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  1. I swapped out of an V6 Audi A4 Avant to this which may seem like a crazy thing to do but I became increasingly intolerant of the appalling ride quality and lack of (legal) opportunity to use the performance and , having read the Autocar long term test of the Plug In, decided to try one as it seemed like it would suit my everyday needs. Toyota Stratford were excellent and let me have their demonstrator for the day so I could really get a feel for the car. What struck me straightaway was the amazing ride quality - it was like someone had resurfaced the roads when I wasn't looking - and the excellent overall refinement, especially in EV mode. Excel spec meant it had all the toys I wanted and a good deal was done on a car sourced elsewhere in the dealer network. After a month my impressions are: Good It rides better than any car I've had in 20 years Average fuel economy is a barely believable 131mpg, including a good amount of motorway driving and I don't drive like I'm on an eco run. 30 miles in EV mode is easily achievable which covers a good proportion of my day to day pottering about. Recharging from the household supply is under 3 hours (flat to fully charged) Refinement. It's so quiet although there's a bit of road noise (probably because the car is so quiet overall). Fab sound system. Stunningly good headlights. Bad Boot space is silly. If Hyundai can figure out how to produce a plug in Ioniq with decent boot space, Toyota should be able to. Horn. So embarrassingly skweaky I try not to use it. Upgrade imminent! Overall, this is an excellent car and one I would not have considered if it hadn't been for the Autocar test.
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  2. Yes - when you switch off the auto mode it just works like normal.
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  3. Interesting - so it still has a 'high beam' then and not just a constantly-adjusting adaptive beam? The auto high beam on my GS is hopeless, so it's got to be an improvement on that. I'm used to being flashed anyway, as people don't like the Lexus HIDs even when they're dipped!
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  4. I don't have a good point of reference for fuel economy as I changed the tyres soon after buying the car (some Chinese muck on the front when I got it, and random stuff on the back), but I find the noise, grip and handling OK. I had to replace two of them due to uneven wear after about 16k miles (two on one side affected due to being rotated), but the other two are up to about 20k now. From what I've seen, the EU tyre label ratings aren't that useful at all.
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  5. I'm waiting for a project to complete before getting one! I wish the glass roof was available on the Prius! I definitely missed it (I understand why it isn't an option). The seats in the Excel (leather) were not quite as I thought they'd be - they felt as if lacking in padding, yet ended up being the most comfortable seats I've ever sat in. They made the Yaris seats feel positively hard! The car I had second time, didn't have the tonneau cover, but the first one did. The dealership were going to charge it for me, but the sales guy who used it left the cable at home! I charged it using charge mode. The ride quality alone is worth the price of admission, and I got used to the side display. I agree with the comments of the speed limiter and adaptive cruise hijacking the display - annoying! I got used to hitting "Return" on the steering, though it was an unwelcome distraction. For me I thought adaptive cruise worked well. It seemed to ignore the traffic in the other lanes, which I was looking for specifically. I thought it might detect them and react inappropriately, but it behaved as I expected. Note I ran it at far distance (3). Maybe it is less paranoid due to braking distance? My only concern with the system is whether dirt on the sensors affects operation. I could see me cleaning the front often, to be sure. I'm also unsure if where it "looks" is steerable, e.g. when going around a long corner, whether the cruise looks to the side slightly. It would be very impressive if it did. Overall I liked/loved everything about the car. The only negative I found (roof) was due to already having it on my current car. The auto headlights weren't a problem 90% of the time, but they did struggle on hilly roads with detecting oncoming traffic. It dimmed, but didn't cancel high beam, causing traffic to flash me. I also found it wasn't quite sensitive enough to tail lights, so at a long distance it would use high beam. The auto switch was easy to operate (IMHO), and once I learned where to feel the switch, I could switch it off when necessary. I wish it was possible to set the speed below which it went into EV mode. With any electric charge (not hybrid mode) it tried to use it all whenever possible. It would have been better if it could remain as a hybrid above 60 MPH (or even 50 MPH), and only use electric mode below this speed. I think I could have got even better economy as a result. As it was I was easily achieving a computer-reported 80+ MPG. I've glanced at Lexus a few times, but the Prius seems unbeatable.
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  6. I seen one I that colour in real life, and only for a short period of time (not travelling in same direction). I like the colour from what I seen plus brochures/adverts. Still like more my Hypersonic Red though.
