Toyota Prius

Overall Rating
 3 of 5

Value Rating
 3 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

Visitors rate this review
4.00 of 5, 4.00 votes

Price Paid:  $25300.00 from Millenium Toyota

Year / Model Reviewed:
2010 4DSD

Strengths:
So far, mpg is better.

Weaknesses:
Info screen toggling difficult.
Blue tooth instructions (per manual) impossible to understand. Sales staff referred me to the manual. Still struggling to figure it out.

Summary:
Previously owned the 2005 model, and had gotten used to the single screen. The new info screen is awkward, requiring
complex toggling to switch back and forth
among info screens. Probably just my own
learning curve, but they should have made it simpler.

Similar Products Used:
2005 Prius

Overall Rating
 3 of 5

Value Rating
 2 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Visitors rate this review
1.00 of 5, 1.00 votes

Price Paid:  $34000.00 from Cavender Toyota

Year / Model Reviewed:
2009 Prius

Strengths:
Great mileage. Very quiet motor. Spacious interior. Camera guided reverse.

Weaknesses:
Computer technology shuts car down if you run out of gas. Poor acceleration, especially from a standstill.

Summary:
Nice car but it has a major flaw. If you ever run out of gas, the car's computer completely shuts everything off! It becomes impossible to even push the car off the highway. All systems lock down.

It is then necessary to tow the car to the dealer and pay an exhorbitant amount just to reset the car's computer!

This is a ridiculous solution to a previously simple problem such as running out of gas. It makes the Toyota Prius counterproductive. The Prius saves gas and money by using electric technology, but then penalizes you heavily if you ever make the human error of running out of gas.

Toyota should have installed a sensor and alarm to remind users that their tank is almost empty, just like the beeping alarm to remind users to click the seat belt.

My opinion is that this car is not user friendly. Especially if run out of gas.

Similar Products Used:
n/a

Price Paid:  $22600.00 from Waldorf, MD Toyota

Year / Model Reviewed:
2008 Toyota Prius II

Strengths:
MPG; averaged 47.5 over 2yrs/37k miles - mostly highway speeds. reliability, cargo capacity much more than you would think, FOB Key

Weaknesses:
No lumbar support. Toyota won't install trailer hitch for bicycles (not towing). Must get from after market vendor. Bikes do fit inside however.

Summary:
Best car I've ever owned.

Overall Rating
 3 of 5

Value Rating
 2 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Visitors rate this review
3.64 of 5, 42.00 votes

Price Paid:  $22000.00 from legwood toyota

Year / Model Reviewed:
2008 prius

Strengths:
Gas mpg very good

Weaknesses:
Noisy, lack of lumbar seat, still using old battery technology which reduces mpg by 100%.. Very expensive

Summary:
First thing is , its very noisy when engine turns on and road noise in terrible. Second thing is there is no lumbar seat for the driver! With the new Li-Ion bateries , this car should be geting 100mpg not 48 mpg. Toyota still using old batery technology.

Similar Products Used:
none

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 4 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Visitors rate this review
4.00 of 5, 4.00 votes

Price Paid:  $28000.00 from Carousel Toyota - Gl

Year / Model Reviewed:
2008 Toyota Prius

Strengths:
Driving experience, hybrid technology, turning ratios, backup camera

Weaknesses:
Two things I really dislike about this car:

- You can't drive and use the nav system at the same time: the car has to be in park. I don't need to be babysat by Toyota (feels a little 'big brother' to me), and when someone is in the passenger seat trying to use navigation it's really frustrating.

- when the package says "Satellite ready" it actually means that you have to spend another $600 to get the Satellite antenna installed. They don't tell you this until you call six months later trying to figure out why your XM isn't working when you try to activate it.

Summary:
I have enjoyed driving this car immensely, I love it more than I thought I would and it's a great city car. I'm a photographer and my photo gear fits perfectly in the hatch trunk. It drives beautifully and I'm glad I bought it even with the gas prices going down.