Any Prius owners 65 or older?

I think I've said this before... the low response rate on the poll might not be due to the lack of Prius owners over 65, but the low rate of internet use of those over 65 (thus those on PriusChat). Most of the Prius drivers here are gray on top. I'm 53 now (an IT specialist) but have lots of friends and family in the over 70 crowd. They mostly use email, but many are afraid to do much browsing because they think they might get a bad "cookie" or catch a virus or something I even gave a "safe computing" talk at several senior citizen centers because so many need some education on the subject. But there are also seniors that don't like anything different, my Dad rented a Prius for a day and my 86 year old mother absolutely hated it because of the round button she had to push to start it. No way you're gonna change that....

 

I am 71 & my wife is 64 and we love our Prius. The technology is not a problem once you figure out how things work. This web site has been invaluable for getting answers. We have a 08 option 2.

 

Age 67 and 66, love the car and love to drive it. Less than 2 months and have 2300 miles on it.

 

Ages 73 and 72 and we each have our own Prius. She's driving the '08 and I just got a Barcelona Red 2010 V. We both love driving our Prius'.

 

My dad is currently 94 and has bought four Prius: 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2010. He only drives 5K miles per year. I've acquired the first three from him, after 3 years of light usage on each. Then my wife & I put tons of miles on the cars.

For example, the 2004 now has 102K miles, hence we've put 87K miles on that car in three years.

 

and no complaints of u/a!:rockon:

 

We are both 74 and love our '05, Option 6, owned it since new. It has 54K+ miles, and has proven to be the second best all-around practical car we have owned...the first was a '69 Ford Econoline van, owned 10 years surviving two teenage boys learning to drive.

Other than oil and filters, the only maintenance issues have been - OEM tire replacement @ ~40K, OEM headlamp replacement @ ~50K, and OEM 12V battery replacement last month @ ~54K.

BTW, it's road handling characteristics are better than the '95 Miata it replaced....~-D)

 

Have replied to this earlier but it reminded me to ask my better half how old I was now and she replied, "&*". Oops I must have mistakenly hit the CAPS LOCK 'cause she replied,"78". Just checked my drivers license and she's right.
I'll return here when we pick up our plug-in Prius in a couple of years.
Gary
Darn -- what key do I hit to get back to viewing my Sports Illustrated Swim Suit edition.....?

 

Im 81 and rebuilt a salvage 2005. I can't imagine an easier car to drive and maintain. Many late model cars have bells and whistles but these have litle to do with driveing. The keyless start is really nice for we forgetful old guys as one never needs take it out of your pocket, No need to ask "what did I do with my keys" . press the gas and it goes,press the brake and it stops,.Simple as that Don

 

When I retired last year at 68, my husband (also retired) and I traded in our two cars--a Subaru Forester and a Toyota Tacoma--on a 2009 Prius. We bought the Prius because it had everything we wanted in a car at this point in our lives: four-door hatchback, attractive exterior, pleasant, roomy interior, good gas mileage, good reliability ratings, and not too steep a price. Once we drove it, we were hooked. In addition, we liked the idea of doing our small part to reduce carbon emissions into the atmosphere.

Driving the Prius takes a little getting used to, but is not so different from other cars. That said, we have been disappointed in its flimsy body. Someone ran into the bumper in a parking lot, which left a huge dent. The guy at the body shop pushed it out with his hand; also, we had to replace the panels under the front bumper while learning not to park so close to concrete barriers in parking lots. Our Subaru and the Tacoma both sat quite a bit higher off the ground.

Like other Toyota owners probably are at this point, we are now quite disappointed in all the stories coming out about Toyota's indifference to public safety in failing to address, and even attempt to cover up, safety concerns about its vehicles, and we wonder what this will mean to Toyota and Toyota owners in the long run.

 

72 and have no idea why we bought it, other than my wife liked it. There's no advantage to having it since in 2 years, it's been driven less than 2K miles total. And, after an hour, the seats suck. I wanted a nice comfy Chrysler 300 SRT8, but wife thought it looked too much like a pimp car with lousy mpg...but, in 2K miles, just how much extra gas is that? Now that I've bought lots of extra goodies for the Pri, it's not worth fighting over any more. The only two words I ever need to remember - "Yes, Dear"! Ha!

 

That is an absolutely stupid premisis .... at 72, and feeling like 52 .... I researched my purchase first; we had owned a 2001 Toyota Highlander (which was a wonderful vehicle); I anticipated that fuel would increase in cost (which it has)(and will continue to do so); I read about the Prius and it's terrific mileage; I drove a friends 2009 and enjoyed it's quality and comfort; and finally made the best deal possible at the Toyota dealer. Technology was not discussed, but it was obvious to me that there was sound engineering behind the remarkable numbers.

We live in a rather small community of mostly older people, but not a "55 and older" community. There are 7 Prius' in our immediate neighborhood.

On a different thought:
What is with the expression ... something "sucks?" I frequently see it on PC. Is our vocabulary so limited that we cannot think of a more descriptibe expression. "Sucks" what? gasoline? Kool-Aid? money? lifes juices? ...... maybe intelligence?

I have gleened that it is a negative term; might users be "pre-disposed" to be negative? On another thread, a "suck" writers self image, as manifest by his image in the upper left, depicted an upside down American Flag, a distress symbol. If ever there was a statement that said so much more about the writer disposition than anything he could have written .....

I have really enjoyed, and learned so much about my Prius from reading PC. Several writers exhibit great knowledge about the vehicle, and where to find answers to questions. I have really enjoyed threads about the Volt, the Leaf and the Fusion. I had very little information about the EV1,the Tesla, or the Zebra and have been delighted with sources discussing these most interesting vehicle.