 The Fuel economy was unbelievable.  Good, excellent even, but:  and it's a big one.    The machine rides like a buckboard.  Rough, very rough.  The struts do not do the job.   If you live down the street from your work and all are paved roads in good repair then it's worth considering for the fuel savings alone.   The resale value/ trade-in was not all it was cracked up to be.   The largest disappointment were the mice.   Literally.  We had mice in the battery compartment, mice in the  spare, mice in the rear seat.   Mice in the ac.   The mice were colonies.  The fought, they died, they stunk, and stunk and stunk until we had to give up the ride.   They came in though the engine cowling at the hood, under the wipers.   They chewed through the cabin filter.   We had them cleaned out by the dealership once, very expensive, and the car sanitized.   They came again, we cleaned it out ourselves and placed wire over the air intakes under the wipers (YouTube) but during the summer every time we hit a bump, you guessed it:  The smell of decaying mice through the air vents.  Finally we traded for a Subaru.  it's a much better ride but I sure do miss that 51 mpg.Finally traded that rascal for a Subaru Forester, a much better vehicle but only about 30 mpg hwy.  The Prius was good for the gas mileage but little else.  It rode like a buckboard, had no room,  attracted mice and was poorly constructed.  The struts were terrible.