| Another PriuSloth Hater [message #797718] |
Wed, 12 March 2008 03:55 |
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| Re: Another PriuSloth Hater [message #797722 ] |
Wed, 12 March 2008 04:01 |
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On Mar 11, 9:55=A0pm, Scott in SoCal <scottenazt... [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
> http://macsmith.blogspot.com/2007/08/if-green-means-25-mph-t hen-count...
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> If green means 25 mph then count me out...
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> I've never been in a Prius or other hybrid car. I rarely even notice
> them on the street. But this week I've had three (3 in one week!)
> encounters with the almighty Prius, all of them being almost exactly
> the same (only the colors were different).
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> Encounter one: I'm leaving the parking structure at work, last in a
> line of about 5 cars. When we get to the bottom I realize the lead car
> is a Prius going 10 miles an hour. I'm not needing to speed through
> parking structures, but even after we got out of the garage he
> continued at the same pace for about three more blocks. Worse yet was
> his license plate, "Oommpph". That's the sound his car made as he
> tried to get it into second gear to go the speed limit I guess.
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> Second encounter: Almost the same as the first, but this time I got
> from the parking structure to the street, and as soon as I turned onto
> the street, there was a Prius ahead of me going about 25 miles an hour
> (speed limit is 35 there). This guy apparently lives near me because I
> ended up following him nearly a mile, him going under the speed limit
> the whole time (though I suspect he sped up as soon as I turned onto
> my street).
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> Third encounter: Just driving down the street again, this time nowhere
> near work, and I get stuck behind another Prius owner that drives
> about 27 mph on a road that's 40. This is typical on this street,
> because the speed limit sign is hidden behind a tree so people never
> know that they can go quicker than this, but because this was my third
> slow Prius encounter in a week, I didn't give that little bastard the
> benefit of the doubt.
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> So what's the problem here? Do Prius owners just drive slow, or can
> the cars themselves not accelerate quickly? I don't really mind a
> leisurely pace now and again, but this just seemed too bizarre that
> each time it was a Prius.
> --
> "Dave's not here, man!"
> =A0 - Tommy Chong
Here's one...have a race between a Prius and a Moped. I'd about put
my money on the Moped.
--
"In Washington a gaffe is saying what you really believe."
- Ron Bernstein (Atlantic Media)
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| Re: Another PriuSloth Hater [message #797734 ] |
Wed, 12 March 2008 04:21 |
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| Re: Another PriuSloth Hater [message #797735 ] |
Wed, 12 March 2008 04:22 |
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On Mar 11, 10:21=A0pm, Scott in SoCal <scottenazt... [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:01:10 -0700 (PDT), MLOM <gr... [at] netzero.net>
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> >Here's one...have a race between a Prius and a Moped. =A0I'd about put
> >my money on the Moped.
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> I think even a jogger in the bike lane could beat most PriuSloths.
> --
> "Dave's not here, man!"
> =A0 - Tommy Chong
Or at least survive contact from the standard PriuSloth.
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| Re: Another PriuSloth Hater [message #797737 ] |
Wed, 12 March 2008 04:27 |
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In article <51jet3tkr9svdseqh5n3eht220963pi21p [at] 4ax.com>, Scott in SoCal wrote:
>On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:01:10 -0700 (PDT), MLOM <grvan [at] netzero.net>
>wrote:
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>>Here's one...have a race between a Prius and a Moped. I'd about put
>>my money on the Moped.
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>I think even a jogger in the bike lane could beat most PriuSloths.
It's not the car though... driven with some spirit a prius is not much
slower than the torqueless wonder car was... I have seen one driven in
that manner by someone who actually knew how to merge and the torqueless
wonder car was gaining on it, but it wasn't that big of a differenital.
(I was pushing the torqueless wonder car about as hard as I dared)
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| Re: Another PriuSloth Hater [message #797738 ] |
Wed, 12 March 2008 04:28 |
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On Mar 11, 10:21=A0pm, Scott in SoCal <scottenazt... [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:01:10 -0700 (PDT), MLOM <gr... [at] netzero.net>
> wrote:
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> >Here's one...have a race between a Prius and a Moped. =A0I'd about put
> >my money on the Moped.
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> I think even a jogger in the bike lane could beat most PriuSloths.
> --
> "Dave's not here, man!"
> =A0 - Tommy Chong
Come to think of it, my chances are reasonable of outrunning a usual
PriuSloth while jogging, even at my age. :^D
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| Re: Another PriuSloth Hater [message #797741 ] |
Wed, 12 March 2008 04:38 |
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On Mar 11, 8:27 pm, tetraethylleadREMOVET... [at] yahoo.com (Brent P)
wrote:
> In article <51jet3tkr9svdseqh5n3eht220963pi... [at] 4ax.com>, Scott in SoCal wrote:
> >On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:01:10 -0700 (PDT), MLOM <gr... [at] netzero.net>
> >wrote:
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> >>Here's one...have a race between a Prius and a Moped. I'd about put
> >>my money on the Moped.
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> >I think even a jogger in the bike lane could beat most PriuSloths.
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> It's not the car though... driven with some spirit a prius is not much
> slower than the torqueless wonder car was... I have seen one driven in
> that manner by someone who actually knew how to merge and the torqueless
> wonder car was gaining on it, but it wasn't that big of a differenital.
> (I was pushing the torqueless wonder car about as hard as I dared)
Our son has one of those Prius things. I love it! Though not a race
car, it goes quite nicely in both speed and acceleration.
I expect that the electric drive boost during acceleration helps lot,
which was the intent.
I don't mind his 50 mpg, either.
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| Re: Another PriuSloth Hater [message #797761 ] |
Wed, 12 March 2008 14:34 |
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