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Top Reason YOU drive a Prius

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by ajprius, Aug 5, 2006.

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  1. MPG

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  2. Emissions

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  3. Styling

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  4. Features (MFD, packages, etc.)

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  5. Toyota Reliability

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  6. other?

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  1. usbseawolf2000

    usbseawolf2000 HSD PhD

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    The reason I drive a Prius is the Hybrid Synergy Drive..... for all the obsolute advantage benefits over conventional drivetrain.

    Dennis
     
  2. Nda3rdCar

    Nda3rdCar Junior Member

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    :eek: We bought a Prius because:

    1. To make our Audi Convertable a weekend/get away/fun car.
    2. Enviromental reasons... i.e. reduced fuel, reduced emissions.
    3. Toyota quality, reliability
    4. Honda sales people were jerks.
    5. Now with a convertable and a 4 door hatchback Prius, perhaps when my
    old Golf drives it's last mile... I can get a Mini or GTI.
     
  3. TJandGENESIS

    TJandGENESIS Are We Having Fun Yet?

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    I'm all about saving the planet, man.

    Plus I love to be ahead of the pack, when it comes to stuff.
     
  4. Agontyr

    Agontyr New Member

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    HOV lane access for the win! An 80 mile round trip commute of which ~40 miles is in HOV lanes. It will be saving about an hour a day on the commute time once the stickers get here. The Prius also gets more than double the MPG of our old CR-V. Nice to go from 2 tanks a week to 1.
     
  5. Drift Motion

    Drift Motion RMS13

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    MPG and Toyota Reliability


    sorry if i offend anyone, but F the civic hybrids...


    i drive quiet alot on the weekends, 200 mile each weekend
     
  6. devprius

    devprius /dev/geek

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    I voted MPG, but in reality it was a combination of everything listed (and a few things not listed). Given that I have a 64 mile R/T commute, and my previous car was only getting around 23 to 24 MPG, high MPG was certainly a big factor in my decision. But the technology behind the car itself was also a large part of it. And having owned other Toyota's, the reliability question never came up. I knew it would be reliable. And even the styling to me is attractive...