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Subscribe to this threadColumnist discovers used Civic more frugal than new Prius
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Sam @ Apr 10th 2007 10:28AM
Karesh, why are you so up in arms about a used economy car being a better deal (in absolute real-world dollars) than the Prius? With proper maintenance & synthetic oil, the Civic will probably reach 250k miles on the original powertrain with not much more than normal scheduled maintenance.
And being in Texas, the real-world mileage of the Civic & Prius is going to be pretty close on interstates. The Prius won't have much chance to use its hybrid capabilities on flat interstate at 70-80 mph.