Yaris vs Prius

[Zaphod]

Originally Posted by krolos

There is no comparison between the two as far as I am concerned,
my sisters 2008 prius is way smoother seems faster too and even
when the gas engine kicks in it is way more quiet than my Yaris,
you get what you pay for, if I could afford a Prius I don't think I
would buy one , if I had that kind of money I think I would
drive a Tacoma 4x4 .

Yaris buyer wants cheap reliable transportation.

Prius buyer wants Eco friendly transportation

Not when they already have a 1953 F250 ... I really like everything about the Tacoma save for the gas mileage, but a guy's dream truck is his dream truck

Besides, I just dream of the day that flathead dies so I can justify dropping ANY small diesel I want in her.

Sorry, couldn't resist

I can't imagine that those batteries aren't recycled as significant as core charges are on lead acid batteries, but what do I know?

[alam99]

Originally Posted by krolos

Ya it is common fact that a product manufacture whether it is
computer or auto they will provide some recycle outlet for the
consumer , they then sell the material for very cheap or free who knows?
and this overseas taker will make use of very little of this and the rest
goes into the ground and contaminate the water supply, people
get sick , there was a thing on sixty minutes a few years ago
and in this case it was cell phone batteries, so much for the
Prius being Green, oh well I guess Prius drivers still think they are cool
and Hip

I did some research on the Prius a while back. Toyota offers $200 to recyclers / junk yards for old Prius batteries.

Views on yarisworld are skewed toward Yaris, naturally. If you want another point of view, check out www.priuschat.com. It'll be skewed in the other direction, but at least you'll get better Prius information and can make a better informed decision. Best of luck and let us know how it goes.