Toyota 'prius' should be renamed. . .

[Magpie]

They're the best toy EVER though. They have so many shiny screens. And for the hybrid Camry (not as much with the Prius, as far as I know), something about the way it handles just encourages good driving habits. (I get significantly less motion sickness it in too).

[AccountingDrone]

I will stick with my cheap little diesel jetta that gets a solid 43 MPG day in and day out. I like getting 500+ miles to a tank of diesel, and can switch to biodiesel without any modifications other than replacing the fuel filters.

[protege]

Moved to Off Topic.

I thought I moved the thread. My bad!

[dalesys]

to the Toyota 'Penis' ...

My daughter would love that... she's always saying 'Suck my dk.


However, *I* would have to put a set of Truck Nutz on her Prius...

[FuzzyKitten99]

Nevermind those who live in areas that see snowfalls that can even get the best of SUVs. The Smartcars look like a light breeze would send them off the road. I can't imagine being in one on the freeway with semi trucks and other large cargo vehicles whose wheels are bigger than your windshield. Might as well build them in the shape of a casket at that point.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

The Smartcars look like a light breeze would send them off the road. I can't imagine being in one on the freeway with semi trucks and other large cargo vehicles whose wheels are bigger than your windshield. Might as well build them in the shape of a casket at that point.

The casket probably gets better mileage. More aerodynamic and all.

ETA: that reminds me: How is a Prius different from a Porcupine? The Prius has its pricks on the inside!

Thank you, thank you! Enjoy Honeymoon Suite!

[Camry178]

ETA: that reminds me: How is a Prius different from a Porcupine? The Prius has its pricks on the inside!

Thank you, thank you! Enjoy Honeymoon Suite!

LMAO!!!!!

[Magpie]

The Smartcars aren't too bad for wind: they're too tiny to have any surface area for it to push against. What you need to worry about is people who pick them up and move them.

[dalesys]

The Smartcars aren't too bad for wind: they're too tiny to have any surface area for it to push against. What you need to worry about is people who pick them up and move them.

When I were a child we'd do that with VW bugs.

[Magpie]

When I were a child we'd do that with VW bugs.

This implies that it's the sort of thing that one grows out of.

[BookstoreEscapee]

Oddly, the only people I've ever seen driving a smartcar have been guys...

[Camry178]

I always thought they should make a special strap where the owner can just strap the smartcar to their back and take it where ever...lol.

[Ben_Who]

I totally want a Smart Car, but that has less to do with saving the environment and more to do with the fact that I have a thing for micro-cars. I considered getting one last time I was shopping, but the average gas mileage did not send me. Nice safety specs, though...

I wasn't interested in the Prius because it was too expensive and doesn't save a drop of gas for someone who doesn't do a LOT of stop-and-go. Also, forget it until someone comes up with a way to recycle those huge battery packs...

Oddly, while I want one car to be something like a Mini, I also have a soft spot for some 1960's BOAT that gets nine gallons to the mile. My father had a 1964 Thunderbird, and I once owned a 1963 Mercury Comet, so I love the big old steel beasts from ancient Detroit as much as the zippy little microcars.

The way I see it, the Prius may have its flaws, but hey, in an industry painfully resistant to change, at least it's a start.

Love, Who?

[protege]

The way I see it, the Prius may have its flaws, but hey, in an industry painfully resistant to change, at least it's a start.

It's not so much the industry...but the public. Many people still see a big, expensive car (Cadillac, Lincoln, etc.) as being better than a smaller one. Of course, that all gets shot to hell the minute gas prices start going up--it happened in the 1970s (nearly taking Chrysler with it), and happened again not so long ago. People suddenly quit buying land yachts, and turned to smaller imports. Then, when gas prices came back down, the opposite started happening.

As for me, if I was to get a car with really shitty mileage, I'd get a Ferrari or something. Fast as hell, and gets maybe 9 miles a gallon

[ravevolution]

Moved to Off Topic.

Rapscallion

Thanks, it wasn't ment to be a story of an SC but more a experience I had recently with a owner of one while driving on the highway. I just didn't know where to place the thread.