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Old 09-07-2022, 08:37 PM   #66 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by redpoint5 View Post
Maybe that's why I never considered the Prius as poor handling, because I never had OEM tires on it. Seemed to handle as well as any family sedan of that size with whatever tires the tire shop owner who sold it to me mounted.
The Ecopia tires that came on my Prius and Spark EV were pretty awful tires. Swapping out the stock tires / wheels for some wider rims and all-season tires help the handling on the Prius a lot. The Ecopia on my Spark EV were so dangerous in the wet that I swapped them out at only 6,000 miles.

The very budget rear suspension didn't help the Prius either but Toyota swapped in an independent rear suspension for the 4th gen.
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