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Mark Bloxham, Hertfordshire

Toyota Prius Prius II 2005

5 star review

I bought my Prius from new and have now covered 65,000 miles. I think this is probably the best car I have owned. Read the test reports and the car gets critised on lack of performance and ’driving feel’. Back in the real world of normal humans though I find the performance strong particularly at low speed and the handling is great. Issues: not many. The ride is a tad firm, the annoying buzzers and beeps e.g. to remind that you are in reverse (how did we ever cope before?), not great if you live up a mountain (in Austria i found that after 10 miles of constant up-hill the battery gets exhausted and you are left with just the petrol engine which struggles). Nothing has really gone wrong, only paint on the bonnet fixed under warranty. Economy, I get 52mpg on average.

Submitted: 11/10/2011 08:49:46

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Ray Moorhouse, Derbyshire

Toyota Prius T3 2005

5 star review

I recently told of how my Prius was returning 43 mpg on very short runs and in very cold weather which I thought was good, but over the last week or so I have learnt that by driving the car in a different way has improved my mpg by 4mpg urban driving. At the start I used to drive the vehicle as slowly as I could but I found driving this way drained the battery much faster bringing the engine in to play much quicker, but now accelerating up to speed much faster then just feathering the accelerator has increased my mpg. I believe driving this way keeps my battery charged up more which in turn helps the engine more, but even more impressive was my first real run out in the car of a 45 mile round trip with 4 adults in 67 mpg it returned, which I never thought I would see but it proves that with the right kind of driving under the right conditions Toyota’s figures are possible. The journey consisted of dual carriage ways country roads and some stop starts through a small town. I hope this was helpful.

Submitted: 06/02/2010 20:14:42

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Ray Moorhouse, Derbyshire

Toyota Prius T3 2005

4 star review

I bought this car in December 2009, just as the ice and snow arrived. Most of my trips are short just 2 to 5 miles at a time and even with the temperature as low as 0 to -5 for 4 weeks I still averaged 43 mpg ,so in the summer should be close to 50 mpg. This is 16 mpg better than my 1.4 corolla averaged in past winters even with warmer temperatures.

Submitted: 30/01/2010 10:56:03

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George Anderson, London

Toyota Prius 2005

1 star review

Absolutely the worst handling car I’ve ever driven, it is ugly, the steering has no feel and the economy is no match for many other cars, it is also too big around town and uneconomical out of town. I am looking for something that I can drive around town and out into the country, also for trips around Europe, forget the Prius, the best cars seem to be The VW Polo Bluemotion or Seat equivalent, which is cheaper than the VW and both much cheaper than the Prius, or the Mini Cooper diesel, also the Citroen C3 is very nice, there are also other cars like Renault and Fiat, the only one I wont consider is the awful, expensive and not very economical Prius.

Submitted: 20/10/2008 10:43:12

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RICHARD CAMIDGE, Yorkshire

Toyota Prius T2 2005

5 star review

50MPG UNDER AVERAGE USE FAMILY SIZED SALOON WITH GOOD HATCHBACK LUGGAGE SPACE AND LARGE UNDERFLOOR AREA SEEMLESS AUTO DRIVE-TRAIN MAKES ’ORDINARY’ CARS FEEL ROUGH

Submitted: 14/01/2008 11:26:50

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