Used Toyota Prius for Sale in Spokane, WA

Overall, the Prius has been fun to drive, especially on family trips. It gets great mileage and handles hills better than I'd expected, even lots of hills like driving through Oregon's coast range. It averages around 45 miles per gallon, though I expect it would have better mileage if we drove it more in heavy traffic. The power mode feature is useful for handling hills or needing to accelerate to get onto the freeway, and the eco mode is useful for driving in heavy stop and go traffic. It holds a lot more than we'd expected, especially with the seats folded down. The one downside is that the braking feels very rough and sudden. I suspect that it's because of the mechanism that uses the brakes to power the battery. Applying what would be normal pressure to the breaks on another vehicle makes the Prius brake uncomfortably hard and fast, and can jolt the passengers very abruptly. Other than that, it handles well, and there's been no issues with its performance since we acquired it last winter. Getting to turn the car off and on with a button is also fun and interesting. Our family also enjoys the feature that allows you to hook up on iPod directly to the Prius' speakers - great for long trips when you're often going in and out of radio station range.

We bought this as a "third" vehicle and it has become the primary. Living 30 miles out of town, it is such a commuter. It beats our Passat hands down. At 220K miles it is still going strong. We have had only minor maintenance and getting the work done by the dealership is surprisingly reasonable. In every possible way imaginable this car has been completely worth every penny we paid for it and then some. It is safe to boot, and can easily fit three carseats or three average build people in the back seat. We have taken this car places no one would ever imagine a Prius could go (think off grid communities in the back woods of Montana... literally). It is a trooper. We have three vehicles and it is a well spoken fact that when one of the other two gives out it will be replaced with another Prius.