F@ck That Prius Stickers

[element6]

forgot to mention.. the "battery" in an insight is comprised of 180 D-cell batteries which are welded together into 20 separate sticks. The battery pack in my particular insight lasted 12 years until it finally threw an error.

http://www.hybridcars.com/gallery/22070/photo?page=3

It also doesn't get plugged in to charge. It charges while you drive.

Dunno if it gets much more environmentally friendly than that at this point. I dislike the Prius and most other gas/electric hybrids because of the massive amount of batteries they have combined with their short lifespan.

[TimKninja]

VW TDI FTW

Make black smoke, still get a Billion MPGs. Throw some bigger injectors and tuned software ion there, and make more power and more smoke.

[element6]

How about... TDI + Insight : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gQRb...feature=relmfu

80-90MPG.

Cost of swap + diesel (instead of 87) doesn't offset savings even for me at 30,000 miles a year.

As a matter of fact.. if you are like most people and only drive about 12k a year tops, you aren't saving anything by buying a hybrid or trying stupid hypermiling tricks. I visit ecomodder forums every once in a while and catch a glimpse of a thread about some genius hypermiling their 90's ford taurus or some other old 20-30mpg car.

Then they get all happy when they show their results of an increase from 22mpg to 26mpg. Some people, man...

I have to ask myself over and over if these people realize they are only saving about $300 a year. Some of them get so excited over coroplast aero panel mods and other super high tech backyard engineering though.

It's just fun to watch.

[trololololo69]

Seriously. Just find a nice r3vlimited sticker or join the bmw cca if you want to sticky up your car. No need to use your e30 as a billboard to tell the world about cars you "hate" for whatever reason.

I'm not a big fan of the prius, but my daily is a first gen honda insight. I was dailying my vert for as long as I could, but it didn't make sense.. at all.

I get 60-70mpg ALL the time in that car and I drive 2000 miles a month or more for work. I also get reimbursed for my mileage on top of my salary at the federal rate - $0.555

I paid $7k for the car last May with tax title and tag.

So do I want to use 370 gallons of gas a year in my insight (65mpg) and keep all of that money?
Or should I use 1090 gallons of gas a year in my vert (22mpg) and worry about all of the repairs?

Here's the math:
I usually get a mileage check for about $1200 or more every month.
Insight insurance: $60/month
Oil change every 2 months (5k) with 3.5 qts. 0w20 and purolator: $40 - $20/month
Drop in K&N filter never gets replaced.. no other maintenance on 3cyl engine car. It just runs and runs.

Not a tough choice for me. It just happened to work out for my situation. Most people don't happen to drive as much as I do.

I'm just saying for the sake of hating on Prius'.. sometimes there is a good reason someone purchased that car. I look at cars like I look at tools, there's always a perfect car to get the job done.

I attached an image of my cluster on an average day. The econometer is dead accurate.

your check engine light is on.

[element6]

your check engine light is on.

CEL because modz

Euro2fast4u.. did this dude try touching you?

[Thizzelle]

was in if it had a stick figure fucking a Prius