Don't ya just love watching Prius Drivers?

[Shuffler]

I own a wrecker service 40 min south of Atlanta. $$$$$$$$$$$$$ I love there driving skills.

Even better. You can carry 3 or 4 of those at a time and probably fit another in the back seat.

[Puma44]

Over a 20+ year period, can’t recall seeing a Prius driving at or near the speed limit down the interstate.  They are usually 20-30 mph over the limit, saving gas, of course.

[BOBO]

When I was living in Iowa City we had a ton of Prius drivers, and a ton of bicyclists because it is a college town (remember the 90's TV show Coach?  That was actually Iowa City, and our football coach Hayden Fry)

Anyway I digress....

If I was coming up to a red light I often had a choice to make.

A.  Stop behind a prius in one lane
B.  Stop behind bicyclists in the other lane

Option B was ALWAYS more expedient.

[Vraciu]

Over a 20+ year period, can’t recall seeing a Prius driving at or near the speed limit down the interstate.  They are usually 20-30 mph over the limit, saving gas, of course.

 

[BuckShot]

I don't have any carbon stuck to my shoes therefore my C footprint is zero. That is unless, I'm walking in carbon and leave footprints in the carbon.

[Puma44]

I don't have any carbon stuck to my shoes therefore my C footprint is zero. That is unless, I'm walking in carbon and leave footprints in the carbon.

I’ve noticed that also. 

[icepac]

Prius drivers trying to maximize miles per gallon don't speed on the highway since the hybrid system has zero benefit in steady state cruising over a yaris or corolla.

Prius is about recouping energy from a braking event and applying it to the next acceleration event.

I've been 114mph in one and it was cake.

[Vraciu]

I had my 1969 Dodge Charger up to 140 and I felt like it wanted to start flying so I backed off. 

Did 210 mph in a Ferrari at Daytona once.   That’s as close to airsick as you can get in a car.  Whew. 

[RUSH1]

I was involved in an accident recently where a Prius rear ended my F-150 because he was hit from behind by a mid size Chevy (gotta love I-4 Tampa at rush hour).  Let's just say the Prius lost that fight badly while the Chevy and my Ford drove away with very little bumper damage.  That Prius literally came apart.  I'll let someone else "save the planet".  No way I'd drive one of those death traps. 

[Brooke]

I was involved in an accident recently where a Prius rear ended my F-150 because he was hit from behind by a mid size Chevy (gotta love I-4 Tampa at rush hour).  Let's just say the Prius lost that fight badly while the Chevy and my Ford drove away with very little bumper damage.  That Prius literally came apart.  I'll let someone else "save the planet".  No way I'd drive one of those death traps.

I can imagine that!

Reminds me of the time I was in my 1978 Mercury Marquis Brougham (or as I liked to call it "Brooke's Light Armored Urban Assault Vehicle"), constructed back in the days when there weren't "crumple zones".  I got rear ended by a 1990's Suburban.  My Mercury was OK, but the poor Suburban's front end was smashed up.

[Zimme83]

I can imagine that!

Reminds me of the time I was in my 1978 Mercury Marquis Brougham (or as I liked to call it "Brooke's Light Armored Urban Assault Vehicle"), constructed back in the days when there weren't "crumple zones".  I got rear ended by a 1990's Suburban.  My Mercury was OK, but the poor Suburban's front end was smashed up.

Worth noticing is that isnt really a good thing. Ok its fine in a low speed impact but you also have to remember that if the car doesnt take care of the force of the impact then you will. It doesnt matter if the speed is low enough but in a high energy collision you really want those "crumple zones" because without them the force on the people in the car will be much larger.

[Brooke]

Worth noticing is that isnt really a good thing. Ok its fine in a low speed impact but you also have to remember that if the car doesnt take care of the force of the impact then you will. It doesnt matter if the speed is low enough but in a high energy collision you really want those "crumple zones" because without them the force on the people in the car will be much larger.

I know and agree.  I want crumple zones.  I want air bags.  I want fuel efficiency.

But my 1978 Mercury was a dinosaur from an earlier epoch.  It was like a land-based aircraft carrier.  It was one of those cars where, after a collision, you might hose the brains, bits of skull, and blood off the dashboard, and it's good to go for the next driver.  It had an "economy" 6.6 liter engine. Right before I sold it, it was getting 7 miles to the gallon and probably about 20 miles to the gallon of power steering fluid.

[1stpar3]

I know and agree.  I want crumple zones.  I want air bags.  I want fuel efficiency.

But my 1978 Mercury was a dinosaur from an earlier epoch.  It was like a land-based aircraft carrier.  It was one of those cars where, after a collision, you might hose the brains, bits of skull, and blood off the dashboard, and it's good to go for the next driver.  It had an "economy" 6.6 liter engine. Right before I sold it, it was getting 7 miles to the gallon and probably about 20 miles to the gallon of power steering fluid.

Sounds like my families Chrysler Cordoba...the 8trak worked longer than the tapes did. Think we sold it in 87? Was funny,went from a super size V8 battle beast of a car...to a Toyota Tercel hatchback   After the first fill up,dad was doing math in his head, about all the money he COULD have saved in gas JUST LAST year...hit a deer and messed that toyota all up. DEER was fine. That Cordoba ate Trees,Deer, heck think it could have stopped a train. Zeroed the whole gas savings a bit  Then when he drove it to my Mom's Folks house...him Navy Vet served in ww2 in South Pacific Yes wasnt good

[Vraciu]

My 1992 Buick Regal with 450K miles has crumple zones but a Prius would bounce off it like a racquetball. 

[BOBO]

Sounds like my families Chrysler Cordoba...the 8trak worked longer than the tapes did. Think we sold it in 87? Was funny,went from a super size V8 battle beast of a car...to a Toyota Tercel hatchback   After the first fill up,dad was doing math in his head, about all the money he COULD have saved in gas JUST LAST year...hit a deer and messed that toyota all up. DEER was fine. That Cordoba ate Trees,Deer, heck think it could have stopped a train. Zeroed the whole gas savings a bit  Then when he drove it to my Mom's Folks house...him Navy Vet served in ww2 in South Pacific Yes wasnt good

Same thing happened when I was a kid.  My family traded in our mid 1970s Ford LTD and came home with a Chevy Nova (Made under License by Toyota)  It was basically just a Carolla with a bow tie on the grill.