What is your actual mileage? Characterize your maintenance/repair experience. Is there any advantage to the hybrid when most driving is highway, not city, and annual mileage is 35,000-40,000?
2006-06-30 18:13:53 · 7 answers · asked by sarge 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Toyota
You need to go to
http://groups.yahoo.com
and search for "Prius"
You will find a few Prius Groups Orig Prius, Newest Prius and Future Prius (we are still in the guessing part)...
So much info that II liked a lot of...
And you can get tech info too...
Preview as follow....
Groups
1 toyota-prius
13163 Members, Archives: Public
The group is to share information among owners and others interested in the Toyota Prius. This is the first mass-produced hybrid gasoline-electric vehicle in the world, with 100,000s having been produced world-wide since 1997. A new, improved generation of Prius, the 2004 model, became available in the USA in October 2003. By April 2006, the incoming Prius was only one of two vehicles (with the Lexus GS300 series) to earn all three Consumer Reports top scores for Reliability, owner Satisfaction, ...(more)
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Dedicated to dissemination of information to owners (soon I hope) and potential owners of the new 2004 Toyota Prius. Please feel free to ask questions or offer information and advice on this great new car. If you have a commercial product for or are a dealer for the ?4+ Prius PLEASE, let everyone know upfront in your post. We really want to hear from you. You have a great opportunity to disseminate valuable information but, please keep the salesmanship to a minimum. No trolling for customers ...(more)
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The original Toyota Prius 2G list. Toyota's Prius hybrid, 2004 Car of the Year , with the Toyota HSD, Hybrid Synergy Drive. The Prius is a 5 passenger midsized car with 55 MPG EPA combined mileage (see if and how our members are achieving the EPA numbers), with SULEV and ATPZEV ultra low emissions ratings! The most active Prius discussion group on the web. Group consists of owners, future owners, and interested people from around the world, as well as owners of Honda Civic Hybrid and Honda ...(more)
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Welcome to Prius_Technical, a forum for sharing technical information about the Toyota Prius. We crave substantiated facts, figures, and references, but will tolerate the occasional reasonable opinion. Please no ad hominem attacks, lest your posts be banished to cyberoblivion. If you want to understand how the Power Split Device (Prius transmission, or ECVT) works, complete with animations, please go here: http://www.ecrostech.com/prius/original/PriusFrames.htm And check out the "Understanding ...(more)
5 2006_Prius
2025 Members, Archives: Public
Dedicated to the sharing of information about the 2004/2005/2006/2007 Toyota Prius Please keep messages on topic (anything Prius Related). Spammers' messages will be deleted and the spammer banned -- No Questions Asked! This site is for you the users. Upload photos and links! Share information! And most importantly: enjoy it & have fun.
2006-07-02 18:21:16 · answer #1 · answered by 991 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have about 46,000 miles on my 2003 Prius. Overall, I average 48-49 mpg in the summer, and 37-38 mpg in the winter. This is a lot of local driving with occasional highway.
On trips that have been mostly highway, I usually average over 50 mpg.
I have replaced the tires (last week) and had a cranky ignition lock fixed. Other than that, it's been trouble-free.
How you drive has an enormous effect on your gas usage. Keep an eye on the instantaneous mpg readout, and don't do things that send it close to zero unless you can help it.
2006-07-01 04:06:34 · answer #2 · answered by uusuzanne 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Our actual mileage varies from 45 to 51 mpg. with the better mileage in warmer weather. We now have 47,000 miles on it and have only rotated the tires and changed the oil. Nothing else. Nothing has needed repair. Most of our miles are highway miles, not city. Now that gasoline sells for over $3 a gallon, we think this was a good purchase.
2006-07-03 18:42:51 · answer #3 · answered by Linda 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
apparently you answered your own question "what is your actual mileage?" by stating that it is 35,000 - 40,000.
Perhaps you meant fuel economy?
EPA highway for the 2006 Prius is 51MPG highway.
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/22016.shtml
Only you can calculate your actual fuel economy.
What car are you currently driving? What is it's EPA highway MPG, and what MPG are you actually getting? calculate the % difference on your current car to the EPA numbers, and then apply the same % difference to the Prius.
You can look up your current vehicle here: http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/bymodel/bymakemodelNF.shtml (Assuming that you're in the US, anyways.)
You can see what fuel economy other Prius owners are getting by viewing:
2006: https://www.fueleconomy.gov/mpg/MPG.do?action=mpgData&vehicleID=22016
2005: https://www.fueleconomy.gov/mpg/MPG.do?action=mpgData&vehicleID=20934
2004: https://www.fueleconomy.gov/mpg/MPG.do?action=mpgData&vehicleID=19813
2004-2006: http://www.greenhybrid.com/compare/mileage/toyota-priushsd.html
BTW: another poster suggested the 2004-prius yahoogroup. I would advise against it, as that group has been without an owner/moderator for at least 2 years now and the group has become nothing but spam. I'd suggest staying with the moderated (as in the spammers are kept out) groups toyota-prius, Prius-2G, or 2006_Prius for general information/questions from actual owners, Prius_Technical_Stuff for more technical questions about how it works, and some of the local/regional groups.
2006-06-30 18:30:40 · answer #4 · answered by mrvadeboncoeur 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have read articles on many car magazines and it says that if you live on a mountain town or a hilly town, the engine whines and does not perform well. I would reccomend the prius' competitor, the honda civic hybrid, it is so much better looking and about as enviorment-friendly at 49 MPG according to thier site.
2006-06-30 19:19:24 · answer #5 · answered by shqiptare 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in words of street noise the Prius is one among the quietest industrially produced automobile on the line on the instantaneous. even even as in the street that is an exceedingly quiet automobile. stability and acceleration are strong - that is able to increasing like each and every commonly used automobile in case you want it to. in reality it could be fairly effectual with the mixture of electric powered and inner combution engines. no longer in person-friendly words does it have adequate capacity, yet even in the street the Prius receives about 40 5 mpg. that is an exceedingly good automobile and that i pretty advise it.
2016-10-14 00:42:10 · answer #6 · answered by basinger 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
unfortunately, the honda civic doesn't get anywhere near it's epa mpg.
if you most of your driving is hwy, you'd be better off getting a 5 sp corolla. About 10k cheaper, 40mpg on the hwy. if you need an auto, about 9k cheaper and 38 mpg on hwy.
2006-07-01 02:33:04 · answer #7 · answered by Manny 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