alt Hacker NewsMy experience with hybrids have been.... mostly positive, good mileage, Toyota's drive very well, but.. I would not buy one for one pedantic, silly reason: I hate the government mandated banshee howling sound. Many ICE vehicles are just as quiet as an EV without the fake noise, and while I am not discounting that quiet vehicles can pose a hazard to pedestrians, the howling is just.. utterly obnoxious.
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I had a good experience with my prius for quite a while.
I wouldn't buy one with the noise either. I was annoyed daily that there was a loud beep during backup, which is the first thing I had to do every time I got in the car -- that beeping was inside the cabin.
Mine was apparently before that. I bought it strictly for the commute as I was really tired of shifting in stop and go traffic. People talk about having having power from low rpm's like we're drag racing, but the real win is in stop and go. Mileage also great in that situation.
But once the car hit 100k miles, it just became a nightmare with maintenance. Everything was special and somehow tied together.
More of a Toyota issue, but they wouldn't recall the headlights ceasing to work -- each one had to be replaced with their computer control something for $700. Who needs headlights? Also the rubber pad to open the trunk melted -- this happened to quite a few Prius owners in a certain time frame -- toyota insisted we all spilled something that melts rubber on a pad that faces downward.
I would be open to a hybrid, but I just bought a Honda Civic instead.
I read a comment once that referred to this as the "sad spaceship" sound and I can't stop thinking about it. So on point. I hate it.
A few drops of superglue into the speaker should work wonders. Probably very easy to DIY on your driveway in a few minutes.