Uh, no, Stiff is not trolling at all. His concerns are very understandable.

The car is indeed quite large; parking is more difficult with it than with other cars I'm used to driving. It's not longer than the previous Camry, I don't think, but both are very long cars.

Regarding performance, one of the quoted comments was correct -- the car can be very quick if you floor it, but the travel on the pedal is pretty long. That's done so it's easy to do things like staying in electric-only mode, which requires gentle throttle. So you might get tired if you floor it *everywhere*.

However the car is not as complicated as people think -- for example, automatic transmissions are very complicated (and are poorly done on the regular Camry), but the hybrid doesn't have a transmission per se. It basically uses two electric motors instead, and motors/generators are extremely simple machines. Engines can suffer all sorts of problems, but a motor never will.

Regarding fun, I find it really enjoyable to drive, but this depends on what you're used to. I've owned a VW Jetta and a 2006 Civic Hybrid, and have extensively driven an Audi A4. I liked the Jetta the best, but the Camry Hybrid is still quite good. The steering just isn't as good as the Jetta's.

Oh, with the mileage I've been getting (and I'm not a slow driver by any means), the low-fuel light goes on between 510-530 miles on the three tanks I've done so far. 530 miles per tank! And the light actually goes off while there are still almost three gallons in the tank, so you can drive it further. For example, I drove 65 miles after the light went off on my last tank, going 586 miles on that tank.

Still, it sounds like you might enjoy the Honda Fit more. That's an excellent car, it gets mileage in the 30s, it's safe, it's cheap, and it's very easy to park. Though it's not very fast and the cruising range is short (something like 8.5 gallons are used before the light goes off, so you might not even go 300 miles per tank).