What was this reviewer driving?

I am so glad seeing reviews like that didn't dissuade me from getting my Prius. I am really amazed that people take the time to craft such fictional tales. I love when I have a passenger who has read reviews like that in my car. I'm surprised that they left out the old prius review standards such as "gutless wonder" and "can't get out of it's own way" and "felt unsafe merging onto the highway".

 

It looks like the reviewer just looked at the car... from the outside only. Maybe when he was just about to sit in the car to drive it, someone distracted him and they did a quick switch on him.... there's not much else to explain how wrong he is

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Presto @ Apr 17 2007, 06:20 PM) [snapback]424973[/snapback]</div>

I think the question is what was this kid smoking? Ugly car with cool graphics?? "The only other cars that can equal or surpass this are the Honda Passport and some fo (sic) the electric cars." HONDA PASSPORT!! Give this post the attention it deserves, simply ignore it.

 

The comments about lack of space and poor field of view came from the reviewer having his head up his a$$. :blink:

Tom

 

Ok how do you find this to be valid?

The only other cars that can equal or surpass this are the Honda Passport and some fo the electric cars

The Passport was an suv with poor gas mileage that would in no way get close to the prius especially if you had the v6 option.

It is definitely a cheap car type of vehicle - nothing wrong with that - but you won't get extras like leather, onstar, sunroof, and other stuff like that. I think if you're considering this car, none of that will matter.

The only way to get onstar is to buy a gm car or truck.

You can't find a Passport and even if you could, it is so expensive that you'd never save anything given the price.

Wth does this person even know what a Passport is?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Passport
if you cant afford a Passport then you cant afford a prius.

is this person talking about the insight they are hard to find but not costly.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Insight

if you can find one or want to get it from ebay you can pick them up in the 10- 15k range.

 

Hey, this is epinions, where ANYBODY can write a review. I put it in the same category as Wikipedia: Good to get a general overview, but I wouldn't stake any serious money on information gotten from it.

 

Just add your own epinion, on his review or the Prius. I suggested people come here for REAL opinions...

 

IMHO, Toyota has cornered the market in back seat leg room for compact cars. I don't know what that guy sat in. I used to have a Matrix and it was fantastic back there. I just sat in the back of a Prius this weekend and it's still great! To quote a 6ft reviewer years ago: "I can sit behind myself!"

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(GoEco @ Apr 18 2007, 12:37 AM) [snapback]425191[/snapback]</div>

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I like the Prius, but not all that much.

It's one ugly car with a lot of cool graphics going on inside. It's the gas mileage that will attract you more than anything. It can get up to 50 mpg. The only other cars that can equal or surpass this are the Honda Passport and some fo the electric cars. The Honda Civic is the next best choice.

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Epinions pays reviewers for their work, depending on how much traffic it generates. This "reviewer" has written 118 reviews, looks to me like a jobless person trying to earn some money. His/her review seems to violate the user agreement:
You agree that you shall not post any information:
* that is known by you to be false, inaccurate or misleading;
However, Epinions does not really care if a reviewer violates that part of the agreement, there is no easy way to report these violations other than adding a comment. This particular review is getting lots of traffic from priuschat, good for Epinions and good for the reviewers "Eroyalties Credits" balance.

Edit: here is how reviewers earn money.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(GoEco @ Apr 17 2007, 11:37 PM) [snapback]425191[/snapback]</div>

My last car was a Ford Probe, which was a two-door. The back seats in that have been described as a "cloth covered place to put groceries." If the Prius were the same I'd agree, but the Prius has far more room in the back.

 

I happen to have personally known one of the founders of Epionions. He's a jerk. I mean a real big jerk.

 

While the Prius appears to have reduced visiblity, at first glance, once you've driven it you realize that is not the case. I find that my VW Jetta has worse blind spot issues than the Prius, and rear headlight glare is a non-issue with the Prius.

Regarding leg room, the back seats have more leg room than my VW Jetta. The seats are comfortable and accommodate people better than my previous car. Perhaps the reviewer is comparing the Prius to an Avalon? Whatever the case, rear passenger space is just fine -- it's one of the things I paid close attention to before buying the car.

I think some people just HAVE to be overly critical of anything new and different. That would explain the slew of misinformed articles, rumors, etc. It must be very difficult for a small mind to wrap itself around a new concept, so instead it dismisses the concept altogether.

 

Mistsy should go back on his/her meds before attempting to write a review of a car that he/she has never driven and probably never even sat in. The back seat is cavernous and the truck space, what the heck is he/she talking about. My mother use to say if you have no knowledge of what you are talking about you should say nothing about the subject.

 

How can all these "posts" be sent to Epinions as a response? It may be an interesting endeavor!