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At the risk of alienating some, I think I have found what must be the most boring car to drive. Over a week with a Prius and other then 57.1mpg I can find nothing memorable or enjoyable about it. No wonder Prius driver's drive so conservatively, there is little point in exploring the car's dynamic capabilities. It isn't particularly comfortable, it is noisy at speed (the tyre roar was very noticeable), and the handling was non-existent. Did Toyota's engineers deliberately design a car that has no emotion. I have a GR Yaris at home and it impossible to believe the same company can produce two such different cars. Am I missing something? Or is this the future and driving will no longer be enjoyable?
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This is the future.
My S Cross is an uninspiring drive but returns similar mileage. except for indicators and wipers everything else is strategically placed to make you avoid touching or looking at it while driving.
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The Prius III is a car designed for comfort and economy not excitement. It seems to fulfils those criteria according to reviews.
What is wrong with driving conservatively? There would be far fewer accidents if everyone did.
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The Prius will drive for hundreds of thousands of miles. That's what it does best. That's why so many mini cab drivers run them.
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Had a Toyota hybrid albeit a Corrolla rather then Prius as hire car on holiday.
Did all that was asked but if it were a sandwich it'd be a processed Cheddar slice in white bread.
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It's all part of the process of eliminating human 'driving'. Soon, I suppose it will be a Prius doing the driving. Already, 'changing gear', let alone 'double de-clutching', is an accomplishment more and more drivers eschew. And, judging by a local curvy road's hedge impaled by a couple of cars last week, 'steering' seems to be somewhat troublesome nowadays.
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>> And, judging by a local curvy road's hedge impaled
>> by a couple of cars last week, 'steering' seems to be somewhat troublesome nowadays.
I think I'm at the other end of the County to you but in 36 years here we've seen countless cars 'off' themselves on the double bends coming into the village.
Either excess speed or they clip the verge, over correct, and lose control.
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>> Either excess speed or they clip the verge, over correct, and lose control.
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Over correcting is extremely dangerous. People get tired, maybe have a microsleep, find themselves with two wheels on the verge. They over correct, veer across to the other side of the road and roll the car. Lots of fatalities that way.
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That's an interesting point you raise CG Norwich. My mother-in-law, whose car it is, has altered her driving style since having a Prius and now is one of the "conservative" drivers I referred to. The irony being she is averaging just over an incident per annum. It is clear when watching her that she finds the car too easy (that may be the wrong word) to drive and to my mind loses concentration. She has also lost her ability to park as it usually does it for her. I am convinced the various aids have reduced her spatial awareness and response times.
Last edited by: Ex Alfa man on Wed 17 Jun 26 at 12:53
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Depends what you mean by driving conservatively. I would say it means driving within speed limits, keeping a safe distance, being patient, and generally obeying the Highway Code.
What do you mean?
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I think the word might be mimsing.
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If that is what you call driving safely, legally and giving due consideration to other road users then you can call it what you like.
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>> Depends what you mean by driving conservatively. I would say it means driving within speed
>> limits, keeping a safe distance, being patient, and generally obeying the Highway Code.
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>> What do you mean?
I prefer to think in terms of attention level, observation and accommodation/defensiveness. I see a lot of people driving conservatively, i.e. slowly and for the most part safely, but quite badly. They get too close to traffic around them, obstruct other traffic needlessly by poor positioning at junctions, become rolling roadblocks, and can't control their speed using the accelerator to save their lives, always catching the car in front and then braking. Just being slow is not being cautious.
Like most people I think I'm a brilliant driver, which is corroborated by my insurance record but contradicted by the number of speed awareness courses I have been on.
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