Driving a Prius Degree

You don't need a degree: it drives like any other car. Really the only difference is starting. Press on the brake with your foot, then press the power button, wait two seconds while everything powers up (it will say "Ready") and off you go. It's that simple. Everything else is fine tuning or simply playing with the technology: fun, but not required.

Tom

 

Like I mentioned in another post, just do your research here about all of the sounds it makes and you'll feel better. It sounds different than most cars, but they're all normal. And you hear a lot of little sounds more often since the car is so quiet.

Most of all, be careful in parking lots. People don't hear the car and walk in front of me texting all the time

 

My first Prius experience was as a rental car. I don't think I would have picked it unless the person with me had known about it, as I wouldn't have known how to turn it on! But once I saw how it worked it was easy, I took it on a 300 mile drive that week with no problems, and boy was it fun! I had no idea about how to drive it and still got 45 mpg. Drive it like a regular car first, get used to it, then you can start driving it to get better mpgs.