrying about gas prices and also looked at Ford Fusion/Lincoln MKZ Hybrids once I was resigned to shop hybrids. The Prius's estimated 44 MPG average beat those other hybrids' 34 MPG and the hatchback body with fold-down rear seat I preferred over the Ford hybrids' trunks with NO fold-down rear seat. Also, Toyota's reputation for building reliable vehicles; the Prius was proven over more years of service than the Fords and it was a clean-sheet, optimized design, rather than the adapted conversion of a standard sedan.

 

Reliability was a big thing for me. I don't have time or money to be nursing two older vehicles through garage visits... I will do that for the truck but the beater Hyundai I had got booted out the door with the rest of the baggage from my "old life."

I knew Prii were good on fuel but what I've been able to do with mine floored me. I've been told mine's a nice "fashion accessory" as well with the color I picked out.

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