I took a mini vacation, and as usual when traveling far away, I spend a couple bucks at Budget and get me a car. They're nearby and have good online rates, etc.
Anyhow, Sunday when I was picking up the car, they walked me out to a Prius. I was sort of upset/shocked at first sight. I was like "Uh, um, that's a Prius... that's what I'm getting?"
Anyhow, running a bit late, I got into it, after getting past the obstacle of starting it and finding the e-brake, off I was. (I guess the start button requires you to put your foot on the brake for it to start- I figured that out after about 10 presses of the button and some choice words)
Anyhow, off I was. I guess this was a brand spanking new 2014 with like 1500 miles on it. I normally like cars that have higher mileage and scratches and some dings, so I'm less paranoid.
But I hit the road, went down south to the LA area.
Not a bad little car, I was surprised. Very practical, very comfortable driving car, the seats had great support, though a tad stiff on the bottom seat part- so after 4 to 5 hours driving, my but-tocks was slightly soar. OK power- nothing you'd win any races with (I had eco mode turned on for the most part) Steering wheel was in a good overall position, and the gas pedal was also in a comfortable position. Smooth driving, good handling, quiet driving. Good sounding radio.
GAS MILEAGE, WOW.
This shows the car pushing 49mpg.
From Universal City (Universal Studios) to where I filled up was 317 miles -it didn't need gas, but when they gave it to me they said it was full and I needed to return it full, but the LCD was down one line. It took like 45-50 miles of driving to drop a bar, so topping it off 30 miles before taking it back would still show full
This fill up yielded like 47 mpg. Amazing. Only 6.7 gallons. On the way down, it wasn't full, drove like 360 mile, and it took 8.4 gallons. That's like over double the mileage my ranger can get on it's best day.
The only things I didn't like about the car was the Reverse beeping. (Not sure if it can be turned off, but very annoying)and the only other thing I can think of that I didn't like was the rear pullout hatch cover was pain to latch properly. You almost need both hands to do it.
Only one other annoyance was the key fob, and here is why. (This car didn't have the auto unlock feature- little black square in the door handle) To unlock, press the button to unlock, throw the key fob in your pocket, start car. Then turn car off, get out of car, reach into pocket, lock, back in pocket. So its an additional step every time vs. the conventional key system.
But overall, talk about a little car that impressed me quite a bit.
Anyhow, Sunday when I was picking up the car, they walked me out to a Prius. I was sort of upset/shocked at first sight. I was like "Uh, um, that's a Prius... that's what I'm getting?"
Anyhow, running a bit late, I got into it, after getting past the obstacle of starting it and finding the e-brake, off I was. (I guess the start button requires you to put your foot on the brake for it to start- I figured that out after about 10 presses of the button and some choice words)
Anyhow, off I was. I guess this was a brand spanking new 2014 with like 1500 miles on it. I normally like cars that have higher mileage and scratches and some dings, so I'm less paranoid.
But I hit the road, went down south to the LA area.
Not a bad little car, I was surprised. Very practical, very comfortable driving car, the seats had great support, though a tad stiff on the bottom seat part- so after 4 to 5 hours driving, my but-tocks was slightly soar. OK power- nothing you'd win any races with (I had eco mode turned on for the most part) Steering wheel was in a good overall position, and the gas pedal was also in a comfortable position. Smooth driving, good handling, quiet driving. Good sounding radio.
GAS MILEAGE, WOW.
This shows the car pushing 49mpg.
From Universal City (Universal Studios) to where I filled up was 317 miles -it didn't need gas, but when they gave it to me they said it was full and I needed to return it full, but the LCD was down one line. It took like 45-50 miles of driving to drop a bar, so topping it off 30 miles before taking it back would still show full
This fill up yielded like 47 mpg. Amazing. Only 6.7 gallons. On the way down, it wasn't full, drove like 360 mile, and it took 8.4 gallons. That's like over double the mileage my ranger can get on it's best day.
The only things I didn't like about the car was the Reverse beeping. (Not sure if it can be turned off, but very annoying)and the only other thing I can think of that I didn't like was the rear pullout hatch cover was pain to latch properly. You almost need both hands to do it.
Only one other annoyance was the key fob, and here is why. (This car didn't have the auto unlock feature- little black square in the door handle) To unlock, press the button to unlock, throw the key fob in your pocket, start car. Then turn car off, get out of car, reach into pocket, lock, back in pocket. So its an additional step every time vs. the conventional key system.
But overall, talk about a little car that impressed me quite a bit.