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Originally Posted by FordFiestaS
My Fiesta gets mileage quite close to that of a Prius.
How could I justify purchasing a new Prius and relinquishing my Fiesta?
I gather it's like $14k for my Fiesta and 24k + for the Prius. I'm all for saving money so if you Prius owners can tell me mathematically how the Prius is advantageous, I might go get one. Even if I add a manufacturers extended warranty for a couple thousand to ward off the "lower quality" argument, I just can't see it. Help me.
Thanks in advance for being precise in your replies, as generalities can be had anywhere.
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Correction: Your Fiesta, driven intelligently, gets mileage quite close to that of a Prius, driven by a Luddite.
When I went car-shopping last February, it came down to a Prius or three-cylinder Fiesta. I was only looking at new because a) I plan on driving it into the ground b) I've never had a new-new car before and wanted one. The Prius (2013 leftover) only cost me $20k, which narrowed the gap considerably between that and what I could have gotten the Fiesta (2014) for; I get considerably better mileage out of it than I think I could have in the Ecoboost Fiesta, and much better than a 4-cylinder Fiesta which carries an EPA rating similar to my old car; and it met one of my major wants--the capacity to carry a TT bike inside without removing the front wheel or seatpost.
If your only criterion is saving money, don't buy a new car. In fact, if your only criterion is saving money, don't buy a car. For you--you already have a near-new Fiesta, keep it.