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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand all of the Prius love. I drove a Prius and a Civic Hybrid. The Civic has way more pep to me.

Both Toyota and Honda have great track records with me, but I don't think I can justify the thousands of dollars extra for a hybrid. It doesn't add up.

I am thinking compact rather than hybrid because I do more highway driving than city.[/quote]

PP 13:13 again.  We love getting over 50 mpg in the Prius.  We looked at the Civic and while it has more pep, it also is louder and we could feel the road more (bumps, unevenness) and in general, was not as smooth a ride as the Prius.  We also prefer the hatchback for getting things in and out.  The Civic trunk reminded us too much of the Nissan Sentra that we were replacing and difficulty getting larger items in and out of the trunk.  We liked the big opening of the hatchback and the size with the back seat folded down.  It's hard to fit a larger item like a chair or large trunk into the trunk and/or back seat of a Civic.  If you don't do any toting, then it won't matter, but we often move large items and although we use the SUV for lots of that, we still like the carrying capacity and openings of the Prius.  We also like the green aspect of consuming less gas and putting out lower emissions.  Our Nissan Sentra got about 32-33 mpg.  Over the last 49K miles, we've saved over 1400 gallons of gas vs just our Sentra.  And frankly, in 2008/2009 when we bought the car, the Honda Civic was not as good of a car.  They've made some improvements over the last 3 years, and it might be better, but I have a friend who owns one and he says that it isn't a very good hybrid car.  In fact, the handful of people I know that own one give mixed reviews on the car.  [b]Conversely, everyone I know who owns a Prius, loves their car.[/b]  I think driver satisfaction counts for a lot and in that respect, the Prius is a huge win over the Civic.[/quote]

I think they love the idea of driving a Prius. My sister hates hers and wants another Civic after her lease is up.[/quote]

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