One month old!

mark_qv · 04-26-2005, 05:07 PM

It's now just over a month and 3,000 miles since I took delivery of the new Prius and I'm impressed.

It's T-Spirit spec here in the UK - with all the options, the Alcantara uphostery and is in Pure White. My previous car was a Honda S2000 and whilst the Prius cannot really be compared, the Prius is fulfilling its role as a comfortable and economical commuter car - and is saving me a bundle in company car benefit in kind tax.

My daily commute is a round-trip of almost 90 miles on some of the UK's busiest roads. The journey's a mixture of grid-lock motorway, fast motorway and crawlng urban roads - and my average MPG (imperial) is around 54! What I have discovered is that using the cruise control results in inferior MPG to using the right foot - I suspect due to the relatively harsh acceleration when using "Resume".

Minor niggles with the car are:
- No Smart key option in UK
- No HID headlight option in UK
- Terrible looking wheels (the concept design's were great looking) and they should have been larger to disguise the bulk of the car
- Parking brake is a sop to the US market - why no BMW 7 series (or Renault Scenic for that matter!) switch operated parking brake?
- A head-up display for speed and fuel etc would be in keeping with the tech'
- Faired-in rear wheels like the Honda Insight would look terrific IMHO
- Graphics on the MFD are more in keeping with an '80's Commodore 64...

Overall the Prius is terrific at fulfilling the role I require it to perform.

More anon.

flareak · 04-26-2005, 05:30 PM

yes... the honda insight's rear wheels are terrific. btw, terrific has more than one meaning and i definately mean the latter!!!

DanMan32 · 04-26-2005, 10:27 PM

Yes, the MFD graphics is coarse, but it needs to be in order to be functional. Could you imagine workiing with a 1024x768 display that's only 5" viewing at about 1.5 feet away? You'd run yourself off the road before you figured out what you were looking at!

**Tideland Prius** · 04-27-2005, 12:17 AM

Haha, you should see the Escape Hybrid's Energy Monitor or even the Type-10 Original Prius' screen

04-26-2005, 05:07 PM	#1
mark_qv Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 9 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	One month old! It's now just over a month and 3,000 miles since I took delivery of the new Prius and I'm impressed. It's T-Spirit spec here in the UK - with all the options, the Alcantara uphostery and is in Pure White. My previous car was a Honda S2000 and whilst the Prius cannot really be compared, the Prius is fulfilling its role as a comfortable and economical commuter car - and is saving me a bundle in company car benefit in kind tax. My daily commute is a round-trip of almost 90 miles on some of the UK's busiest roads. The journey's a mixture of grid-lock motorway, fast motorway and crawlng urban roads - and my average MPG (imperial) is around 54! What I have discovered is that using the cruise control results in inferior MPG to using the right foot - I suspect due to the relatively harsh acceleration when using "Resume". Minor niggles with the car are: - No Smart key option in UK - No HID headlight option in UK - Terrible looking wheels (the concept design's were great looking) and they should have been larger to disguise the bulk of the car - Parking brake is a sop to the US market - why no BMW 7 series (or Renault Scenic for that matter!) switch operated parking brake? - A head-up display for speed and fuel etc would be in keeping with the tech' - Faired-in rear wheels like the Honda Insight would look terrific IMHO - Graphics on the MFD are more in keeping with an '80's Commodore 64... Overall the Prius is terrific at fulfilling the role I require it to perform. More anon.

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04-26-2005, 05:30 PM	#2
flareak Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 727 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	yes... the honda insight's rear wheels are terrific. btw, terrific has more than one meaning and i definately mean the latter!!!

04-26-2005, 10:27 PM	#3
DanMan32 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Tampa Bay, FL Posts: 3,775 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Yes, the MFD graphics is coarse, but it needs to be in order to be functional. Could you imagine workiing with a 1024x768 display that's only 5" viewing at about 1.5 feet away? You'd run yourself off the road before you figured out what you were looking at!

04-27-2005, 12:17 AM	#4
Tideland Prius Super Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 13,909 My Car: 2005 Prius Package: B Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 11	Haha, you should see the Escape Hybrid's Energy Monitor or even the Type-10 Original Prius' screen