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09-06-2009, 09:32 AM
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| Member  Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Irving, Texas
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Friends: 2 |  photos taken of the bottom of my Prius I have a friend with a lift and I had him lift my prius so that I could take a look at the bottom. It sure looks different than any vehicle I have ever seen (I have been driving a 1985 Land Cruiser for 24 years). It looks rather aerodynamic under there. some easily damaged plastic. very "neat" and "pretty". Glad I did it while it still looks new! here are some photos I took    |
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09-06-2009, 09:51 AM
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| Monkey Wrencher Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: lobsterland
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09-06-2009, 09:53 AM
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| Dr Curious Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Louisiana
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Friends: 0 | Re: photos taken of the bottom of my Prius Neat! First picture threw me off, I thought you had it on its side, LOL |
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09-06-2009, 10:03 AM
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| 2010PriusWannabe-Now an owner!  Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Leesburg Florida USA
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Friends: 4 | Re: photos taken of the bottom of my Prius Nice.... Thanks for thinking of us and sharing. Looks as if Toyota did as nice of a job under as it did over. Like the turtle comparison...so right. |
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09-06-2009, 10:16 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Oklahoma City
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Friends: 0 | Re: photos taken of the bottom of my Prius Much appreciated. I was also initially shocked as the first pic streamed in until it was completely loaded. I was thinking roll over accident but then was relieved.  It's obvious that great design care was taken underneath with aerodynamics in mind. I'm keeping a copy of these for future reference. |
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09-06-2009, 10:56 AM
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Friends: 0 | Re: photos taken of the bottom of my Prius Good god! That's a lot of underplating. Does this bother anybody? For me this is one of the big reasons I say I'm not a D.I.Y.er when it comes to oil changes on the new Prius. But it also makes me nervous that I'm going to have to trust a technician to take the time and carefully remove the plating, and carefully replace the plating everytime plating needs to be removed. Seems nightmarish. I know Toyota is proud of the designation of lowest CD of a production automobile but given that it is only microfractions higher than the second generation Prius, and only microfractions higher than The Insight, I have to question if all that underplating is worth it. It looks like the bottom of a toy car. I also don't like the idea that my Prius could be leaking a fluid from the top down, onto the plating and I'd concievably never know. Maybe it's the inevitable evolution of Hybrids and EV's to have so much underplating, but I'd be curious as to as far as CD and gas mileage, what the tangible benefits actually translate into being. Seems like the future of automobiles is becoming Open the Hood see a big slab of plastic, look underneath see several slabs of metal and plastic.
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09-06-2009, 11:01 AM
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| A Fairly Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rockville, MD
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09-06-2009, 11:50 AM
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Friends: 3 | Re: photos taken of the bottom of my Prius The only other time I'd seen the underside (except when looking under my own vehicle) was one of the factory videos posted in another thread. These pictures confirm to me that I'll not be driving up a friend's long dirt driveway with a seriously high hump in the middle of it, but stay on the street and hike over to his house. |
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09-06-2009, 11:52 AM
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| Member  Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ballamer, Merlin
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Friends: 2 | Re: photos taken of the bottom of my Prius lutece7, Way cool. Many thanks.  Asking on behalf of the many Gen II drivers; would it be possible to find a cooperative Gen II owner and have it lifted and photographed? Just asking. For those photos I'll nominate you for President... of the former Republic of Texas.  |
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