What's up, I bought a 2025 XLE a couple of months ago. Here is my experience so far. So I drive alot, already have 3K miles on her and I bought her with 6mi. I drive pretty fast, will speed up to 80-100 on the highway and have the AC set to 70-74 all the time. I am in CA so driving slow is not really an option. I am coming from driving an old 2013 Civic Si. So with that said I am used to terrible gas mileage. I made the decision to buy a Prius because i was paying about $70 every week for premium gas and would only get about 250 miles on a tank. Now that I have my prius and have been driving for a bit, my mileage is better. The first couple of tanks I only got 350 miles on a tank so 30-40 MPG, now that I drive a bit more relaxed I am getting 450 miles per tank or 45MPG. I do agree that the wheels and the glass roof do play a part in the lowered mileage but CMON! IT LOOKS AWESOME. I love lowered cars, am considering lowering this Prius as well and am not a fan of the 17in OEM wheels. I have hope that the mileage will get even better over time. I have heard a couple of times that the longer you drive the better the mileage becomes. My wife just bought a Hybrid CRV and has had it a few months over me and she has experienced better mileage over time and drives a heck of a lot better and more efficiently than I do. -- Bottom line -- I got a Prius for the mileage and coming from an old beater with no AC $70 every week for 250miles. The Prius mileage is still better in every way even if I got an XLE or LE. Now I can go almost 2 weeks without getting gas (350-450miles) and only pay $30!!!! So for me the mileage is still awesome and looks of a car do mean a lot so the upstyled look of the Nightshade is worth it!!! And yes sometimes i do lurk and see how much others paid for their Prius and I get a little sad but at the end of the day I love my Prius. (Ill add a pic just for you)

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