Are you happy with the quality?

It's the nicest care I've ever owned. Until now, I've owned several GM vehicles (cars and trucks). I had a Chrysler minivan. I did get the top level four trim. Until my divorce I had to buy American. It's my choice now. The stereo is nice. The seats seem like they'll last a while. The headliner is somewhat questionable as are the carpets... but so are many others. The doors close quietly, if you go for that sort of thing. The car runs quietly. The engine doesn't seem to labor much and I live in the mountains with lots of ups and downs. The auto wipers are great. I haven't had any rattles. And my car has passed the backing into the garage door test with the hatch open with no major problems.

Nothing seems all that cheap to me. Nothing exudes quality but it doesn't look like anything will be wanting to wear out. I got the white pearl. Most all of my cars have been white and this is the first finish I've had that sucks mud out of the air. You should get red or blue.

 

Maybe because you have the Four. The seats in my Two are terrible for a long (3 hour +) trip. Perhaps they built the seats to last, not be comfortable.

 

i'd be hard pressed to say it's better than honda in the context you are talking about, some might say not as good. build reliability might be slightly better on the whole, not sure.

 

I own a 2011 Prius 2 and a 2013 PIP advanced. Both are the same car but my Advanced is so much nicer since it's fully loaded. The advanced with softex seats and lumbar is much more comfortable. I have owned many Hondas also. I think the build quality is similar and unfortunately both have very thin paint. I live in Florida and if you don't take care of the paint it will be ruined quickly.

 

Generally it's good - though I complained about the panel gap either side of the tailgate - TOYOTA said it was acceptable. Other panel gaps are good. My KIA or Thai FORD had better panel gaps. (Though not my South African made FORD - PRIUS is better than that.) Interior trim seems serviceable, normal "TOYOTA" level, though I agree about head-lining - I've a couple of scuff marks made by clean hands touching it when reaching for the sun-visors.

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The door sills are a stupid design - they get dirty really easily, and it stands out. The sill itself doesn't have a seal between it and the open air and road dirt.

No rattles, it's a quiet drive. I think in USA you get a radio with knobs which works much better than the poor touch-screen we get - I far prefer designs with real knobs and real buttons which you can feel for, but I notice other manufacturers have fallen for the same folly. I'll certainly be on the lookout for a better design next time.

Seats are OK - not good, not bad - I've had worse, and better. I took a while to find the "right" position with height, angle, steering wheel position, lumbar adjustments. Check they suit your shape.

 

I'm also "coming from Honda", and one thing that struck me was how rapidly rust built up on the underbody of our Prius, on suspension components, bolts, and misc. coarse-thread fasteners. I'm changing the oil on a couple of Hondas too, and that company is using tricks to prevent rusting, a lot better. Maybe galvanizing suspension components, better bolt coatings? Not sure what, but Toyota seem to have almost zero rust preventative measures under there. Everything happily blooming rust. It's ok if you keep vigilant, clean things and lube everything you can reach with wax/oil treatment.

 

Do they salt your roads for snow? I had a look under mine after someone posted photos, and it all looked fine - if it snows here, it'll be a new ice-age set in.




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Reliability - PRIUS has come near the top of reliability surveys over many years, up with LEXUS, AUDI.

 

Yes they do salt. And it's often wet snow, or mix of rain and snow. But Hondas in the same environment fair better by far.

To be fair, it could be new regulations regarding coatings. Someone was saying it was getting worse, due to some coatings being banned, carcinogenic?

 

Hey Alan. Sorry to hear about Typhoon Debbie and assume you have got through it all ok.

 

I understand they salt the water in your air too. Blame the ocean.

 

I'm on my second Prius. My 2006 went 200 K in 10 years and then I gave it to my grandson. The 2006, I never did anything except oil change. Yep nothing! The new gen 4 is a upgrade in most everything. It's always been know to be a reliably car and low maintenance. There must be somewhere you can find statistics that compare cars.

 

2016 Two (NiMH battery) w/ 7k miles in six months. Zero issues, no defects on delivery. We're primarily a Subaru family, and this is the first Toyota we've had in awhile, but so far I'm impressed.

 

She made landfall about 1000km north of me - but has swooped south as a rain depression via the inland, arrived yesterday, gentle rain, heavy overnight, they reckon she'll fizzle by tonight. We needed the rain - but would have been nicer spread over a couple of weeks instead of a couple of days.

 

Sorry but this is a red-flag-to-a-bull to me: maybe caution him to get the brakes inspected.

 

Yea I would say the same thing BS. But many Gen 2 owners that aren't nut drivers have the same brake life. Actually some where there's a Toyota claim that a very large percentage never did brakes. I drive to be light on the brakes. That said my commute with that car was 40 miles of highway, and very little city. If your light on the pedal the braking in regen. The harder you press the more friction brakes are used.

I hope the Gen 4 is as good on the pads.

 

Yeah but pad replacement and brake inspection are not the same thing. Toyota advocates brake inspection independent of pad thickness. This is not the "visual inspection" at wheel rotation, rather: dissassemble, clean and relube the pads and shims. Ditto for the caliper pins. And if the car is getting on, and/or there's any pulsation, check disc thickness and runout (micrometer and dial indicator).

Canadian 2014 schedule, for example: