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Toyota Prius Test Drive - What Do You Think?

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#48 of 50 Re: Questions about your Toyota Prius Test Drives [stevedebi] by stevegold Apr 24, 2007 (7:59 pm)
Replying to: stevedebi (Apr 24, 2007 12:42 pm) The failure was never attributed to GM or Ford. It just got a lot of newspaper and TV coverage considering there were about a dozen reported incidents out of 200,000+ Prius' on the road at the time. Replies to this message: stevedebi (Apr 27, 2007 2:03 pm)
#49 of 50 2004 Prius Driver w/60K miles by steve1c Apr 27, 2007 (12:31 pm)
I've put about 60,000 miles on my 2004 Prius, and overall I like the way it accelerates and handles. Mostly desert and mountain pass driving, between Las Vegas and California. I get 45-50 mpg typically, depending on how much I have to run the lights and air conditioner or heater. About 50-50 city-hwy driving ratio. No problems maintaining 75 up & down the mountain grades or dealing with the crazy LA-Vegas friday afternoon free-for-all traffic on the I-15.   My squawks some annoying torque steer when cornering with heavy acceleration; crosswind gust sensitivity (it's a light vehicle, so not unexpected); and a recent (bad) experience with the 12V aux battery (details of which I will post in one of the other forums).
#50 of 50 Re: Questions about your Toyota Prius Test Drives [stevegold] by stevedebi Apr 27, 2007 (2:03 pm)
Replying to: stevegold (Apr 24, 2007 7:59 pm) Your original comment: "It got a lot of publicity, thanks to GM and Ford PR firms."   Hence, my clarification on the source of my information (not from the press).

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