Buying a replacement Prius

Maybe an EV makes sense even IF you do the occasional road trip. A lot of vacations commence with a plane trip and a car rental. Maybe just be resigned to a car rental for road trips commencing from home as well.

 

I was thinking that it was just the opposite. If you travel 300 miles a month, your average BEV is overkill in cost and capability. The Prime is less expensive and will easily handle the short trips without using the engine. The recommended i3-rex is close to $50,000

 

It's going to depend on whether you actually need the ICE in non-road-trip driving. I routinely drive farther than my battery will take me. But, if I had a 200-mile range, that would meet all my city driving needs and we could take the wife's Prius with more storage on long trips.

I keep going back and forth. Sometimes I think a Tesla M3 Standard Plus would be prefect in combination with the wife's Prius. But then again, my Prime is so close to perfect that it would be a waste to replace it right now. Plus, it's a fantastic road trip car. Maybe in another three years? By then, who knows what kind of cool EVs will be available?

 

I experimented with having one car for local driving and using rentals for long distance, for about 1.5 years. Worked out well. I got to drive a variety of newish cars on the rentals while avoiding putting miles on my car.