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Originally Posted by tbaleno
As for recomending a prius. I'm not sure I would go that route. I believe the civic has a better safety record, and since it uses basicly standard civic parts, adding electronics to it is pretty easy.
What do you Prius owners think? I don't have any experience with car/audio or computer installs in a prius. Am I right in what I'm saying?
If the goal was better milage I'd say prius all the way. But in this case I think the civic fits the requirements better.
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a) There's no way my friend would ever drive a Civic, hybrid or not. Insurance is way more expensive and they get broken into more often than any other car.
b) He is looking for maximum fuel economy with a reasonable size vehicle.
c) I can't recommend the Civic Hybrid as I've never had any experience with it.
While we understand that it may have been easier to go the Civic route for audio/video/computer installs, that's a secondary issue since basically we're confident that it can be done in any car. The Prius is also unique looking on the road without getting into the ugly-unique range. Obviously installing stuff in the Prius II will be more of a challenge than a Prius I as there's no trunk to hide stuff in so all the electronics will have to be concealed reasonably well in the back.