Prius Street Race

[Tideland Prius]

hahahaha good one!

[Starbug]

Oh god, great video!! I had no idea that some of you guys actually race your Prii. That's cool. What class do you guys run them in? Are they actually competitive (video indicates they are)? Or do you guys just street race against random people?

I raced mine against my co-worker's turbo Talon (somewhere over 200hp at the time). I had the lead until he realised what I was doing and then his turbo spooled up.....LOL. It was good for a laugh afterwards, though.

[PriusOwner004]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(240sxer @ Oct 4 2007, 01:09 AM) [snapback]521038[/snapback]</div>

This is my 06 vs a couple friends cars. I know some of you will bring the hate so go ahead and bring it on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAXLdw6Mg_I
Prius is actually not all that slow, it's slow off the line but has good top-end.
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That's a bit bizarre. The 01 Civic is listed at 8.4 seconds 0-60, Prius at 10. So I guess his Civic must not have been in top shape or he didn't know how to drive it.

If you really want to "smoke" somebody, race the Prius with a Civic Hybrid. That car is notoriously slow. Possibly the worst car (at least when it comes to acceleration) I've ever tested.

[Ichabod]

I know what he meant by "wait till the CVT kicks in" but I still think it's funny!

The Bayeuax Tapestry VTec picture is hilarious!!

[Tideland Prius]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(PriusOwner004 @ Oct 6 2007, 01:14 PM) [snapback]522218[/snapback]</div>

That's a bit bizare. The 01 Civic is listed at 8.4 seconds 0-60, Prius at 10. So I guess his Civic must not have been in top shape or he didn't know how to drive it.

If you really want to "smoke" somebody, race the Prius with a Civic Hybrid. That car is notoriously slow. Possibly the worst car (at least when it comes to acceleration) I've ever tested.
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<cough> smart fortwo. 799cc turbo diesel = 22 secs to 60mph, well ahead of the 13 sec HCH

[Doc Willie]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(240sxer @ Oct 5 2007, 10:49 PM) [snapback]522054[/snapback]</div>

Sounds like you were kinda being a hater. But point taken. Prius was deigned to get good fuel economy Mustang/Corvette was designed to go fast. You might not be able to dominate the Corvette too much. My C5 got around 32mpg on the freeway. It's no prius mpg, but for having around 3.5x the power at similar weight it's not bad

The corvette is the Insight of the sports cars.
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It was all good natured ribbing. I try to be diplomatic. I do not hate. I leave it to the Good Lord or the Gods of Ecology or the Laws of Petroeconomics to deal with these folk, in this life or the next, if any.

[galaxee]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(240sxer @ Oct 4 2007, 08:16 PM) [snapback]521433[/snapback]</div>

Again? What?
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i was referring to posts 10 and 11, sorry

[240sxer]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(PriusOwner004 @ Oct 6 2007, 01:14 PM) [snapback]522218[/snapback]</div>

That's a bit bizarre. The 01 Civic is listed at 8.4 seconds 0-60, Prius at 10. So I guess his Civic must not have been in top shape or he didn't know how to drive it.

If you really want to "smoke" somebody, race the Prius with a Civic Hybrid. That car is notoriously slow. Possibly the worst car (at least when it comes to acceleration) I've ever tested.
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A 1/4 mile drag race is just that. A 1/4 mile. Not a "who gets to 60 first" race. The prius traps in the high 70s. You really have to understand drag racing to see why the 0-60 isn't all that important when you are trying to reach a distance first. The 0-60 represents only about 1/2 of the total 1/4 mile race for these cars.

Basically the faster you go the more distance you travel (mph), so basically the 60-75 is just as important as the 0-60. The prius's 0-60 is pretty slow, the 1/4 mile isn't much better, but it does do well on top-end for what it is.

That's what I mean by "CVT kick in" I guess somewhere around 50mph the car reaches actual efficiency and actually starts to rev high and move. Right off the line it's REALLY slow which is about 80% of the reason the 1/4 isn't all that good and nor is the 0-60. If it actually could accelerate like that the entire time it would be probably a high 16 second car or so (hence every car I raced in the video was ahead of me for 1/2 the race till the "cvt kicked in")

I however have raced a Yaris 2 door 5 speed and it was REALLY close. Not sure who would have won but it was very close. Compared to most any car the prius is slow but for the economy cars in its class (good mpg) people like to compare it to it's usually faster it seems.

[apriusfan]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(impulsenine @ Oct 4 2007, 01:41 AM) [snapback]521057[/snapback]</div>

...Of course, the trouble is there's not a lot you can do to make it faster - you just stomp it and hope you're faster.[/b]

Lose weight is about the only thing you can do to make the car faster.

[240sxer]

There is a lot you could do to make the car faster. It just defeats the purpose.