2007 Toyota Prius/Anti-Car/Whatever you want to call it

[E21320]

Hello,

Prius is surely a good tool to travel from A to B.
But it's as hot and sexy as an icecube .

It remembers me the car I drawn when I was a young boy .

I think this pic appropriated :



A good option is to have a commuter car like the Prius and a rue real car for the weekend/holidays.
That's what I've done.

Frantz

[vmo]

The Toyota's and Lexus cars there are the only hybrid cars that I like me. Ferrari LaFerrari, McLaren P1, Porsche 918... Sh*t.

You can't fault their looks though, especially the P1.

I don't like the hybrid engine in a sport car (this for le-mans), but the rest of car, i love it!

[WizzyThaMan]

Prius is surely a good tool to travel from A to B.
But it's as hot and sexy as an icecube .

Then you never had some real fun with an icecube, if you know what I mean.
That can be very hot and sexy

[adamd]

Prius is surely a good tool to travel from A to B.
But it's as hot and sexy as an icecube .

Then you never had some real fun with an icecube, if you know what I mean.
That can be very hot and sexy

Onwards from Wizzy's interesting tales of what he likes to get up to with icecubes, small update on the Prius.

I've passed 3000 miles now and about since I've had the car, and surprisingly enough (not), nothing has gone wrong or fallen off. Because I do a fair bit of town/city driving, it really plays to the cars strengths. (After taking this photo, yes, I cleaned the screen. )

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I have been getting this on average for the last few tanks, and my own maths comes to 62.5mpg, so it's quite close to accurate. The graph over time here shows about 15-20 miles of busy rush hour city traffic on my way home from work. The figure sometimes drops 0.1/0.2mpg on my morning motorway commute, but never any more than this.

It does what I ask of it admirably, and I still find it a pretty interesting drive trying to get the most out of it. I really quite like it.

[strop]

Those LCD displays detailing the consumption and power usage stats are surprisingly effecitve at changing one's perspective about what their driving experience and goals are like. I think it actually encourages more efficient driving, and can confirm this anecdotally as my Civic, while petrol only, does have efficiency indicators mapped to the throttle and revs, and ever since I switched to that (from a Citroen Xsara 1.6 that just didn't go no matter how hard you kicked it, which of course meant I pretty much thrashed the hell out of it daily), I've turned from a hothead-in-an-underpowered-car to a super chillaxed drive-leisurely-because-the-car-is-still-bloody-underpowered

[adamd]

I would probably agree with that. The display in this when you're just driving shows when you're running on electric/engine/both, so I find myself trying to see how well I can do at keeping it just on electric.

[Drummerdude48]

Did you sell the charade Adam?

[adamd]

Nah, I still have it. Haven't been able to sell it yet, but it's not very healthy currently anyway.

[WizzyThaMan]

In case you want to spice your car up a little, Adam:

[Pleb]

I was watching an episode of Street Customs yesterday where they tarted up a Prius, and I hated how it turned out. I'll try to find a picture.

EDIT: Found one:

[WizzyThaMan]

too bloody shiny. Could have done much more to it but this indeed is quite hideous.

[adamd]

See, that could have come out quite well if it wasn't trying quite so hard.

[07CobaltGirl]

In case you want to spice your car up a little, Adam:

I might actually be inclined to drive this one! Looks sporty as hell, but under the hood beats.....an electric guitar attached to an air-pump.

I should add, not hating on Prius or their drivers. Unless they start telling me how much of a gas guzzler my little Cobalt is. Then I rev the motor to hurt their feelings. hahaha

[Jakgoe]

I should add, not hating on Prius or their drivers. Unless they start telling me how much of a gas guzzler my little Cobalt is. Then I rev the motor to hurt their feelings. hahaha

Like this?

[07CobaltGirl]

Exactly like that!