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Old 01-06-2024, 01:50 AM   #321 (permalink)
Isaac Zachary
High Altitude Hybrid
 
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Avalon - '13 Toyota Avalon HV
90 day: 40.45 mpg (US)

Prius - '06 Toyota Prius
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Originally Posted by JSH View Post
If you need AWD the Prius eAWD is not the one to get. As Hayden mentioned it is so weak that it can't move the vehicle with the front wheels on rollers and the rear wheels on dry pavement. The rear motor is literally too weak to move the car.

Toyota is just basically just slapping an AWD label on the car and collecting an another $1400.
Googling says it's got 40hp. (?) But at what speed?

On snow and ice, a small amount of torque on the rear wheels may be all that's needed to get unstuck.

Then again, if I needed (and I mean actually needed, not pretend needed like most people) it would either be something with some serious ground clearance (for deep snow driving, in snow towing, snow plowing and snow-or-not off-roading) or a Toyota Corolla GR (for my racing career, obviously).

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