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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 01:28 PM Original message |
Toyota Prius Hybrid Named Motor Trend's Car Of The Year |
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RobertSeattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. Outstanding! |
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denverbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. Lordy, that car is ugly. |
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boilerbabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-04 10:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
26. That's why I thought they wer e going to make a convertible!! |
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kysrsoze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-04 11:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
37. Maybe if you put 20" spinners on it, it will look cool? |
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minkyboodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 09:43 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. drop it down some |
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Catch22Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. Excellent |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-20-03 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. Note that my jaw dropped |
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fortyfeetunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-21-03 03:06 AM Response to Original message |
5. Now will the big Three get a clue? |
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Wells (672 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-03 02:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Big 3 oppose hybrids.... |
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kysrsoze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-02-04 11:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
36. Well, refrigerators are electric and they break down all the time |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-03 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
6. I'm not familiar with motor trend. Do they give the runners up? |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-22-03 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
7. Where did the Honda Civic hybrid place? |
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NJCher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
9. recent promo tour at WholeFoods |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-03 10:19 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Sure, version 1.0 is chunky and clunky-looking |
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Bamboo (258 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
11. And Then There's Maude. |
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boilerbabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-04 11:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
27. 'what if I was a fur-coated hooker that let the Florida guys |
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BrokenSegue (78 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-03-03 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
12. Hybrids |
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JohnLocke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Indeed. |
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yo-yo-ma (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
14. got one in november |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 12:50 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Two months? Lucky devil! |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 10:19 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Wait'll gas hits $3.00-$4.00/a gallon. |
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boilerbabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-04 10:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
25. Have you been in Europe lately? |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-04 02:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Have you been satisfied with the "city mileage"? |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-04 04:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I know I'm not the person you asked but . . . |
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yo-yo-ma (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-04 07:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. yes but |
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jmcgowanjm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-04 08:31 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. the toyota SUV hybrid comes out in August |
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yo-yo-ma (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-04 08:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. that makes hybrids sound like a marketing gimmick |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-04 09:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Yes, my 1989 Chevy Celebrity got 29mpg highway |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-04 10:20 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. My ancient Civic gets 33. |
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jmcgowanjm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 10:35 AM Response to Reply #21 |
30. OK, lets get precise. I drive at 78 mph and get 27mph |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-29-04 06:43 PM Response to Reply #21 |
35. Presumably, he's talking about the RAV-4, which *ISN'T* a hybrid. |
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kysrsoze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-03-04 12:01 AM Response to Reply #21 |
38. I believe that's the city rating and you have to remember.... |
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boilerbabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-04 11:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. I am waiting for their convertible,l heard it was coming!! |
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RoadRunner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-29-04 05:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
33. I ordered mine last month |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 09:45 AM Response to Reply #14 |
32. Questions for you... |
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RoadRunner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-29-04 06:29 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. It has great acceleration. |
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boilerbabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-26-04 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
24. I am waiting for the Toyota Hybrid Convertible!! |
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yo-yo-ma (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 12:35 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. the only thing missing on a prius is a sunroof |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-27-04 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
31. Can you car-top a kayak, a canoe, or a bicycle? |
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RoadRunner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
39. Another advantage of the Prius, at least for now |
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Atlant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 08:24 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. That isn't true. |
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Wells (672 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 04:37 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. "It's true" |
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Atlant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 09:06 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. No, sorry. |
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Wells (672 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-11-04 03:18 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. Yes, not sorry. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-11-04 06:09 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. well - it does go "off" |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 10:22 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. That sounds like one of the "pluggable hybrids" I read about |
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Atlant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-09-04 12:02 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Greenhouse emissions are only reduced if the electricity is nuclear. |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-09-04 02:21 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. That's not what the article I read said |
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Atlant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-10-04 09:36 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Isn't that what I just said? |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-09-04 04:48 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. A pedantic point |
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RoadRunner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 09:19 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. I think we're talking about two different things. |
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Atlant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-09-04 12:11 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. And that's the fact that I think people mis-understand. |
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