Well, doesn't the Prius already have a gentle sound?
oh, yeah, the rest of the story...to cut to the chase: the 1992 Prius hit a large raccoon on I 895 south of Baltimore one night last November, and even though it ran fine for a couple of months, my son-in-law insisted i take it in. $2000 later the extra radiator that cools the battery had been replaced, along with plenty of other bits and bobs. then the news about the brakes came out. i'd spent 6 years complaining about them to no avail. off to the Ford dealership to try out the new Escape hybrid. the fly rods fit front to back and that's all she wrote!

people could always hear me in the Prius, but not in the Escape. go figure...