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JohnWxy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 04:24 PM Original message |
Prius Owners Question Mileage Claims |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. I get almost exactly what the computer says I get. |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. This July will be five years for me |
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RufusEarl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 04:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Five years? |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 04:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. The article was wrong. n/t |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 04:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. No serious problems to date - Toyota estimates 10 year battery life |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. "accounts for wind resistance"??? |
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shoelace414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. I used to have a Prius and the MPG is very sensitive to how you drive |
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GemMom (281 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 02:17 AM Response to Reply #4 |
21. If you're no longer driving the Prius, |
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megatherium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
5. My personal take (having no experience with hybrids): |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 04:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I agree - I am waiting for the production "plug-in" hybrid that uses |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 08:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Same Here. With All These 'Hybrid Can't Service You After The Prom' |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
6. My VW Golf TDI gets 55 mpg on the highway, |
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tech3149 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
9. 95% of mileage is driving style |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 04:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. right! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
14. What IS IT with you and the hybrids? |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 09:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Well look at it this way: At least the caps key is not stuck. n/t |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
15. So, why do you hate Hybrids so much? |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 06:02 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. ...raised by a pack of SUVs... |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 06:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. self-delete |
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trekbiker (724 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 07:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I think maybe JohnWxy suffers from "Prius Envy"... |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 11:40 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. LOL! Anyway, as long as we're Prius-bashing, here's my list... |
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trekbiker (724 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-02-06 12:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I plan to get one.. |
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