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.

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[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.