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Toyota Prius in Italy

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by AlbertoC67, Aug 20, 2006.

  1. AlbertoC67

    AlbertoC67 Junior Member

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    [attachmentid=4622]<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(bruceha_2000 @ Aug 24 2006, 10:46 PM) [snapback]308996[/snapback]</div>
    Thanks a lot for your reply.
    A car like Prius is considered a medium-large car in Italy.
    This is the Yaris in Italy, for example:
    12 feet 4 inches long (previous version was smaller), prices from 14000 $ to 19000 $.
    Here the cars are smaller and can get a better mileage because of they are lightweight and hand-gearbox equipped (automatic gears decreases mileage of 10-15%), but the big traffic keeps you stop and restart many times: the 6 miles trip I do to go from the place I work and my home takes 40 minutes and force me to stop and start 5-10 times.
    Imagine many cars stopped on the road with their engines running... they become guzzlers.

    Prius is the right answer.

    Thank you for considering me as a man who wants to start a new style of movement.
    The review I red used to squeeze the cars and always obtains less mileage than the normal use.
    But testing the Prius they did worse than they generally do.
    My suspect is that they are “friends†of their sponsors (Total, Shell, Agip, Q8, Fina, Esso, Api, BP,Tamoil, ERG,... more consume of gas and more they earn... do you know what I mean?) and italian cars: beautiful but not modern as like as Prius (more Prius=less italian cars).
    They used to write about new technologies: this is the future... but I ask: when this future becomes reality?
    They test acceleration, speed, comforts,... with a lot of details, oh boy, they are maniacs!
    Not a word about carbon dioxide.
    Global warming doesn’t exist.
    Oil is endless.
    Gasoline is very cheap.
    It seem they live in a fairy tale.
    Only in the last times they write bad about SUVs.
    They say: the government must reduce the price of gas... how much? 40 cents per gallon? Thank you, we’re RICH!
    And so italian people become as like as I described in the first post I did.
    We are not stupid but someone wants us to be.

    You are completely right saying they think I’m crazy, but also they say I’m too much in the future.
    It’s not truth, I’m in the present and they are in the past.

    I sometimes imagine their faces and comments when I’ll buy an hybrid car (Prius or Corolla hybrid, as Toyota Italy has annouced in 2008/9), what an amazing day it will be for me!

    Bye
     
  2. jmccord

    jmccord New Member

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    I have a Prius equipped with the navigation system. Here in California it works pretty good. Some newer streets don't show up, but for the most part the maps and points of interest are clearly and accurately represented.
    Is the navigation system available in Italy, and other parts of Europe? How useful is it there, and how well does it work?
    Anyone?
     
  3. Oxo

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jmccord @ Feb 18 2007, 10:14 AM) [snapback]392337[/snapback]</div>
    Yes, I have a Nav system (2005) in mine which also works well (at least it does in southern England but I haven't tried it elsewhere). It uses a Europe DVD. You can get some routes in other countries but judging from the small-scale map of Europe which is said to show which areas are on the disk, some countries are very patchy. Germany and the UK seem to be there completely and France is nearly all there but Ireland, Spain and Italy do not seem to have many mapped areas on the disk. There is now a 2006 upgrade to the Europe disk but I haven't seen it yet. I'd be interested to know if anyone has got it and what the coverage of France, Spain, etc is like.

    If you buy a Prius in France, Italy, Spain or Ireland with the Nav system, does the dealer warn you that the coverage is incomplete? I suspect they don't even know!
     
  4. jiepsie

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tideland Prius @ Aug 25 2006, 07:19 AM) [snapback]309216[/snapback]</div>
    My manual says 15000 km (we don't do miles). I've had mine for 26000 km now with only an inspection and oil change at 15000 km. Changing the oil is not something you want to do yourself here, many rules and regulations about doing it in a special garage with a sealed floor, disposing the oil properly via a regulated recycling company etc., to prevent pollution.
     
  5. jmccord

    jmccord New Member

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    I've been in Northern Italy for about 2 months now and have only seen one Prius. I believe it belongs to an American. Curiously I did see one for rent at Venice (Marco Polo) airport at the Hertz rental lot. I did not inquire as to the rate. As previously mentioned on this thread - the Prius is a large car by Italian standards.
    Current price for gasoline about 1.34 Euro/liter, or around $6.81/gal at todays exchange rate.
    Ciao!
     
  6. mnish

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    I am moving from Texas to Aviano in North Italy. I have a 2006 Prius with about 75,000 miles. It has performed extremely well, and I have not had any major problems. I do have an extended maintenance warranty. Can anyone tell me what the availability of Toyota maintenance is in that region? I will bring plenty of air and oil filters if necessary.