Electric/Hybrid car drivers - Post your experience/buying advice

[enasnitsi]

The Prius C is not a plug-in like the Volt. You'd have to find a plug-in model Prius which would be gen 3 and aren't sold here. You can find an older one and convert it to plug-in.
I have a 07 and drive 100 miles a day with it. Average 46-48mpg. Most of that is at 70mph.

[Kracka]

My mistake on misrepresenting the Prius C; Toyota does have a plug-in Prius in the US though: http://www.toyota.com/prius-plug-in-hybrid

http://www.cheatsheet.com/automobiles/chevy-volt-vs-toyota-prius-plug-in-how-do-they-stack-up.html/?a=viewall

It has been available since 2012: http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1073612_why-i-bought-a-prius-plug-in-not-a-volt-or-leaf-a-readers-choice

[x-pride]

I have a 2014 Camry hybrid and love it. I get from 450 to 625 miles per tank (depends on summer and winter mix). During the winter the MPG goes down to 38 MPG since the battery system will not kick on until the car warms up. The car does warm up quick and handles great in all weather. I use the car for all my long distance trips and it saves me money. I did a two week trip to Cal and only spend 350 dollars on gas. Torque on the Camry is great. It did not skip a beat going up and down the hills of Cal. If any of you ever travel in Cal you will understand what I mean by the hills.

Warning about the Prius for the winter state of MN. I would only buy a 2010 Prius and newer for the fact that you can turn off traction control. They are lower to the ground than most cars and will get stuck on heavy snow days. You will learn to hate traction control when the car's tires will not spin because of traction control.

[enasnitsi]

You can disable the traction control pretty easily on the old ones by going through a couple steps when first starting. Just can't turn it back on without shutting the car off and back on. I usually do that on mine if it's icy out.

[asshanson]

I was surprised how much I liked the Volt. It's great for around-town driving (lot of low speed tq) or if you drive less than 40-50 miles a day, because you'll rarely have to use any gas. Plus there are free charging stations at my work, at the grocery store, etc. In fact, I like the electric so much I even looked into converting the Noble to a Tesla S powertrain (found out it was too much money).

However, if you plan on doing road trips, a Prius is a much better option. In gas mode the Volt will get high 30's mpg max, so the Prius wins there.

[rose0529]

My parents have a 07 Prius. I think they have over 180k on it. Only thing they have done is oil changes and a water pump. It definitly isn't "fun" to drive like a performance car, but it can be fun to try and see how high of mpg you can get while driving it. It gets great mpg everywhere no matter what, and has been uber reliable for them.

[turbotalon1g]

After looking into it, I kinda want to get one, being a 4dr and having a ton of cargo space it's a lot more practical than a 2dr civic especially with 2 kids.

[dogwhistle]

After looking into it, I kinda want to get one, being a 4dr and having a ton of cargo space it's a lot more practical than a 2dr civic especially with 2 kids.

Honda Accord Hybrid? :)

Honestly I want to try the CR-Z in the manual format. Sounds like fun.

[Halon]

I'm kinda getting into the whole EV thing. I think it'd be cool if you got one. If I had time to do anything now a days, I'd really enjoy an EV project car.

[turbotalon1g]

Thanks for the help guys I appreciate it.