Having had the luxury of driving municipal 1st gen Priuses as well as 2nd gen, I will tell yu that with
1st gens:
They are POS ..falling apart.
Handles like a golf cart.
Transmissions Run worse than in my $20 Toys R Us radio control car.(Lurch and Jump , Hard shifts)
Are electrical nightmares.
This municipality has many just sitting as parts vehicles. Toyota can't seem to fix most of them and claim they have voided or exceeded the warranty.
This municpality chose a fleet of Hybrids to boost its "Green Image" and save money.
Yet they have become a blunder reminding me of the Chrysler K-Car era when they got many K-cars (Reliants) and they just sat in fleet lots for more two decades as they deteriorated.
LT
They are disposable vehicles at best.
I would not touch it with a ten foot pole.
Yu are better off with a ten year old Corolla or Civic.
2nd gen is a diff story altogether.
LT