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Old March 13th 05, 11:07 PM
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> To owners of 2004/2005 Toyota Prius,
>
> I'm shopping for a new car, and 2005 Toyota Prius is one of the
> candidates. So far, there are many good reviews about this car. I'd
> like to get some of your opinions here.
>
> 1. Do you have any problem driving your 2004/2005 Prius on snow.
>
> In particular, the following complaint kinda scares me. I'm just
> wondering if this is a general problem.
>
>

http://www.autoweb.com/content/resea...Action/Reviews
>
> "it hesitates so bad, that it becomes even dangerous. when you
> accelerate (in snow), it looks like the electric motor for some

reason
> does not allow the gas engine to kick in and hesitates really bad, I
> can't emphasized enough how bad it is. To the point that it takes

such
> a long time to pick up speed, that is literally dangerous to pull

over
> a highway"
>
>
> 2. How about the cross-wind on the highway? Is it a major problem to
> you?
>
> 3. Do you have any other problems with your Toyota Prius?
>
> Thanks for your time and comments!
> Dom



Don't know about snow but here in Texas it works great...

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