How Can a Prius Pay for Itself?

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Punkinann @ Jul 14 2006, 04:41 AM) [snapback]286137[/snapback]</div>

The Prius is a nice car, but it's not a luxury car.
The seats aren't luxury seats, as my bum reminds me on long rides; and it accelerates like the V4 engine that it is.

Except for the smartkey, now THAT's luxury. I want one for my house.
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I don’t have a problem with the seat. I’m not sure if it is some kind of upgrade or not. It has some kind of “liquicell” comfort technology build in the seat. I find it comfortable on long trips. It could use lumbar support though.

The fact that it accelerates like a V4 is fine with me. It accelerates like a V8, V10, V12, V16, or even a V2 motorcycle. Each and everyone of them goes from 0 to 60 mph in abut 30 seconds. Don’t believe me?
Get in any car and let me drive, I’ll show you.

I did get the nav system so my car speaks more languages than me, suggests places to eat when I'm hungry, and cools the car for me when I say so, so I don’t have to push all of those complicated buttons.

The smartkey is great, and so is the blue-tooth to my phone. I never have to look for my keys or phone, I just leave them in my briefcase.

I don't have a name for my car but I do for the voice and I call the nav system the "Oracle."

As in, "Let’s consult the Oracle."

On a road trip my wife said "We have to find a place to mail these post cards."
"No problem let’s consult the Oracle"
It was a block away in a direction we never would have gone. Now that is "LUXURY!"

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(IsrAmeriPrius @ Jul 14 2006, 11:01 AM) [snapback]286228[/snapback]</div>

Actually, it is an in-line 4.


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Tanks for that I did not know it was an I4. (Inline 4 cylinder)
My Jeep Grand Cherokee is an I6 and I was told it is built like a farm tractor engine. “That engine should last 400,000 miles” I was told. The inline orientation keeps the vibrations coming in the same direction like a beach that never loses shoreline. However the V6 ends up with cross vibrations that start to shake the engine violently depending on acceleration or deceleration. Like a beach that erodes every year because the wave hits it from odd angles.

No wonder the Prius has such a good track record with it's ICE.

Thanks.


<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Alnilam @ Jul 14 2006, 11:05 AM) [snapback]286230[/snapback]</div>

I used my Prius as a getaway car in a bank heist yesterday and made off with about 50 large. It sure paid for itself there! (And I loved its smooth acceleration as I peeled away, shouting "Go Home" into my Nav system and still getting 48.6 mpg as I out-foxed the guys chasing me.)

Hold on, there's somebody banging on my front door..........
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