My neighbour has had one of these from new when he got it back in 2001. Everything on the car is still original apart from new tyres and brakes (only once) in 78,000. It still feels brand new and is doing 55mpg on average. Wonderfully built car, that just keeps on going and going. Completely trouble free.
This is my car exactly. Ive had it for almost 20 years with not one major repair and its going strong with 585,000 miles on the odometer. Just brakes, tires, and one wheelbearing. I almost lived in my car for work for a while.
i miss my 2003. the smartest, most practical car i've ever driven, that also was quiet and roomy [i'm 6'3"] and rode well over the rough stuff. fit into any parking spot, i useta LOVE to squeeze into the partial slot leftover when some pig iron driver would selfishly take up two spaces. :D
@@BruceTheSillyGoose ikr lol. My aunt has a 2006 Prius with over 250k miles. surprisingly she hasn't had any problems lately. but when it does have a problem its pricey.
I have two Gen 1 Prius' and they both work ok still, after many repairs that should never have been necessary! Replaced wheel bearings, HV battery's, power steering racks, sensors etc. The cars only have about 150K and most all this stuff happened much sooner than that. Toyota was of zero help too. Really poor customer support for a car that should have been top of the line in its day. Poor QC at the factory apparently, and Toyota taking NO responsibility for any of it. The next Gen2 which was 2004-2010 was little better. In some ways it was worse than the Gen1, 1999-2003. Gen 2 has water leaks, corrosion, leaking HV cells, computers going nuts, etc.
@Misirac altudamecekas uhh im sorry but no lol. And if you want to get really detailed about it, the first-ever gasoline-electric hybrid was invented in 1899 by Dr. Ferninand Porshe. And also I'm not talking about the weird auto quirks of foreign countries. I'm talking about the best country in the world.
He is a car guy who loves the Prius lol the wirdest thing I ever heard Prius is the shittiest car ever and any person who drives one is automatically a non ca guy no adfence
@@jayfrosextra how can you claim i am random. Look at the end sentence it doesn't make any sense. XD It looked like you typed and collapsed or something.
My neighbour has had one of these from new when he got it back in 2001. Everything on the car is still original apart from new tyres and brakes (only once) in 78,000. It still feels brand new and is doing 55mpg on average. Wonderfully built car, that just keeps on going and going. Completely trouble free.
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This is my car exactly. Ive had it for almost 20 years with not one major repair and its going strong with 585,000 miles on the odometer. Just brakes, tires, and one wheelbearing. I almost lived in my car for work for a while.
Nice to see that some of the sarcasm was there in the early days
i miss my 2003. the smartest, most practical car i've ever driven, that also was quiet and roomy [i'm 6'3"] and rode well over the rough stuff. fit into any parking spot, i useta LOVE to squeeze into the partial slot leftover when some pig iron driver would selfishly take up two spaces. :D
I would like one cause you can get an 03 for nothing but they are so ugly...
@@blaineh7929 beware, old priuses are moneypits.
@@BruceTheSillyGoose ikr lol. My aunt has a 2006 Prius with over 250k miles. surprisingly she hasn't had any problems lately. but when it does have a problem its pricey.
Too bad it wasn't Jeremy Clarkson as the voiceover. He would've said Toyota "Pry-us".
And if you get the American version the gear lever is bigger than a handbrake
You ediot pony
I car good
3:39 Yeah I'm pretty sure there is in fact a battery in that car.
I have two Gen 1 Prius' and they both work ok still, after many repairs that should never have been necessary! Replaced wheel bearings, HV battery's, power steering racks, sensors etc. The cars only have about 150K and most all this stuff happened much sooner than that. Toyota was of zero help too. Really poor customer support for a car that should have been top of the line in its day. Poor QC at the factory apparently, and Toyota taking NO responsibility for any of it. The next Gen2 which was 2004-2010 was little better. In some ways it was worse than the Gen1, 1999-2003. Gen 2 has water leaks, corrosion, leaking HV cells, computers going nuts, etc.
80mpg wtf my 3rd gen can only manage 65mpg
It Imperial mpg not us mpg
@@delusionsalyer Imperial and overly optimistic (old Japanese cycle). It and later gens can definitely do +80mpg, on an empty 80kmh stretch.
who is this? matt leblanc?
Quentin Willson, one of the proper old, legitimate TopGear presenters.
toyota
That’s false! The worlds first car to be a hybrid was actually the Honda Insight
@Misirac altudamecekas uhh im sorry but no lol. And if you want to get really detailed about it, the first-ever gasoline-electric hybrid was invented in 1899 by Dr. Ferninand Porshe. And also I'm not talking about the weird auto quirks of foreign countries. I'm talking about the best country in the world.
@Misirac altudamecekasoh im sorry I meant 1898 my mistake
@Misirac altudamecekas and also why would you assume I live in the UK
@@blaineh7929 u said “the world”
Classic ameritard
He is a car guy who loves the Prius lol the wirdest thing I ever heard Prius is the shittiest car ever and any person who drives one is automatically a non ca guy no adfence
I think it's trying to communicate.
But yet you’re here?! Stfu! 🖕
I think this dude had a fit and died.
@@gentlebabarian really. random but ok. dam this comment i made 3 years ago looks so cringe lol i was a toxic car guy then i hated on a bunch of cars
@@jayfrosextra how can you claim i am random. Look at the end sentence it doesn't make any sense. XD
It looked like you typed and collapsed or something.