I wish R3V was more like the Prius forums...

[HarryPotter]

I can't get over how fucking gay that website is.

[BeirBrennerE30]

HAHAHAHAHA!

Wow. Where were you?

95 North/rt 128... right around the Dedham, Westwood area somewhere

[StereoInstaller1]

"It takes 113,000,000 BTUs of energy to build one of those futuristic waffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffles-mobiles called a Toyota Prius; which is not only a loss of Man Points to own and drive, but also a loss of Man Points to rent, ride in, fuck in, or even see rolling down the street. 113,000,000 BTU’s equals 1,000 gallons of gasoline. You could drive a 98 Toyota Tercel on that amount of gasoline for like 7 years. That means by purchasing an “eco-friendly” car, you are pissing away 7 years of driving in one fucking purchase. If you don’t get 7 years of driving out of that hybrid piece of shit (which the warantee guarantees you won’t) you just fucked Mother Earth.

Buying a hybrid is like walking into Cesar’s Palace and tipping the valet ten grand instead of dropping it on a roulette wheel. You can uncross your fingers, fucko. Vegas doesn’t give comps for burning cash.

Old cars are better for the environment than new hybrid cars. So why don’t we promote old cars as the “eco-friendly” alternative to hybrids?" -Dick Masterson

This boy done smacked this topic out that gat damn ballpark with that shit right there!

[quickervicar]

I've driven a Prius (2nd gen) for a couple of days. A friend needed to haul some heavy things, so he borrowed my DD ('81 Rabbit Diesel). Ironic, isn't it?

My thoughts:

-Appliance
-A Golf TDI is built much better
-A Golf TDI would get much better mileage on the commute
-Waaaayyyyy too complex to be efficient to own long-term (e.g. read the how-to on jump-starting the bugger)
-Handling is predictable, but understeers at the first thought of corner speed
-A BMW M3 would get much better mileage at the track
-Why does it take 20 miles to start running solely on battery?!?
-Braking is difficult to modulate
-I would hate this thing in the snow (off-on throttle response)
-Why do I need to scroll through menus to adjust the temp on the A/C?!?
-I want my POS Rabbit back

[Blacksedan]

"It takes 113,000,000 BTUs of energy to build one of those futuristic waffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffles-mobiles called a Toyota Prius; which is not only a loss of Man Points to own and drive, but also a loss of Man Points to rent, ride in, fuck in, or even see rolling down the street. 113,000,000 BTU’s equals 1,000 gallons of gasoline. You could drive a 98 Toyota Tercel on that amount of gasoline for like 7 years. That means by purchasing an “eco-friendly” car, you are pissing away 7 years of driving in one fucking purchase. If you don’t get 7 years of driving out of that hybrid piece of shit (which the warantee guarantees you won’t) you just fucked Mother Earth.

Buying a hybrid is like walking into Cesar’s Palace and tipping the valet ten grand instead of dropping it on a roulette wheel. You can uncross your fingers, fucko. Vegas doesn’t give comps for burning cash.

Old cars are better for the environment than new hybrid cars. So why don’t we promote old cars as the “eco-friendly” alternative to hybrids?" -Dick Masterson

[FredK]

I actually had a lady in a Prius signal me to roll down my window in traffic one day. Thinking something was wrong I did. She leaned out and yelled "GAS HOG!!!!" at me in the bitchy-est loud voice she could muster.

HAHAHAHAHA!

Wow. Where were you?

[Erik]

You know what sound a Prius makes when it drives by?

I'mmmmmmmmmmgay!

/Peanut, Jeff Dunham.

[5spoke]

just pop that shit in neutral and no more acceleration will happen.

[JUMPNYC]

[andyhundley]

me and five of my friends packed into my friends company owned prius and did reverse donuts in the snow with pbr's in hand! prius's suck real bad! driving around smelling with their windows up! smelling their own farts!!!

[kylekrueger]

When ever I am driving behind a Prius I like to think how my car is canceling out it's green-ness.

[Wh33lhop]

*cough* MkI Mr2...

Indeed, AW11 or even the SW20 I'd also point out. I haven't personally driven either of them, but I do plan on it at some point.

[Wh33lhop]

"That was the description given by the driver whose Toyota Prius drove accelerated wildly out of control, approaching speeds of 90mph."

word for word from the channel 4 news just now. I love that 90mph is considered wildly out of control!! I guess it maxed out the speedo on that prius!

I've been in a Prius traveling at 100mph. We made it a quest to get the third digit to light up. ;)

[Nic01101011]

*cough* MkI Mr2...

[Iain]

LF-A & MKIV excluded, of course.

Compared to their competition? No.

Supras, Aristos and JZZ30 Soarers are a great source of engines for engine swaps, though.

MX83 Cressida is almost a Toyota I could own... but then I remember how much better an E34 w/5spd is.