You're telling lies again. The MK II - to which the above refers - had to have its claimed consumption in the US changed to 45mpg after many complaints. And given it was designed specifically to give good results in these particular tests rather than in the real world was telling.
Please give a reference. If it had been available as a diesel that would have been the choice pretty well everywhere apart from the US. Except that the open road performance would have been even more pathetic for a car of that price.
Have you any idea how much it costs to replace the batteries in a Prius, which *will* need replacing every 6 or 7 years? It's a lot more than a failed DMF clutch and flywheel. Can you tell us how expensive it is to recycle those enormous used batteries full of nasty substances - I'll give you a clue, it aint a case of taking them down to the local scrappy.
Plus, Priuses are boring to drive, have particularly soggy handling, look horrible and just aren't a great car at all.
Some are unreliable too, and boy, when they break, they are *expensive*
My turbo has tuned 180,000 miles so as long as it's serviced correctly that's not an issue.
Another thing that's probablly not an issue for most people is mine needed a new front pipe on the exhaust. The bit with the Cat on. This I was able to replace with a non-cat front pipe as diesel just does smoke emissions not CO2
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I recently changed the (original) turbo in my car after c.170k miles. Not because it was worn, but because of "foreign object damage". Some tit dropped a washer into it. The replacement came off a scrapper, with c.120k miles on, and is good for many tens of thousands of miles yet.
I hired one for a day here in Melbourne and was more than happy with it, but I was driving it in exactly the sort of conditions it is optimised for, viz start-stop traffic. IKEA is 7km (5mi) from here and this journey generally takes 25 mins, with red light waits being for an extended period as compared with the UK. So for most of the time it was running on electric only, and, of course, totally shutting down at red lights. But as an open road or motorway car it makes little sense as compared with an efficient diesel.
Exactly. When I were a lad some 25 years ago my mate bought one of the new Escort RS turbo's (the first ones with limited slip diff etc)B plate I think whassat about 1984 or something... The rumours at the time was a turbo would need replacing in 30 to 50K miles.
The thing that kills them esp. on a diesel is lack of oil changes at the correct intervals.
I bought the Landrover at 3 years old with 90k on it. It's been abused no end for the last 10 years but always had an oil/filter change around 6k as per oldentimes service schedules. Still no turbo whistle and it will still pull 100mph with a tail wind.
Trouble is the rain comes in through rust holes in the roof so it's life is not for much longer. :¬(
You must stop making things. It is better to ask about the car rather than think you know it all. The battery and drivetrain guaranteed 8 years with an "average" expected life of 12 years for the batteries. After 12 years the price of batteries will have dropped and improved too. So, after 12 years you have a car with even better performance.
About the same as replacement auto transmission at today's costs. Which will drop in time. A diesel tractor car is £800 minimum to replace a clutch.
They are a pleasure to drive. You made that up again. Great looking cars:
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