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Nark Forums Junkie Location: Cabramatta, NSW Registered: May 2002	Re: Drove the Prius! Mon, 30 August 2004 23:53 Lambolica wrote on Tue, 31 August 2004 09:32 I read a review or comparison between the Pirus and the Honda Insight which said they both lacked power. ie Quote "would get convincingly screwed over at every set of lights by a 5 year old hyundai excel" This article was about 3 years old did you find the the power has improved at all? The second generation Prius is heaps better than the first one in terms of drivability and power. They've improved the power quite dramatically and will do 0-100km in the amount of time a standard small car will do it (11s or so). The difference is that it has over 400Nm of torque. Lambolica wrote on Tue, 31 August 2004 09:32 The other thing which may be of interest is the Pirus they tested was an import less than 2 years old and came in a roughly 1/2 the retail price in Aust. Food for thourght. Yeah, resale values of the first generation were shocking. It's too early to tell whether this one will suffer the same fate, but judging from the demand (4 month waiting list), I think we can safely assume that it won't be as bad. Plus, I'd be getting the Prius on a novated lease, so I don't actually care about resale value. Lambolica wrote on Tue, 31 August 2004 09:32 Did you find out any info on the service schedule of the costs involved with regular maintanance for the Pirus? I wondered if it would be on par with a "normal" car until the batteries play out. Nah, no idea about the servicing. I imaging that you'd HAVE to take it back to Toyota 'coz no one else would know a thing about it. Batteries are guaranteed for 5 years. Expected lifespan of 10 years and currently $3k to replace. Although in 10 years time, it would probably be mainstream enough to only cost $500 or something like that... [Report message to a moderator]

	Subject	Poster	Date
	Drove the Prius!	Nark	Mon, 30 August 2004 07:30
	Re: Drove the Prius!	KOFFEE-BLACK	Mon, 30 August 2004 07:39
	Re: Drove the Prius!	Nark	Mon, 30 August 2004 07:45
	Re: Drove the Prius!	ae86drift	Mon, 30 August 2004 08:05
	Re: Drove the Prius!	Les	Mon, 30 August 2004 12:08
	Re: Drove the Prius!	ae86drift	Mon, 30 August 2004 12:23
	Re: Drove the Prius!	Nark	Mon, 30 August 2004 12:55
	Re: Drove the Prius!	rob_RA40	Mon, 30 August 2004 23:01
	Re: Drove the Prius!	Lambolica	Mon, 30 August 2004 23:32
	Re: Drove the Prius!	Nark	Mon, 30 August 2004 23:53
	Re: Drove the Prius!	Lambolica	Mon, 30 August 2004 23:59
	Re: Drove the Prius!	Nark	Tue, 31 August 2004 01:09
	Re: Drove the Prius!	Nark	Mon, 30 August 2004 23:41
	Re: Drove the Prius!	Ben Wilson	Tue, 31 August 2004 01:24
	Re: Drove the Prius!	Nark	Tue, 31 August 2004 01:28
	Re: Drove the Prius!	river	Tue, 31 August 2004 06:16
	Re: Drove the Prius!	Corona RT142	Tue, 31 August 2004 06:24
	Re: Drove the Prius!	Jag7799	Tue, 31 August 2004 06:53
	Re: Drove the Prius!	Nark	Tue, 31 August 2004 08:58
	Re: Drove the Prius!	Jag7799	Tue, 31 August 2004 10:07
	Re: Drove the Prius!	Nark	Tue, 31 August 2004 23:34
	Re: Drove the Prius!	Corona RT142	Tue, 31 August 2004 07:00
	Re: Drove the Prius!	Jag7799	Tue, 31 August 2004 07:08
	Re: Drove the Prius!	ZZT231	Tue, 31 August 2004 11:13
	Re: Drove the Prius!	justcallmefrank	Tue, 31 August 2004 12:44
	Re: Drove the Prius!	Corona RT142	Tue, 31 August 2004 23:29
	Re: Drove the Prius!	Nark	Tue, 31 August 2004 23:57
	Re: Drove the Prius!	Nark	Wed, 01 September 2004 00:14
	Re: Drove the Prius!	Corona RT142	Tue, 31 August 2004 23:53
	Re: Drove the Prius!	Corona RT142	Wed, 01 September 2004 00:09
	Re: Drove the Prius!	jase	Wed, 01 September 2004 13:03
	Re: Drove the Prius!	Jag7799	Wed, 01 September 2004 13:13
	Re: Drove the Prius!	dingaling	Wed, 01 September 2004 14:18
	Re: Drove the Prius!	MR 1JZ	Wed, 01 September 2004 01:40
	Re: Drove the Prius!	nitephyre	Wed, 01 September 2004 03:45
	Re: Drove the Prius!	SupraPete	Wed, 01 September 2004 06:57
	Re: Drove the Prius!	dingaling	Wed, 01 September 2004 12:05
	Re: Drove the Prius!	Corona RT142	Thu, 02 September 2004 04:18
	Re: Drove the Prius!	koen	Thu, 02 September 2004 04:26
	Re: Drove the Prius!	justcallmefrank	Thu, 02 September 2004 04:31
	Re: Drove the Prius!	ZZT231	Fri, 03 September 2004 01:14
	Re: Drove the Prius!	Corona RT142	Thu, 02 September 2004 04:33
	Re: Drove the Prius!	justcallmefrank	Thu, 02 September 2004 05:04
	Re: Drove the Prius!	Tats	Fri, 03 September 2004 00:41
	Re: Drove the Prius!	Nark	Fri, 03 September 2004 00:51
	Re: Drove the Prius!	Corona RT142	Thu, 02 September 2004 05:15
	Re: Drove the Prius!	mick	Thu, 02 September 2004 05:36
	Re: Drove the Prius!	MacroP	Thu, 02 September 2004 10:07
	Re: Drove the Prius!	Jag7799	Fri, 03 September 2004 01:16
	Re: Drove the Prius!	Nark	Fri, 03 September 2004 02:07
	Re: Drove the Prius!	rob_RA40	Thu, 02 September 2004 11:10
	Re: Drove the Prius!	dingaling	Thu, 02 September 2004 11:28
	Re: Drove the Prius!	bbaacchhyy	Thu, 02 September 2004 21:58

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