I know about the Canadian taxi. There are few reports of hybrid buses having lower maintenance costs but is there anything else? they could use some education on what is otherwise a good forum at: fatwallet hybrid thread
Too lazy to register to their forum. you are right they do need some education about the Prius if not for hybrids. I have had our two Prius for 1 yr now and maintenance costs have been just under $60 ea for 3 oil changes (16k miles). She uses conventional oil and I bring in synthetic to the oil change place so I do not get charged $60 a change. I replaced my F250 for it so it saved me about $340 in oil changes for 16k miles. The wife replaced her Honda Civic so she saved about $$120 (manual said 3k miles per oil change interval). Probably save more to do it yourself but too lazy. They have some $12 shops around here but after going there we found oil on the side of the car and oil finger prints on the steering wheel. Forgot to add $50 for fixing the brakes, something about them rubbing. The wife dealt with it while I was away on a trip. He mileage jumped from 48 to 54 after that fix though.
