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[windstrings]

I think he knows allot more than he did before he took office.. thats why he can't keep all the dreamy campaign promises about war etc....

But anyway.... Although there are faster cars, but they also come with crazy price tags to purchase as well as to operate.

There are also other hybrids with more power, but the Prius honestly has more power than I need.. Heck I run around in Eco mode all the time and it still feels great!
Why not get the awesome gas mileage rather than have power I would never use and continually kill my gas mileage even when I'm taking it easy?

I could see more power if the gas mileage only got killed when accessing that power, but its a bit silly to loose mileage 24/7 for the ability to exhibit a rare display of power in a jack rabbit start!
Just how fast do you need to get to 90?
Even the GenII outran my Jeep cheerkee (4.0 liter straight 6), the 2010 would put it to shame.

When I start robbing banks, I'll consider something faster!


I think we have the coolest car in the world.

The only way I would buy another was if money was no object.

I'm thinking a Lamborghini would work!

But I have a feeling, Its not as functional as the prius when it comes to the comfort of all passengers.

But I think I could live with it!

[rrolff]

Sir Windstrings,

I will agree with most of your philosophy about liking the car.... I have driven crazy machines at crazy speeds - they have all been fun, but I have moved over the last 18 years from 8MPG, to 10MPG, to 15MPG.

Instead of thinking how the thing will work at a crazy speed, or how it won't at a crazy speed, it's kinda fun watching how it performs and playing to get it to perform better (MPG). I'm 8 yrs past driving crazy, my last car was purchased because it was unique (1st year Xterra), and as a design feature you could *feel* and *knew* when you were driving 75MPH (had a ticket pre-X - 105 - which can cure you). I loved driving by a speed trap, having your heart sink, then looking down, and seeing the car was going the "correct" speed...

This is really a fun car, and in my area, where people drive very expensive cars, it is very respected...

That said, there is now that itch - what will my car do - 108 or 112... I took benedryl, I can get by - but now I have an itch.... It {wants} {to} {be} {scratched} {Dot} {Dot} {Dot}...

[Omni-TaG]

Hi

I accidently went at 177 Km/h last week (2010 Prius) ! I guess this is somewhere near 110 miles per hour. I recall having a lot of juice left behind the "gaz" pedal !
(even if manufaturer say top speed is 175 Km/h)

What was freaking about that 177 Km/h is that the car was still running like if i was simply cruising at low speed on highway ! No speed impressions, no particular noises, no wind noises... fascinating ! Let's put that on the count of the 0.25 CX.