I expect to find myself overstepping the 30mph mark in a cheeky Mazda,but not in thisIt is commonplace to remark that the Toyota Prius surprises pedestrians by sneaking up on them when they, in their bovine 20th-centuriness, or are still expecting cars to gain a noise. What I didnt expect was how much it would surprise me while I was actually driving it.
It is so noiseless,and I am so conditioned to associate cars moving with engines revving, that even while my foot was on the accelerator, or I was still astonished to find myself hurtling towards a tree. And that was nothing on the poke it has as you pootle around town. I expect to find myself overstepping the 30mph mark in a cheeky Mazda,but to catch myself hurtling like a country driver in a car whose raison d’etre is to be the goody-two-shoes of the road was… well, it was like the arrival of some horrific and unwanted self-awareness. possibly it’s not the car and has never been the car. possibly I just possess a heavy right foot. Related: Peugeot 208 GTI car review ‘It’s gunning for the boy racer market’ Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com