Originally Posted by tags

I really wouldn't do this. I think S2000 to Fit is more reasonable. If you do suspension mods to the fit and maybe turbo down the line, it could be a blast to drive (it arguably is in stock form). You only live once... I would never want that life to involve 100,000+ miles in a desolate, soul-dissolving modern Toyota.

I'm always very weary of Prius drivers on the road. I see them in accidents constantly. They never use turn signals (or leave them on when they do), they drop anchor in the passing lane, they honk or gesture very quickly (2 times in my life ive been victim of excessive road rage... both times by old white men in Priuses in a parking garage because they were afraid i would back up into them as they gave me no room to get out of the spot), they are typically all battered up from ramming into cars while parallel parking, their drivers are generally speaking inept etc etc etc.... The only benefit to you getting a Prius is that you are probably likely to be a better Prius driver than most, coming from an s2000. Maybe you can help them make a better name for themselves.

My friend was at first a STAUNCH nonbeliever when I explained to her that Prius drivers are downright dangerous. Over the past year she has started paying attention, and is now keen to their ability to cause accidents, drift out of lanes, disobey traffic signals, fail to yield, forget turn signals exist, and tie their own shoes. Please, I beg of you, don't join this legion of tragic specimens. I know that Prius drivers are irrelevant here since you are simply buying for yourself, and perhaps I'm selfishly going on a tangential rant, but still... I cringe at the thought. Just buy an Insight or Jetta TDI or even a Kia Soul at least, anything but that deadly little hybrid.