I work on Prius's all the time. They're not bad cars for flat Florida but I wouldn't dare imagine taking one into the mountains or snow. I've worked on all the generations the whole battery thing is overblown only had to replace one battery ever it was a 10 year old model and it ran about 2500 installed.


Any car getting better then 40mpg is good these days. Heck I know a few guys that have a Prius to get to work (it's normal to have to drive 80-100 miles one way from putnam county for work) and have a truck around their property. I drive my Mazda 3 ( roughly 33 mpg ) to and from work ( 70 mile round trip) and leave my silverado at home.


The best hybrid is still the Prius despite all the stereotyping it gets. There really isn't anything close. All the new Hondas and Toyota are taking 0w20 so the maintane is pretty much the same across the board. Just you'll use less gas with the Prius over an accord or Camry

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