Our base model 2005 silver Prius has surpassed our expectations ever since we bought it last April. We are averaging in the 52 to 54 mpg range since I started a job a month ago that required a 36 mile roundtrip daily commute. We were averaging almost 50 mpg before the new job.
The only complaint I have after 4000+ miles is that sometimes when I try to turn up the radio volume (using the "volume" knob on the radio), it instead changes the tuning to a different station. This is particularly annoying since usually when I try to turn it up, it's because there is a song or a news story that I really want to hear. Often by the time I have retuned it to the right station, I've missed it completely. I thought at first that I might have accidentally turned the "tuning" knob instead of the "VOLUME" knob, but in later occurances I double checked and it is the volume knob that I've been turning. Just wondering if anyone else has experienced any similar problems.
The only complaint I have after 4000+ miles is that sometimes when I try to turn up the radio volume (using the "volume" knob on the radio), it instead changes the tuning to a different station. This is particularly annoying since usually when I try to turn it up, it's because there is a song or a news story that I really want to hear. Often by the time I have retuned it to the right station, I've missed it completely. I thought at first that I might have accidentally turned the "tuning" knob instead of the "VOLUME" knob, but in later occurances I double checked and it is the volume knob that I've been turning. Just wondering if anyone else has experienced any similar problems.