Well, it's been nearly a year since I bought a used Toyota Prius T-Spirit (2007), so I thought I'd sum up my thoughts so far.
I'm still loving the car. It's a real pleasure to drive.
Fuel consumption has varied from 45.29 mpg (16 km/l) for a fully loaded car with a pod on top driving across half of France, to 62.6 mpg (22 km/l) for a lot of driving in the country (For some reason the car particularly likes rolling country lanes - I guess it's the reasonable speeds, not much stopping, and a a number of hills to charge up the battery). Mostly it's averaged out at 54 mpg with the difference between hot and very cold temperatures being about 7 mpg.
When we took it to France for our holiday, we didn't want for luggage space. Although the boot looks a bit on the small size when first see it, the shape, and the 'secret lower level' mean you don't miss out. And the concealed side pods are very handy for flasks and bottles etc.
There has been one problem though....
Every now and then, the buttons on the front of the audio unit will stop working. You can't change the volume, channels, CDs or even switch it off....but you can still do all this from the steering wheel. Weird. It seems to be heat related i.e. It only happens on warm/hot days.
This appears to be a common problem for the Mk 2 Prius and the general advise from web forums is to get the audio unit replaced under warranty. A temporary fix I've developed is to firmly press the plastic fascia immediately below the CD eject buttons with a thumb and forefinger (spread about 4" [10cm] apart). Oh well.
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