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The Clarity is a great program. Here's a smaller company with its limited resources, Honda, pushing the envelope and taking the risk to...
Probably so. I haven't seen any mpg charts for highway miles at different speeds. The cost of parts and service is why economy cars do not have...
How about at normal highway speeds of 65, 70, 75 mph, of course exceeding the speed limit is not recommended ?
Here's the long term chart for the Insight. The trend is clearly down. [IMG]
Here's the DOE long term testing chart (P.S. This is OT... but I've already said before I, unlike many others here, have no vested personal or...
Why would simple engine braking cause any vibration not felt in normal driving ? If anything, running an ICE at the same rpm as when engine...
Golf Diesel vs Prius, there's another interesting compare. The Golf Diesel beats the Prius in highway mpg. From the DOE long term testing...
What did the dealer say needs fixing ?
Here's another expensive little item: $350 Brake lights which in economy vehicles cost $5 or less to replace. Call the Prius anything but an money...
The acronym jungle is a mess and it doesn't help when these studies compare fundamentally different vehicles and still call them all PHEVn's. A...
ICE's are excellent at generating waste heat unlike EE's. Unfortunately, the Volt runs on electricity further than any other hybrid out there.
No question about the excellent warranty but beyond 100/150K (CA), the owner is on his own. A similar non-hybrid failure is a busted transmission...
Taxicabs run a lot of miles a year, so yes, the mpg savings add up for the Prius, not to mention the government rebates on purchase. It certainly...
That's after a class action lawsuit has been filed. Is it a defect or designed ? Headlight replacement still requires removing the bumper. The...
Did you account for the $1000 headlight replacement many have reported here ? Those are the kind of possible expenses none of the "regulars" care...
You do realize that is ONE Prius being tested by CR. Browse through the other threads and you can find other Prii with battery failures. The...
Re: Study funded by diesel proponent finds that Hybrids, especially the Prius, retain high resale va Claiming a 2 yr old Prius will cost far...
CR's target audience is the "average consumer". So any negative experience from what an "average consumer" expects will reduce the ratings e.g....
Huh ?? Sorry, I thought I was addressed directly in the post I was responding to.
That's what make it interesting in here for an unvested participant, there's always a fire to put out somewhere. Keep up the good work on the...
