Prius worst car in history in winter

I did not but over the summer, we did buy a Sandy Beach Metallic Solar 2010 Prius off of Doug Mette from Dan Hect.
I bought my Prius in Virginia, we traded the 2010 we got at Dan Hect for this one. Why do you ask?

 

Prius is a winner in Finnish car magazine “winter car of 2010”

Vuoden Talviauto 2010 valittu (article is in Finnish)

 

Simple solution, stop complaining and trade your Prius in on a Corolla. Your dealer will love you....and you may be happy again.

 

A summary in English would be nice .

 

The most important parts:

Tom

 

So, is a remote start a help in the winter, I have one now with my current vehicle, it's great, start her up from the house and by the time I get out, the frost if off the windows and it's a bit warmer inside the cabin. I notice it's an option on the Prius, but with the smartkey, I assume it's works the same? Some say the Prius warms up faster than the average car, which begs me to wonder, if I'd need the remote start or not. Any comments on a remote start from those using it now on the 2010's or 2011's, the latter of which I'll be getting in May this year.
Just started thinking about this as the cold winter air moves in for a couple of days here in NS, it's a chilly -8C or about 25F here this morning....Burrrr....

 

Remote starter doesn't help your gas consumption, emission or anything. It is simply a converience feature to make your life easier.

 

so, basically what your saying is it works the same as in any other car, no different in the Prius.

What I was wondering was since the Prius operates a bit differently, are there any pro's or con's from other Prius owners who have a remote start.

 

free @ work???? Geesh you got it made, lol. I don't know of anyone around here that has a block heater.
On or near the same subject, what about heated car seats, do they cost on MPG? I have one of those heated seats that you plug in the cig lighter hole and warm your butt up on the way to work, would that be something that would cause the MPG to go down?

 

007, I don't know if the seats would cost a dip in MPGs but a nice warm butt might be worth getting 1/10 less mpg.

 

Yeah, they are using hard to translate kind of words, like you see it from Google translate.

Basically they are saying that Prius gets good points of all areas, and cold consumption in Prius is best of this group.

This article is summary from real (paper) magazine. There was originally 18 different (new car models from 2010) cars in this test.

 

What you are saying makes no sense, I was surprised at how good the Prius is in the snow.

 

How is 3100# way too heavy? I have driven with no problem in a 68 Buick Skylark with bald tires in the same weather as NJ. Perhaps it is the driver and not the vehicle so much. I do take a hit on fuel mileage in winter, but 45mpg is still great.

 

My husband & I work at a small tennis club. Two ladies who normally drive a Prius each came in today in thier alternate vehicle. My husband asked them why they weren't in the Prius and both said its terrible in the snow. Ok, one lady moved here from the Netherlands so she may not have had as much experience with the level of snow we've been getting this year. My husband said I was looking at snow tires for ours and the other lady asked "They make snow tires for the Prius?" Sigh. I have a friend who had summer tires on his Audi A6 and complained about how bad it was in the snow. Well duh! It's scary how many people don't realize how important their tires are and the role they play in the rain & snow.

 

About two weeks ago I was scheduled to fly from Chicago to Atlanta. On the evening before the flight United called to say the flight was canceled because of bad weather. Since I had to be in Atlanta I decided to drive (700 miles). On the drive south on US65 in Indiana I must have seen 20 cars and trucks in the ditch. I even saw one car looking like he was pulling over to the side of the road. Instead, he continued into the ditch.

Meanwhile, I had no problem with my Prius. I just kept a steady foot on the accelerator and didn't speed - I went about 45 MPH during the worst parts.

Arriving in Atlanta that night I had to drive up a hill to the hotel (Days Inn, downtown Atlanta). I was able to pass a pickup that lost traction and came to a stop.

In all, I was very happy with the handling of the Prius. Sadly, though, I didn't see many other Prii on the road.

 

I bought mine at Dan Hecht because in STL the wait lists were approx. 2 years. So I went over to Effingham to buy mine

 

The traction control is my winter beef. My '04 shuts the engine off with the least spin. Bad news in intersections! I've filed a report with the NHTSA and turn my TRAC off when I know I'll need the torque (it's out of warranty)...

 

in the winter

1. drive home and have the battery drained (2 bars) as you pull into your space.
2. next morning get in car and drive away immediately.
3. as ICE warms up it will also recharge your battery, especially when stopped at lights.
4. as you get near work start cycle over again.