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Old 03-29-2009, 02:30 AM
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Hands On with the New 60 MPG Toyota Prius (PC Magazine)

Here's what everybody has been waiting for: as promised, the new Toyota Prius delivers better than 50 MPG in everyday driving, and it's faster to boot.
(You have been waiting for this right?)

The Prius defaults to ECO (economy) with smooth acceleration, or you can press the PWR (power) for more aggressive performance. If you need full power, you get it in any mode by flooring the throttle pedal. And there's more PWR to be gained for 2010 by flooring it, 134 hp total from gasoline and electric combined vs. 110 in the 2009 Prius. It now breaks 10 seconds 0-60 mph (9.8) which at least isn't embarrassing.

I didn't know PC magazine reviewed vehicles.....

Yahoo! News - Hands On with the New 60 MPG Toyota Prius by PC Magazine: Yahoo! Tech
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guess what our 3.0i e53 0-60 is 8.something, so the prius is not slow at all.
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Old 03-29-2009, 04:00 AM
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Hey NOVAX5

Mitch McCullough, Editor-in-Chief, NewCarTestDrive.com say you should be hitting Zero to 60 in just 6.5 seconds. Slowing down are we.......
New car test drive review.....http://www.carfax.com/car_safety/rat...SARreliability
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Old 03-29-2009, 05:21 AM
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YouTube - Prius More Enviromentally Damaging Than BMW M3

I'm never buying a Prius.
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Old 03-29-2009, 09:49 AM
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Why do people hate this car?

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/29/au...29AUTO.html?em
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Old 03-29-2009, 09:53 AM
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The plug in model would make a great second car.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/auto...s/4227944.html

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Old 03-29-2009, 10:33 AM
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re: plug in model.... what do you think is feeding the power plant to make the electricity to charge that car? it ain't water. It's most probably coal, or natural gas, or oil, gee, isn't that what we're trying to conserve?

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Old 03-29-2009, 11:13 AM
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re: plug in model.... what do you think is feeding the power plant to make the electricity to charge that car? it ain't water. It's most probably coal, or natural gas, or oil, gee, isn't that what we're trying to conserve?

Man..put the rose tinted glasses back on. Nobody likes to go out 20 years when we don't know what the heck to do with these power supplies, but it will not matter, we'll have much larger problems by then.
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Old 03-29-2009, 12:19 PM
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Man..put the rose tinted glasses back on. Nobody likes to go out 20 years when we don't know what the heck to do with these power supplies, but it will not matter, we'll have much larger problems by then.
Hopefully I'll be dead by then.
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Old 03-29-2009, 12:48 PM
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The batteries creation and end life make it more damaging than an efficiant gasoline vehicle.

Ridden in my friends. not too impressed
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