Specifically gen <4

>>28465042 (OP)
I don't. It performs the task of being an car rather well.

>>28465042 (OP)
The interesting thing about this car was being hybrid when it was rare which is no longer the case

>>28465042 (OP)
It was a supremely average car that a certain type of insufferable person bought to virtue signal about their environmental consciousness before Tesla became a more obnoxious option.

>>28465042 (OP)
because it shits on their toyobaru while saving more gas too kek

All the fuckin ubers drive them alarmingly poorly.
Having driven a couple, they felt really cheap and had an awful lot of road noise.

>>28465042 (OP)
Goyota makes gay little cars for gay goys.

>>28465042 (OP)
Seriously, just look like them, their proportions looks just... off.

I like hybrids (at least in concept - their complexity oftentimes made repairs utter nightmares) b/c they save both money (high fuel efficiency in city driving) and time (no need to recharge), but I don't think there's enough authority in this world that can force me to like a Gen1-3 Prius.

>>28465042 (OP)
It's not the car, though the car is an appliance.
It's the drivers. Some of the worst drivers on the road are in Priuses (Prii?) and Rav-4's. I don't know what about them causes it or attracts that type of personality, but it does.

>>28465042 (OP)
People aren't actually into cars. The Prius is a perfect litmus test of this. It's purpose bred to do one thing; drive on as little fuel as possible and be as durable as possible. Even it's shape was constrained by that purpose. It's the homologation special of the daily commute.

Unfortunately, 99% of car dudes are just dickriders looking for a cod piece so this unassuming little car doesn't evoke the same appeal as something like an F40 even though technologically theyre in the same class as engineering wonders.

>>28465094
who makes cars for straight Israelites?

>>28465042 (OP)
In retrospect, was it really so bad?

Car guys 20 years ago on hybrids:
>grrrrr i HAET this fucking faggot shit
Car guys now on hybrids:
>eh it's not so bad, saves me money on gas

Car guys now on EVs:
>grrrrr i HAET this fucking faggot shit
Car guys 20 years from now on EVs:
>[smuganimeface.bmp]

>>28465042 (OP)
Cat too easy to steal, to expensive to replace. One cat theft kills the entire fuel savings for the life of the vehicle.

>>28465266
>It's the homologation special of the daily commute.
Dangerous levels of cope right now. It's a shitty regular car designed to be as ugly as possible to let everyone know you care about the environment (in 2005).

>>28465042 (OP)
Gen 2 and up is expected minicab here.
Will take an impromptu bicycle as passenger without a problem.

>>28465315
>It's a shitty regular car
it actually does “regular car” extremely well. that’s that anon’s point. you don’t care about a car being good at being a car, you would prefer an ugly old beater shitbox if you thought it was “sporty” or a “driver’s car”.

>>28465315
>It's a shitty regular car
No it's probably the best regular car on the planet and typified what the regular car would be 30 years ahead of time. Even now the average regular car is garbage and doesn't compare in terms of reliability and economy.

>Environmentalism
Red team blue team shit. Its a great car. This car saves so much fuel it's like getting a 5-10% pay raise for the average dude on the street, pre tax.

>>28465042 (OP)
>would you buy one before a Tesla
Yes.
Rattly pos thought the ones I've used are, I f* hate touchscreens in plastic cars.

>>28465042 (OP)
Ugly cars suck, and slow cars suck. This car is both.

>>28465627
When you grow a pube and get off your tits then someone in a Prius will deliver you to your home.
Not all crap cars are unreliable.

>>28465042 (OP)
Early gen 3s are known for popping head gaskets
Gen 4s are just plain ugly
Gen 5s look cooler, and have the fun party trick of being faster than shitboxes like the nu-Integra and every single previous-gen BRZ/86, but they turned too "mouse car" which alienated the uber/doordash jeets into driving Corolla/Camry hybrids instead.
Gen 2s are peak and will easily go 500k+ miles, on the other hand.

>>28465058
This