Was a little apprehensive about the Prius until a friend suggested I should rent one first, before committing to buying it. I strongly suggest doing so.
Located a rental service that offered Prius and took the car for a week. Wow! Did not want to return it.
I drive about 2500 miles monthly and my Jeep Liberty averaged about 16 mpg. The Prius gave me about 49 mpg and at $3 pg the savings should be not less than $300 monthly. That along should pay for the car.
The rental company I found through rentahybridcar.com gave me a sticker that said: Hey Opec. Go Refine YourSelf! With the name of the site rentahybridcar.com
Instead of complaining about the price of gas , I finally did something about it and bought the Prius. No wonder Toyota is kicking the @#% out of the US makers.