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Joes924Racer
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 Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 1:05 pm Post subject: ot Like this color & toy hybrid. |
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My parents bought a toy. Hybrid this weekend a prius.
I like this metalic blue so much its the color I want to paint my 931
Two tone bright white and this shade of met. blue. Nice. Ill
add some thin lines of yellow or orange maybe both in between.
Yea a custom paint job. Ill post a pic. of the prius motor next. I drove this car around its neat 61 miles to the gal. more depending on you drive.
When you come to a stop the motor of 135 horse power shuts off and the
battery takes over. Give it the gas and after maybe 10=15 mph the gas motor starts. To start it you ush a start button and its on battery till you reach speed then the gas one kicks on. The stick shift works like a paddle
on the steering wheel except its in a gated pattern on the floor. Lots
of tech, in these hygrids for sure
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Joes924Racer
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| Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 3:26 pm Post subject: |
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The big silver thing on the right is the battery.
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sbarc
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Warn them about pedestrians in low speed situations...parking lots etc. Most pedestrians "listen" for cars and don't "look" for cars.....electric cars are dead silent compared to gas cars.......so when you drive in electric mode...you will notice pedestrians stepping in front of your car at a surprising rate.
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Khal
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| Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:20 am Post subject: |
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| sbarc wrote: | | Warn them about pedestrians in low speed situations...parking lots etc. Most pedestrians "listen" for cars and don't "look" for cars.....electric cars are dead silent compared to gas cars.......so when you drive in electric mode...you will notice pedestrians stepping in front of your car at a surprising rate. |
 That's utterly ridiculous. Most modern car engines are effectively silent at parking speeds. You are much more likely to hear the tires.
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fiat22turbo
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| Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:32 am Post subject: |
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Except the ultra-efficient tires used on the Prius are very quiet (they're also dangerous in adverse situations)
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sbarc
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| Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 11:25 am Post subject: |
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| Khal wrote: | | sbarc wrote: | | Warn them about pedestrians in low speed situations...parking lots etc. Most pedestrians "listen" for cars and don't "look" for cars.....electric cars are dead silent compared to gas cars.......so when you drive in electric mode...you will notice pedestrians stepping in front of your car at a surprising rate. |
That's utterly ridiculous. Most modern car engines are effectively silent at parking speeds. You are much more likely to hear the tires. |
My comment was based on comments by 2 different hybrid owners......one of which is a cab driver that drives a Prius cab and another that drives a small Ford SUV Hybrid.
But feel free to believe what you want.
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Joes924Racer
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Wow look at this. I better make my parents aware if there not already..
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/35786969#35786969
its a runaway prius as the pedal gets stuck while the driver was passing the car cruzes to over 90 mph.[/url]
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Joes924Racer
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| fiat22turbo wrote: | | Except the ultra-efficient tires used on the Prius are very quiet (they're also dangerous in adverse situations) |
Thats what the horns for.. im always aware of cars
and wahts around me when Im walking.
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Joes924Racer
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Guess what I posted bout the runaway pruis..
Well my mom made the news tonight..
As the pruise wouldnt stop and she came to rest
inside the UPS store. She wasnt hurt or going fast
at all.She said it was mechanical failure.
Ill see if its on the news tonite & see what they say.
Nothing posted on there news website.
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StienbargerR
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I think the majority of the runaway prius cases were hoaxes. Also, they really are dangerously silent. I think older folks are especially bad at recognizing a prius is coming along in a parking lot.
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El Chato
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got one two and its fun to drive, kinda of a game to see how high can u get the mpg's per miles deiven
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Scorpio
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| Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 11:14 pm Post subject: |
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Im living proof that these things are dangerous.....to walk infront of  the road was clear on both sides but it pulled out from two parks behind me as i crossed the road, didnt hear a thing...almost ran me over  ...
mmm that interior is alot better then i thought and that blue is very nice!
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D Hook
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Glad to hear your moms okay Joe.
How'd the Prius hold up?
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