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Originally Posted by JacobLeSann
Yeah, I’m thankful for the ~60 MPH speed limit here. I P&G even lower than that as well.
Found this today. Pretty dang low KM, but still high priced like everything else:
https://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/...rce=ios_social
I like the Prius for the fact that I can relax and get great fuel economy, but at the same time I’m really attached to my Civic. Can’t get the greatest FE but boy do I have so much fun doing it, and the thing never does die mechanically. I wish they’d make a newer, slightly larger Gen 1 Insight! Closest I can think of is the CRZ, but that doesn’t even get very good mileage or performance, for what it is.
Something I have realized is that a Prius would possibly be better on the winter. I’m sure it’s somewhere around 3800lbs compared to the 2500lbs of my car. Could make a big difference going through snow and keeping traction on ice. |
As a commercial vehicle driver for many years (from sedans to Suburbans to full sized school buses) in Colorado ski towns, I've found that the weight has very little too do with traction. A couple of the best 2WD snow traction vehicles I've driven were very light.
It has more to do with the ratio between contact patch size and weight. A light vehicle on narrow tires is the same as a heavy vehicle on wide tires. Note that dedicated winter tires have a narrower tread even with the same width tire on paper. A Civic is a great vehicle for driving in the snow with the right tires.