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If you're wanting a car to tinker with, the Civic would be a good one. Its quite capable of great mileage especially in 5mt trim. If you're looking for a reliable car that gets good mileage pretty much no matter what (or who drives it), go with the Prius. The batteries just last, they don't have anywhere near the issues that that generation Civic has. I've owned two 04 Prius, and an 03 Civic (non hybrid, but same suspension, etc as the hybrid). The Civic needed a ton more work done to it vs the two Prius which I've virtually had to do nothing to.
That being said, I still own my 2nd Prius. Its my wife's car and she loves it. But, I always have my eye out (and a craigslist email notification setup) for a deal on a 1st gen 5mt Civic hybrid because I think it would be a really fun car to tinker with. The Civic handles much better than the Prius and that made it feel more fun to drive.
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