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  7. I'm also not known for being a paragon of style, but it really is such a 90s throwback shade that it seems completely at odds with such a 'futuristic' car. To be fair, I think my reaction was probably more about the shock of how different it looked out in the sunshine to how it had looked on screen. If I'd seen it in real life first, I might not have found it so off-putting. Still, the dealer's reduced the price by another £1000 since I saw the car, and it's been on their forecourt for a while now. If they keep going, it won't be long before they reach the derisory offer I made them. At which point, being a cheap tart with very few principles, I might actually be tempted. I could always get it wrapped!
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  8. by coincidence, I'm having 2 of these fitted to my car at the 30k service in the morning. The old rear tyres will go on the front, and when they wear down to 3mm I'll get 2 more Dunlops. I did exactly the same on my last Gen 3 Prius, and one of the reasons I chose the Dunlops was their 68 dB noise rating. It didn't make a noticeable difference when I had just 2 on the rear, but once all four were fitted the car was much quieter on all but the roughest surfaces.
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  9. The rear of the C-HR definitely looked claustrophobic with the small, high windows and dark headlining. I didn't get in, as nobody ever sits in the back of our cars, but it certainly didn't look spacious. I could well imagine how it would be off-putting if adults were going to be travelling in the back. I agree about the instruments - I much prefer a digital dash, and the lack of HUD was annoying. However, I did manage to configure a nice large digital speedo in the section between the dials that made up for that a little. It's interesting that you got better mpg than you expected, as it was much worse than I thought it would be at 51mpg. Granted, that was mainly dual carriageway at 70mph but given that it's summer time, I thought that was surprisingly poor really. I can do better than that on the same journey in my GS, and my wife manages high 50s from our 8-year old Auris HSD at this time of year thrashing up and down the A11 to Norwich. Given that she is to hypermiling what Bernard Manning was to race relations, I doubt she'd crack 50mpg in the C-HR. Also interesting that you mention the lack of whine whilst pulling away. I didn't notice that, but I did think that it made a much more pronounced whine when on re-gen! Something else I didn't mention, but which is another off-putting aspect of the C-HR, is Toyota's bizarre approach to specification. Excel spec has pleasantly quilted leather seats and the 'Nanoe' climate control (which I have on the GS and which makes a real difference in avoiding dry-eye) but for some reason it's saddled with crap halogen headlights and can't be spec'd with a black roof. The Dynamic has LED lights (and the attractive black roof) but has a terrible blue and purple cloth interior unless you pay more for the leather option, and even then it's inferior to the Excel version. Worse, you can't get the Nanoe climate, even as a paid option on the Dynamic. Who dreams up this nonsense? I want top-of-the-range to be exactly that - every available feature on one spec!
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  10. I agree. On the PiP, whilst plugged in surely there's no chance of flattening the 12V battery (I understand it's charged at the same time when plugged in). I can sort of understand not allowing READY mode, but surely unlimited ACCessory mode would be fine. The standard Gen 4 Prius cancels ACCessory mode after 20 minutes, with a message on the top left MFD that's it's saving the battery.
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  11. I have the HUD on my gen3 and its fantastic, driving my wifes Yaris hybrid makes me miss it, as i can see the HSI and speed in my immediate view. Have you tried adjusting it up and down, along with the seat? Or making it brighter / dimmer and seeing if that helps? Mine is crystal clear, and as its the same for you in different cars maybe its something you just need to become accustomed too?
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  12. My auto dip works from 27 mph and higher, but I've stopped using it. In my experience, it only works well on fairly straight single carriageways. Maybe they've updated it since my early 2016 model. Some of the country back roads I use at night are very dark and twisty, with lots of trees, bushes and embankments. Having no high beam below even 27 is quite a disadvantage and the location of the switch near the right knee to enable/disable the feature is too hard to safely operate in such conditions. On roads with more bends or dual carriageways, I get flashed by almost every oncoming vehicle if I don't manually cancel it quickly. It's also too keen to show high-beams to cars in front which I'd prefer not to do. I agree the headlights are the best I've ever experienced. I just wish I could turn off the auto activation. The first three Prius (2 Gen 1s and a Gen 3) I bought with my own money were demonstrators and I found no downsides at all from buying them. With the Gen 4, it had so many features I really, really wanted I couldn't wait and paid for my impatience accordingly, but certainly no regrets. I took delivery 2 years ago last Sunday, and the almost 4 month wait for it was agony.
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