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Engineering-wise, the Prius is an absolute marvel.

The only problem with them is the people who buy them.
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A couple years ago flying into Buffalo NY, the car rental there had a Prius and a Jeep Liberty left. I booked a regular car, but said I'd take a look at the Prius. They began to tell me how to start the car and I said---stop---I want a car that you put a key in a slot and turn it and the car starts. I took the Jeep for the night and returned the next morning to pick up a Camry for the rest of my journey. Sorry but--fuck those things. Also wonder how many pedestrians have been hit, because sometimes you can't hear the damn things coming.
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The thing that makes far more sense to me is the technology that reduces engine output based on driving needs at that moment.

There are times one needs a V-8, but that same V-8 is costing a ton in fuel when sitting at a light or in stop and go traffic. Sitting at a stop light or at highway speed using cruise control no need for all 8 cylinders, shut 6 of them down.
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Dinsdale wrote:Engineering-wise, the Prius is an absolute marvel.

The only problem with them is the people who buy them.
In rich asshole towns, "Prius guy" has been snuffed out by "Tesla guy"
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I enjoy the hell out of my Fusion hybrid. It's comfortable, has adequate power, a nice ride and feels very substantial on the road. And getting close to 50 mpg.

Besides that, all I have to do is push one button, say "Grateful Dead", and I'm in aging hippie Nirvana for as long as I'm in the car.
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I think I saw him the other day.

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88 wrote:Mrs. 88's sled looks like this:

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I'm somewhat surprised to say this about a Volvo, but I like the way that car looks.
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Mikey wrote:I enjoy the hell out of my Fusion...
I have never owned a Ford, probably never will. But I test drove a Fusion a while back and that was one solid ride. Wound up buying a Malibu instead because Chevy is how I roll.
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88 wrote:We would buy a new one, but you cannot get a manual transmission anymore. Waiting for that to change.
The CVT (first brought to the market by Volvo, about 30 years ago) is a farrrrrrrrrrrr superior transmission system, and if available, any other selection pretty much makes you an automotive tard.
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KC Scott wrote:
At least is has the switchblade key and some stupid push bush button start
Last new car I drove (some Nissan wagon thing), you just had to have the key in your pocket, then you could use the ignition switch.

I'll see that feature as a positive sometime around never.
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I've got a 2012 Prius... and it's money.

Hit the power button going up the Waldo grade... and it's like a Vette. Serious power !


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I also like like the braking option while going down hills in "The City".

Doesn't hurt that I can put $30 bucks in the tank and go 600 miles.


Still don't have any idea what the EV Mode really does... other than cuts off and says I've excelled too quickly.


Anyways, it's my California car.
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matteric wrote:
Doesn't hurt that I can put $30 bucks in the tank and go 600 miles.

Well, it would hurt... your credibility, if you had any...

Since your statement is 100%, unadulterated horseshit. Full stop. Don't even try and defend it, just tuck tail and run.

While the Prius is extremely efficient in heavy city traffic (where hybrids shine), it ain't getting 70... unless you're talking the plug-in, then your statement is disingenuous in a different way.
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matteric wrote:
Doesn't hurt that I can put $30 bucks in the tank and go 600 miles.

Well, it would hurt... your credibility, if you had any...

Since your statement is 100%, unadulterated horseshit. Full stop. Don't even try and defend it, just tuck tail and run.

While the Prius is extremely efficient in heavy city traffic (where hybrids shine), it ain't getting 70... unless you're talking the plug-in, then your statement is disingenuous in a different way.
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Dinsdale wrote:
matteric wrote:
Doesn't hurt that I can put $30 bucks in the tank and go 600 miles.

Well, it would hurt... your credibility, if you had any...

Since your statement is 100%, unadulterated horseshit. Full stop. Don't even try and defend it, just tuck tail and run.

While the Prius is extremely efficient in heavy city traffic (where hybrids shine), it ain't getting 70... unless you're talking the plug-in, then your statement is disingenuous in a different way.

I'm getting 46.2 in "The City".


Anyways, what are you babbling about ?



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600 miles / 46.2MPG = ~13 gallons

$30 / 13 = $2.30 per gallon


Wanna back up and take another run at it, Mathematician?
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Dinsdale wrote:600 miles / 46.2MPG = ~13 gallons

$30 / 13 = $2.30 per gallon


Wanna back up and take another run at it, Mathematician?


Wow... you're an anal fuck.


Ok, 550 miles on a tank of gas.


Unreal.


Psst... most of my miles are highway miles... where I get well above 51 mpg.



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KC Scott wrote:
At least is has the switchblade key and some stupid push bush button start
Last new car I drove (some Nissan wagon thing), you just had to have the key in your pocket, then you could use the ignition switch.

I'll see that feature as a positive sometime around never.
rack.

I have rented a few. the ignition switch gives you a handy place to store the key. I don't like a bunch of hsit in my pocket while driving, so i put it in the console.

wanna know how many times i had to walk back to the car to get the keys?

approximately, every fukking time!
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88 wrote:We would buy a new one, but you cannot get a manual transmission anymore. Waiting for that to change.
The CVT (first brought to the market by Volvo, about 30 years ago) is a farrrrrrrrrrrr superior transmission system, and if available, any other selection pretty much makes you an automotive tard.
i tend to share your opinion on things auto related, but here? no. sorry. cvts suck. just don't like them.

unless you spend a good bit of time sitting in traffic, a manual tranny ('sup AP?) is still the way to go. rented a focus the other day with the "automated manual". not a bad rig, if you could ignore the horrible shudder at launch, most of the time.
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Dinsdale wrote: Last new car I drove (some Nissan wagon thing), you just had to have the key in your pocket, then you could use the ignition switch.

