No, I take that back

It's probably quite reliable.

But when you _do_ need to replace shit...

priuses are used here extensively as ubers, I have no reason to dpubt their reliability being pretty good

doubt

That's true

But those drivers may lament that choice when it comes time to replace the $3000 battery

Taxis can get away with it. They can drive the car to 50k miles (or whatever they drive it to), then sell it off and forget about it.

As long as it's reliable up to then, no reason to care

well, considering city driving, I would bet that the hybrid actually pays off here in fuel saving

Maybe

but then our fuel costs are 6.50 a gallon ish and our traffic absurd

My car averages 35mpg in pure city driving. A Prius gets 55.

so it's not quite the same scenario

That's not quite a large enough difference to make up $5,200

And 2 years

Like the Prius example I gave above was 2 years older than my car

Even looking at new ones it's ridiculous

A Cruze diesel 6MT is $23k

An equivalent Prius is $1k more expensive but achieves the same average mileage per fuelly for most people

I mean, maybe it's worth it in the city, but you'd have to drive a _lot_ to make up that difference.

I think it comes down to brand value as well

Then one can bring up the $19k Corolla

"chevrolet" these days for most people is just a step above cars like Kia and below toyota

I haven't driven a prius in some considerable time, I remember the older ones were "okay" until you hit about 80-85

at which point they felt awful

I've ridden in a newer one.

It is horrendous to drive.

At a guess, I would assume the prius interior was of slightly higher quality than the cruze but I've never been in a cruze

At least it seems that way

Nah

A Cruze has about the same interior quality.

A Cruze has about the same interior quality.

I do remember the prius had surprisingly nice leather seats

Base Cruzes might be worse, but above that they'd be about equal IMO.

A Cruze has about the same interior quality.

Base Cruzes might be worse, but above that they'd be about equal IMO.

I see discord is running like shit again

Yep

I mean genuinely used car prices rarely reflect cars being good or bad, they reflect original cost and perception to a far greater degree

But again, with that you can bring up the Toyota Corolla