Deer in headlights.... lolz

WarmAndSCSI · 10-01-2010, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by shadoquad

What's less funny, though, is that blind people are suing Toyota beause of how quiet the car is. Toyota is actually engineering noise makers to make the car audible to pedestrians.

I have a better solution: put a real damn engine in the car. It's not like the Prius A) is good for the environment or B) gets phenomenal fuel economy anyway... With an efficient turbodiesel the Prius would probably be stellar at the pump, due to its aerodynamics!

shadoquad · 10-01-2010, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by WarmAndSCSI

I have a better solution: put a real damn engine in the car. It's not like the Prius A) is good for the environment or B) gets phenomenal fuel economy anyway... With an efficient turbodiesel the Prius would probably be stellar at the pump, due to its aerodynamics!

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icon cannot strongly enough confer my complete and utter accord with this sentiment, sir.

Geoff-R · 10-01-2010, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by WarmAndSCSI

I have a better solution: put a real damn engine in the car. It's not like the Prius A) is good for the environment or B) gets phenomenal fuel economy anyway... With an efficient turbodiesel the Prius would probably be stellar at the pump, due to its aerodynamics!

I'll second that you can't tell me a prius at 70mph is going to be more fuel efficient than a turbodiesel cruising at 70mph.

shadoquad · 10-01-2010, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Geoff-R

I'll second that you can't tell me a prius at 70mph is going to be more fuel efficient than a turbodiesel cruising at 70mph.

Most of the Prii that I run into are on I-95 between Baltimore and D.C. They blow by me in my dd doing 90. you can't tell me they're worried about fuel efficiency.

m4a1mustang · 10-01-2010, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by shadoquad

Most of the Prii that I run into are on I-95 between Baltimore and D.C. They blow by me in my dd doing 90. you can't tell me they're worried about fuel efficiency.

It's about image bro. Look at any of the houses in Mclean... you'll have a V12 Vantage and a Hummer in the garage and a Prius in the driveway. Gotta look like you give a damn.

shadoquad · 10-01-2010, 01:18 PM

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It's about image bro. Look at any of the houses in Mclean... you'll have a V12 Vantage and a Hummer in the garage and a Prius in the driveway. Gotta look like you give a damn.

Yup. Kinda like how the SUV took off because no one wanted to drive a dorky station wagon, and then gas prices soared, so no one wanted to be seen in an excessively large SUV, so now the rage is "crossovers"... All of these things, with some exceptions, are the same concept: suburban people movers. But fashion dictates which one ppl buy.

WarmAndSCSI · 10-01-2010, 01:21 PM

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Yup. Kinda like how the SUV took off because no one wanted to drive a dorky station wagon, and then gas prices soared, so no one wanted to be seen in an excessively large SUV, so now the rage is "crossovers"... All of these things, with some exceptions, are the same concept: suburban people movers. But fashion dictates which one ppl buy.

Nothing dorky about this:

shadoquad · 10-01-2010, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by WarmAndSCSI

Nothing dorky about this:

In Europe

ThoriumHotdog · 10-01-2010, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

It's about image bro. Look at any of the houses in Mclean... you'll have a V12 Vantage and a Hummer in the garage and a Prius in the driveway. Gotta look like you give a damn.

Thats why I'm about to start selling FAKE solar panels. Why not.

Slap 20 of my panels on your roof and show you really care about the environment!

m4a1mustang · 10-01-2010, 03:46 PM

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Thats why I'm about to start selling FAKE solar panels. Why not.

Damn eco-ricers!

roplusbee · 10-01-2010, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by shadoquad

Most of the Prii that I run into are on I-95 between Baltimore and D.C. They blow by me in my dd doing 90. you can't tell me they're worried about fuel efficiency.

NyCSnEaK · 10-01-2010, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by shadoquad

Most of the Prii that I run into are on I-95 between Baltimore and D.C. They blow by me in my dd doing 90. you can't tell me they're worried about fuel efficiency.

Same damn thing in my neck of the woods. Give me the Golf TDI over the Prius.

TamZ · 10-02-2010, 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Geoff-R

I'll second that you can't tell me a prius at 70mph is going to be more fuel efficient than a turbodiesel cruising at 70mph.

I'm getting 26 mpg in my new turbodiesel GL350 Blue-Tec! Sticker only said 22mpg but I'm finding that is very conservative. We went on a freeway trip and it was at 30mpg (according to the gauges, 65mph.) I'm happy about that. (Still miss my Z.)

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