Prius

spinybif_2

Have been offered 07 Prius T spirit, all bells and whistles including leather, 35,000miles, 2 owners - £10,600. 12 month Toyota warranty with balance of 8 year warranty on battery pack. Is this a good buy ?

wobbley

Only if you're an actor, and a 'luvvie'. A Toyota Pious is only a an ecological statement not a seriously economical car.

Flyboy152

I would hold out for a little more off, but you won't be doing too badly at that price; it's not a rip off price.

Rossy.

wobbley wrote: »

Only if you're an actor, and a 'luvvie'. A Toyota Pious is only a an ecological statement not a seriously economical car.

+1

It's also one of the ugliest cars on the road

I'd buy a diesel

jase1

My problem with these is the ability to service them outside the dealer network. Especially as they get older, you don't want to be tied in to Mr £75 an hour in his glass house.

The car itself has proven to be remarkably tough and trouble-free considering how complex it is. Looks are subjective, the car itself undoubtedly has a lot of cool factor if you're a technology geek, but I don't think it will ever qualify as a "cheap little runaround".

bungle4by4

toyota pious, love it!!

honestly, i'd avoid it like the plague, hideous, hateful thing

Kilty_2

Can buy a year old diesel Mondeo for that money, so can't see why you wouldn't.

Unless the zero congestion charge thing is going to save you a lot of money.

gilbert_and_sullivan

The car seems a reasonable buy, but keep in mind that the older shape is looking dated and values will drop as the new shape becomes more available on the used market, might be worth hanging on a year and finding a current model, course if you like the older model then get it.

As for attitudes to them, i doubt those that hate them have ever driven one in it's designed role, as an almost silent and refined ultra economical urban transport.
For a shortish commute especially involving traffic stop start the car is a pleasure, silent, smooth, infinitely controllable and very economical in that environment, you could hardly describe the usual Diesel equivalent drive like that.

You can't hear or feel the petrol engine kick in as speed increases, it's quite uncanny.

Long high speed motorway jouney's are not it's natural home and agreed economically it doesn't stack up against Diesel...though automatic (proper not automated manual gearbox from hell) Diesels are thin on the ground, but put in it's designed role and it's another story.

Hammyman

They are no more economical than a diesel.

flyingscotno1

Hammyman wrote: »

They are no more economical than a diesel.

Unless you drive a modern diesel in town!

Viper_7

Also factor in that the batteries will soon need replacing (the warranty does not cover wear and tear but component failure), at several £thou as they will be near their end of useful life, in that they just won't charge/hold their charge sufficiently to warrant carrying around all that extra weight, thus no longer economical. Hence why these vehicles depreciate so rapidly in the first 3 years.