On the fence

dack22 · 04-24-2008, 03:52 PM

I am new to this site and am considering buying a Prius. I currently have a 2000 Saturn SL1, it gets pretty good gas mileage (ranges from 30city to 36 highway). I drive almost entirely highway, however, I heard that the Prius really excells in its city gas mileage. Is this true? I have no dire need for a new car at this time, as my current car is running fine, however, I am planning on buying a Prius within the next 2 years. Should I wait until the new generation comes out (in 2010) or buy one of the last few models of the current generation? Is there going to be a vast price difference between the 2 generations? I know that they are going to change up the body for the new generation. What about performance and mpg? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Austin50mpg · 04-24-2008, 04:36 PM

Depends on what you consider CITY. Some post on this forum consider downtown city with numerous traffic lights a MPG killer.

I consider CITY as driving on the interstate with bumper to bumper traffic in which I get very good MPG's. Sometimes I have 75 to 100 MPG for 30 minutes of bumper to to bumper slow traffic without complete stops. Fortunately I don't have to stop at very many traffic lights. (Maybe three or four short ones a day)

Just consider what you consider CITY.

On the highway I get 48 MPG at 70MPH and the AC blasting cold air.

richard schumacher · 04-24-2008, 04:36 PM

You can expect 45/50+ MPG city/highway (yes, better on the highway than city).

New model pricing, availability, features: who knows. I would not buy the first year of a major redesign because they always have some design errors.

04-24-2008, 03:52 PM	#1
dack22 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Southern California Posts: 1 My Car: Other Non-Hybrid Package: N/A Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	On the fence I am new to this site and am considering buying a Prius. I currently have a 2000 Saturn SL1, it gets pretty good gas mileage (ranges from 30city to 36 highway). I drive almost entirely highway, however, I heard that the Prius really excells in its city gas mileage. Is this true? I have no dire need for a new car at this time, as my current car is running fine, however, I am planning on buying a Prius within the next 2 years. Should I wait until the new generation comes out (in 2010) or buy one of the last few models of the current generation? Is there going to be a vast price difference between the 2 generations? I know that they are going to change up the body for the new generation. What about performance and mpg? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

04-24-2008, 04:36 PM	#2
Austin50mpg Prius Driving Right Winger Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Austin Posts: 197 My Car: 2008 Prius Package: #2 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Re: On the fence Depends on what you consider CITY. Some post on this forum consider downtown city with numerous traffic lights a MPG killer. I consider CITY as driving on the interstate with bumper to bumper traffic in which I get very good MPG's. Sometimes I have 75 to 100 MPG for 30 minutes of bumper to to bumper slow traffic without complete stops. Fortunately I don't have to stop at very many traffic lights. (Maybe three or four short ones a day) Just consider what you consider CITY. On the highway I get 48 MPG at 70MPH and the AC blasting cold air. __________________ Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger lead to hate. Hate leads to suffering. Last edited by Austin50mpg; 04-24-2008 at 04:43 PM.

04-24-2008, 04:36 PM	#3
richard schumacher ichorous liquor Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: United States Posts: 3,868 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #6 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Re: On the fence You can expect 45/50+ MPG city/highway (yes, better on the highway than city). New model pricing, availability, features: who knows. I would not buy the first year of a major redesign because they always have some design errors.

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