I'll see that feature as a positive sometime around never.

That is a feature for women. No more digging thru a purse and unloading three pounds of crap only to realize the key is in her jacket pocket.
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KC Scott wrote:so far I've only noticed it on the Nissans I rent (maybe the Toyota too?) - not a fan at all

The worst is when you get to the hotel or meeting then can't find the fob in the car

I have gotten to the point where I don't mind it on my personal rigs. Hate it in rentals when they hand you two fobs, their plastic tag with car info and an small plastic ad sleeve. That won't fit in the pocket easily. But at home the fob by itself fits easily in any pocket. Plus with the Lincolns and their key pad on the door, I often lock the keys inside the car anyway and use the code to open the door. The keys almost never leave the drivers side door storage thing.
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First time I rented a car with keyless ignition was a Genesis this past summer. I took some clients out to lunch and, when we got back to the car, one of them commented how cool the car had stayed. I did park in partial shade but in 90+ degree weather it should have heated up more than that. I never did mention to them that I had forgotten to turn the ignition off and the thing had been idling with the A/C turned on for the past hour.

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Wolfman wrote: Also wonder how many pedestrians have been hit, because sometimes you can't hear the damn things coming.
Hopefully every last one of them was texting at the time.
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Yeah, but how complicated is the car seat?

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MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:Yeah, but how complicated is the car seat?

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Hey, come on now...

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MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:Yeah, but how complicated is the car seat?

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Now that's just mean.
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I rented a car and wondered why I couldn't get the seat to recline. I stupidly posted that here.

A week later, I rented another car, ran into the same problem. Then I discovered the reclining lever was further toward the back of the seat.

Happy?

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Screw_Michigan wrote:I should have just thrown on a pair of women's panties, took a selfie and sent them to some board skanks at tards.net. I would have had a better reaction.
Only one way to find out.

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been rolling in a charger sxt the last few days. not a bad rig. it is the v-6. goes like a scalded dog, handles very nice and according to the dash, gets about 31mpg on the highway with the cruise set at 73 mph. and mopar's magic radio's bluetoof connectability beats the shit out of the awful ford stink system
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smackaholic wrote:been rolling in a charger sxt the last few days. not a bad rig. it is the v-6. goes like a scalded dog, handles very nice and according to the dash, gets about 31mpg on the highway with the cruise set at 73 mph. and mopar's magic radio's bluetoof connectability beats the shit out of the awful ford stink system
I haven't driven a new Charger but I've recently rented a Challenger, Chrysler Town and Country and 200 with that bluetooth system.
Also driven Chevies, Nissan Altimas, and a couple different Fords. The Chrysler voice recognition system is pretty worthless. On all the others, once I've paired my phone, I can say "call home" and it calls home. The Chrysler always either hangs up or tries to call a towing service. Maybe one out of 20 or 30 tries it recognizes the word "home". I wouldn't think it was that uncommon to program one's home phone under the word "home".
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Mikey wrote:
smackaholic wrote:been rolling in a charger sxt the last few days. not a bad rig. it is the v-6. goes like a scalded dog, handles very nice and according to the dash, gets about 31mpg on the highway with the cruise set at 73 mph. and mopar's magic radio's bluetoof connectability beats the shit out of the awful ford stink system
I haven't driven a new Charger but I've recently rented a Challenger, Chrysler Town and Country and 200 with that bluetooth system.
Also driven Chevies, Nissan Altimas, and a couple different Fords. The Chrysler voice recognition system is pretty worthless. On all the others, once I've paired my phone, I can say "call home" and it calls home. The Chrysler always either hangs up or tries to call a towing service. Maybe one out of 20 or 30 tries it recognizes the word "home". I wouldn't think it was that uncommon to program one's home phone under the word "home".



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Engineering doesn't have a gender... Porky.

It has a brain...and knows better than to live in the south.


See how this thing (brain) works ?



Who am I kidding... Porky lives in a "swamp" in rural Bacon, GA.



Too funny.
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Papa Willie wrote:A cheap, disposable faggot car. Sorry you have such a limited income. :lol:

What's it like being this stupid ?


Too funny
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spray, for the first time ever, toolio may actually be right about something. I've never driven a prius, but, if i lived in a place life sf, i would seriously consider one. it actually does something with all that potential energy besides turn it to brake dust.

as for the mopar chick in the dash, i suspect like many, she has trouble understanding your backwoods twang. i have used the call home command a number of times and have yet to have it fetch me a tow truck or do anything other than call home.
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matteric wrote:
Papa Willie wrote:A cheap, disposable faggot car. Sorry you have such a limited income. :lol:

What's it like being this stupid ?


Too funny
He was recently bragging about polluting the air he breaths to spite people who don't live anywhere near him. THAT'S how dumb he is.
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Where do the chimes fit?
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So you are polluting your air, then breathing that air in order to make me mad.
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Papa Willie wrote:
No - that's just to anger people I don't consider important or worth my while.
Think hard about what you just typed there...

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Papa Willie wrote:
As long as I'm polluting air...
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How are you harming me?

You didn't think this thru did you fatty?
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