Road Trip

[den]

Off to Sydney tomorrow to do a little work.

Petrol prices here are going to hit $1.10/litre by the start of june. Time to save up for that hybrid car. I think I like the Honda Insite more than the Toyota Prius. betnoir has bought an Insight, so I did a little research and realized something I don't like about the Prius: Centralized Instrument Panel!

Prius dash board

Insight Dash Board

Any dashboard that makes you look left (in Aus) is wrong. I can't stand driving an Echo, and the Prius would drive me crazy. And the gear lever on the steering column? It's not really, but it might as well be. I'm pretty certain I'd go for the Insight now.

Whenever Honda starts selling them here, that is.

Comments

[lady-anne.livejournal.com]

Don't tell anyone - but - I'm definitely going to get a Prius. In red (salsa pearl). With the maxed out package.

We just took one for a test drive and I'm sold.

It'll be quite a while before they can actually deliver it, but I'll wait.

If the only one that was ever going to ride in it was me I might pay more attention to the Honda product - but - it's too small for the way we live.

I'll let you know when I get it. Meantime - be good - The Lady, Anne

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

I am jealous! I'd go for the Glacier White one mainly because that's the best colour for the Summer, when temperatures his 42C+

I'd go for all the bells and whistles, too. How can you not have an in-car GPS?

den

[lady-anne.livejournal.com]

I haven't done extensive research on Prius v Honda, but I have learned this:

Our city is using the Prius in their fleet - some vehicles have nearly 100k miles - and they're still happy with the car. And, in checking with dealers in our area there are no used Prius's available at this time. When they do get them in they're virtually pre-sold.

A friend of my brother-in-law may be able to help me get one more quickly, but - if not - I'm getting my name on the waiting list.

They're still heavily subsidized (in this country, anyway) and the sticker price is about half the cost of manufacture.

I'm currently driving a 1993 Caddy and I love it. I get an average of 20 mpg and it's wonderful for driving cross country. If I can I want to keep it for long distance cruising (which I love to do) and use the Prius for local buzzing around.

The Caddy has about 160k miles on it - I'd like to run it up another 100k or so. I could do that in 4 or 5 long trips.

Let us know what you decide - inquiring minds need to know.

Best of luck - Anne

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

I'd like to see some Prius Road Trip data. Everyone talks about driving them around towns, but if I owned one I'd also be going for long drives. My current car is a 3 litre V6, 5 speed manual Camry. I get 35(imperial)mpg on road trips because it like the long miles, but it gets really bad milage around town.

I'd love to do everything in the Prius, but if it can't do 150kph for 14 hours then I'd have to keep the Camry.