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Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by mark_qv, Apr 26, 2005.

  1. mark_qv

    mark_qv Junior Member

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    It's now just over a month and 3,000 miles since I took delivery of the new Prius and I'm impressed.

    It's T-Spirit spec here in the UK - with all the options, the Alcantara uphostery and is in Pure White. My previous car was a Honda S2000 and whilst the Prius cannot really be compared, the Prius is fulfilling its role as a comfortable and economical commuter car - and is saving me a bundle in company car benefit in kind tax.

    My daily commute is a round-trip of almost 90 miles on some of the UK's busiest roads. The journey's a mixture of grid-lock motorway, fast motorway and crawlng urban roads - and my average MPG (imperial) is around 54! What I have discovered is that using the cruise control results in inferior MPG to using the right foot - I suspect due to the relatively harsh acceleration when using "Resume".

    Minor niggles with the car are:
    - No Smart key option in UK
    - No HID headlight option in UK
    - Terrible looking wheels (the concept design's were great looking) and they should have been larger to disguise the bulk of the car
    - Parking brake is a sop to the US market - why no BMW 7 series (or Renault Scenic for that matter!) switch operated parking brake?
    - A head-up display for speed and fuel etc would be in keeping with the tech'
    - Faired-in rear wheels like the Honda Insight would look terrific IMHO
    - Graphics on the MFD are more in keeping with an '80's Commodore 64...

    Overall the Prius is terrific at fulfilling the role I require it to perform.

    More anon.
     
    #1 mark_qv, Apr 26, 2005
  2. flareak

    flareak Fleet Captain

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    yes... the honda insight's rear wheels are terrific. btw, terrific has more than one meaning and i definately mean the latter!!!
     
    #2 flareak, Apr 26, 2005
  3. DanMan32

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    Yes, the MFD graphics is coarse, but it needs to be in order to be functional. Could you imagine workiing with a 1024x768 display that's only 5" viewing at about 1.5 feet away? You'd run yourself off the road before you figured out what you were looking at!
     
    #3 DanMan32, Apr 26, 2005
  4. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    Haha, you should see the Escape Hybrid's Energy Monitor or even the Type-10 Original Prius' screen
     
    #4 Tideland Prius, Apr 27, 2005
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