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Prius C safe in El Niño weather?

Discussion in 'Prius c Main Forum' started by Joshua Ventura, Dec 13, 2015.

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  1. Joshua Ventura

    Joshua Ventura Junior Member

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    I am debating to buy a Prius C now. I want to buy a 2012 Prius C. I currently drive a 2013 Toyota Corolla LE and I love the thing but I average 17-20 MPG. I drive like crazy all over from Orange County to Los Angeles and back to San Diego and many road trips. I love driving.

    My thing is, my Corolla is losing value at this point and I really want a used Prius in my 10K budget because that's how much I am getting to sell my Corolla and that's fine. I found a couple in my budget.

    I want to know how the Prius C will hold against El Niño conditions. With all the rain, puddles, and heavy wind. I been thinking since the Prius C is so low to the ground. I am scared to drive it in rain because I don't know how that works.

    How does it do in heavy rainstorms or in heavy wind? How does it handle big puddles (not going to drive in them, of course)? How does it handle on the freeway during these conditions? Especially here coming up with El Niño in Southren California.

    I am a small family of 3. My fiancé and my little 8 month child. We are a small height family and we love little cars. It doesn't matter the size of the car for us. We just want to save on fuel economy. I test drove some Prius Cs at the dealer and I like it, yes a little slow on acceleration but that's fine but in rain and storms, I don't know.
     
    #1 Joshua Ventura, Dec 13, 2015
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    keep the corolla.
     
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    Why Bisco? I been reading your posts a lot lol all over the place. I feel you vouch sometimes against Priuses. (Nothing bad)
     
    #3 Joshua Ventura, Dec 13, 2015
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    it's a fairly complicated equation, but selling your corolla and buying a prius is a losing proposition financially. i'm definitely not anti prius, but i think you should do all your due diligence. i can't answer your el nino questions, but on the financial side, i think you should look at what you're getting for your corolla, and what a prius will cost you. if money is not part of the equation, go for it!(y)
     
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    let's start with years and mileage. you're selling a 2013 corolla with how many miles?
     
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    they get stuck in puddles!
     
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    Well I finally found a Prius C with taxes for 11,200. So difference is $1,200 I have to pay up forth. 2013 Corolla with 54,000. Prius C has 34,000. The 2012 Prius C is holding up at 11,000 for resell while my Corolla is 8,200 something, I think I'm winning with how a 2012 is beating resell for a 2013. Even with trade in I'm losing, my local Toyota is paying 7,900 for my Corolla since the new Corollas are so cheap right now
     
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    What? Really?
     
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    get a Prius if u want to save on fuel and mpg
     
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    They both probably have around the same ground clearance give/take some millimeters, so there's no point there in the trade (and if I remember the 98-99 storm, your best bet is to just stay home hopefully on higher ground, because even high clearance vehicles had a hard time back then swimming around the flooded streets). And like bisco said...you're losing money.
     
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    thank you josh, i'm having a hard time following you here.
    the C is a year older with lower mileage, that's fine.
    they want $$11,200. that's fine.
    now you say the corolla is 8,200 something, but they are paying 7,900.?
    isn't that a $3-3,300. difference in payment, plus taxes, registration and closing costs?
     
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    I used to average 36 mpg in my 13 Corolla manual.
    You may not get the 50 mpg norm in a Prius C.
     
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    i was thinking the same thing.
     
    #13 bisco, Dec 14, 2015
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