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MurrayDelph

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6. I wanted to get a Prius Prime

Reply to Initech (Reply #3)

Sat Jan 30, 2021, 02:03 AM

Jan 2021

(after giving up on a Tesla 3 as being too expensive once kitted out with AWD and extended range), figuring that other than the occasional road trip the majority of my driving was in a 50-mile radius. But when it came down to it, I went with the AWD version instead.

Thanks to Covid, a tank of gas lasts six-to-eight weeks.

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