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Today I managed to get a testdrive with the Toyota Prius (thanks to Garage Holvoet in Dendermonde).

Remarks:

• Very quiet. Amazingly quiet. Sheesh. Too quiet :p
• Very smooth driving. You don’t notice the engine starting or stopping unless you really pay attention
• Comfy seats
• Distracting multi-info display. It’s too tempting to watch :p
• The CVT is nice, but strange (normal since I’m used to driving stick-shift cars)
• Annoying beeping when driving backwards - it’s a safety feature, since in this mode it’s only running on electric power
• Slow-ish feeling acceleration - but this could have been me. I’m very careful with other people’s cars ;)
• The absense of engine noise makes you drive too fast very easily - this is something to get used to

Overall, I’m very pleased with the car. It’s currently on my nr. 1 spot.

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