I know I'll get some heat on this but does anyone drive a Prius as a daily beater?
I'm getting roughly 16mpg in my G and I love it, I feel like me putting crazy miles on the G and spending countless amounts of money on gas is a bad idea and a daily beater would help me appreciate the luxury of our car. Not to mention a Prius is like 6 grand and quadruples my mpg.
Anyone doing this right now? How do you like it?

 

Please buy a Prius, I need the gas for my G.

 

I'm not in the market for a Prius but I am for a civic hybrid. I drive 500 miles a week at 75-85mph. Def a good investment

 

I get having a different car to drive to help reduce miles on your G. But when people talk about buying another car to save $ on gas I scratch my head & wonder if you did any math to figure out how many years it would take before the 6k + insurance, licensing and maintenance costs paid off in actual savings.

 

WOW! 16 MPG?!? That is what i am getting w/ my SC. I have thought about getting a honda accord hybrid. That gets 115mpg. But i love my G more so i don't care about the MPG

 

I would never swap a Prius for my G but for a second car.. I'm just thinking about how nice it would be to drive sonething with good mpg like that instead of "50 miles to there?? That's 25 bucks round trip..." I could just not care about distance at all since I would be getting 50 mpg

 

I have.

I bought a Honda insight at 60mpg. Incredible.
Got it for $4900
I can't count maintenance, cuz that's what I would have spent on the G anyway (but more so on the G obviously). Registration was nothing and my insurance only went up $10/more (only had liability, plus multi car discounts, etc).

Anyhow, even at an incredible 60mpg and only paying $4900 for it, it would have still taken me about 2 years before it payed for itself. So, yeah, you're right. Even if you're gaining 10mpg or even 20, it will take you a LONG time for it to actually SAVE you money. I gained 40mpg over my G and it still would have taken a little over two years.

I'm not just counting gas either, I'm counting cost per mile (including tire wear, oil changes, etc)

 

^ +1 for doing the math. I still don't know if I could drive one anyway. Laws of physics are not on my side....I'm pushing them with a g, but if you can ride an electric scooter you're not in the same boat as me.

 

Any time someone is in the fast lane going 20 mph under the speed limit you can bet they're driving a f'n Prius! Kinda like my Dad felt about Nash rambler pilots. I'd rather drive a Ford rather than a Toyota Prius!
Gary

 

My G is my beater actually....


Pretty nice beater though. I enjoy driving it every day....can't say I would enjoy a Prius. I'd rather pay extra in gas and be happy

 

I seriously have fun driving any car or motor cycle. I don't know why, I just love driving regardless of what it is. I'll drive a scooter, an 84 Mitsubishi mighty max, a corvette, an Insight..I'll have fun in anything. I even had fun driving my friends dads 2001 Hyundai accent when he bought it new back in the day. It was light and totally shitty but like nothing I had ever driven before. Kinda like a go kart with a stick. I've had a couple motorcycles, a bunch of old shitty cars that I used to drive and loved. Rented a minivan to drive my band to AZ for a show one time (chrystler town n country) and got 2 tickets in less than an hour. Haha that thing was quick as fug. I just love cars and driving.

 

 

I can't read that. Pic too small. Can't zoom in. Quality too bad.

 

Looks fine on the app in iOS. From the movie The Other Guys.

1. What the hell is this
2. It's my car, it's a Prius.
3. I feel like we're literally driving around in a vagina.

 

Haha!
I'd drive that **** too. No doubt no doubt.