PNW Street Racerz

[PNWDan]

Alright, I'll bite. My Prius has cost me exactly $0 in repair parts after 120,000 miles. Japanese have the market on long-term reliability, which wins when you've got family to get places and a busy life, where you don't have time to fix the damn car that's broke again.

Yes, it's an absolutely unexciting utility vehicle that gets 40+ mpg everywhere, which is why my wife loves it. Goes from A to B every single time. My e30? Not nearly as much. Hardly unreliable, especially for a car with 200,000+ miles, but I didn't buy it for the reliability, I bought it because I wanted a cool car.

I've got a Toyota minivan for the same reason as the Prius: it's just reliable.

Bring on the flames.

Ha ha no flaming from me. To each their own. I know a girl who owns a first gen Prius and the dealer wants over 2k to change the injectors for some issue they have. It can go either way with any car. As long as the wife likes it then its a plus

[Curt Hayes]

Ha ha no flaming from me. To each their own. I know a girl who owns a first gen Prius and the dealer wants over 2k to change the injectors for some issue they have. It can go either way with any car. As long as the wife likes it then its a plus

Oh, yeah, that's a huge plus in my book. If her car doesn't break then I get to spend more on mine. :)

[nando]

Alright, I'll bite. My Prius has cost me exactly $0 in repair parts after 120,000 miles. Japanese have the market on long-term reliability, which wins when you've got family to get places and a busy life, where you don't have time to fix the damn car that's broke again.

Yes, it's an absolutely unexciting utility vehicle that gets 40+ mpg everywhere, which is why my wife loves it. Goes from A to B every single time. My e30? Not nearly as much. Hardly unreliable, especially for a car with 200,000+ miles, but I didn't buy it for the reliability, I bought it because I wanted a cool car.

I've got a Toyota minivan for the same reason as the Prius: it's just reliable.

Bring on the flames.

no flames, but I'd cut off my own nuts before owning any Toyota. :p

[Curt Hayes]

Oh, I know. I feel the same way about Audi.

[nando]

lol. in that case, I'd stab myself in the kidney first. it would be cheaper. :p

[Curt Hayes]

Ha!. True according to my one-time-Audi-owner friends. You know, the ones who buy one and swear to never own another.

[djjerme]

Hey, we just bought my wife a '11 A3 last summer, and it's been a decent car, though my wife tends to do jack rabbit starts off the line at intersections...

The Prius just attracts hatred, there are other hybrids out there (Honda Insight, Lexus...etc) but the Prius is just the champion of Smug. I don't know why, but it is always the focus of everyone ire. You see other hybrids and you don't pay any mind, but you see Prius, you either get agitated the more you follow it, or find any way possible to piss the driver off (my "One Less Prius" bumper sticker helps some!)

Personally, I think Toyota's are just boring, and poorly designed. The shifter is usually mounted in a funky location, and the radio/controls always seem like you can never reach them correctly. My wife's Audi, my old Focus, my BMW, my Honda, everything seems to be "where it should be", Toyota's not so much..

That being said, I do respect Toyota Hi-lux pickups, they have a formula that has worked, and they have been building them since dirt was invented. In fact, I wouldn't mind trading my 2000 Accord for a 4-runner or Hilux so I can tow the race car around.

[AbeSonic]

Soooooo.....
How 'bout them ricerz...? >.>

[djjerme]

Saw an interesting study related to Ricer wing angle and emissions..

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1361920911000204

should we give them eco-tickets?

[87e30]

Those prius owners, always street racing.

[Keith M]

Wasn't quick enough with the camera but trust me, the front end of this RX8 was epic.

[Curt Hayes]

Yes, it's an Escort.

[carlb]

Nope. That's a Deceptacon.

[browntown]

Finally I remembered to take a pic. Its a 300z with a banana yellow maaco paint job, corvette saw blades, and a homemade ginormous fiberglass wing.

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[e30austin]

Finally I remembered to take a pic. Its a 300z with a banana yellow maaco paint job, corvette saw blades, and a homemade ginormous fiberglass wing.
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