How many times have you seen this?

molgrips · 07-13-2006, 02:05 PM

Went to the movies the other night, the only other car in the carpark was one of these weird looking things. So I had to park right next to it

There must be like three Prii in Cardiff - I reckon I could count all my sightings in this country on two (or maybe three) hands. Cardiff is a pretty provincial place too, so that makes me even more surprised.

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Anyone else seen this yet?

rufaro · 07-13-2006, 02:11 PM

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Went to the movies the other night, the only other car in the carpark was one of these weird looking things. So I had to park right next to it

There must be like three Prii in Cardiff - I reckon I could count all my sightings in this country on two (or maybe three) hands. Cardiff is a pretty provincial place too, so that makes me even more surprised.

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Anyone else seen this yet?
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Boy, you Welsh REALLY ARE funny--you have THREE hands?

I don't know if it's like when one is pregnant or what, but I sure am NOTICING lots more Prii since I got mine. The funniest thing was yesterday afternoon, when I walked out my office door, right onto a fairly quiet side street in a tiny downtown...right in front of my door were TWO Prii and and an Insight, all lined up in a row! Not as cute as yours, since none of these were the same colo(u)r.

Miss_Taz · 07-13-2006, 02:16 PM

What would be even funnier is if you had taken one of those little "model sized " Prius cars (like 1/16th of the size), put it between the two above and taken the picture.

It would have been like Mommy Prius, Daddy Prius & baby Prius! HAHA!

:-D

molgrips · 07-13-2006, 03:58 PM

Heh... I saw my first ever insight actually just a few days beforehand, in a neighbouring carpark. Do you guys actually see them around the place?

**Tideland Prius** · 07-13-2006, 08:47 PM

Cheap! · 07-13-2006, 08:52 PM

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I think the one on the left is better looking.

pirateprius · 07-13-2006, 09:03 PM

Saw 2 prii (not the same color) parked next to each other in the public parking area next to my office building the other. With a third one just across the way. My black beauty was parked behind the building and couldn't see them. Couldn't help thinking it would be nice if they could breed - how do you tell a male from a female??? :P

wstander · 07-13-2006, 09:13 PM

We toured our extended neighborhood looking for landscape ideas and noted at one house:

a first gen

a blue 2nd gen

a white 2nd gen with no plates/dealer placard

Sooo, while we were in front of that house, a Google Earth shot would have included our silver 2005!

At my job, there is a blue gen2 and another coworker is awaiting his 2006 drifwood; there is also a CNG Civic.

**Tideland Prius** · 07-13-2006, 09:45 PM

I just realised. I don't recognise the plate on the left. I'm more familiar with the plate on the right. (That and I've been out of touch on UK licence plates). Is it safe to say that the one of the left is newer? (not just b/c of the car but the way the numbers and letters are setup). i.e. the 55 plate is a 2006 car, 54 is 2005 etc.

Oxo · 07-14-2006, 06:11 AM

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I just realised. I don't recognise the plate on the left. I'm more familiar with the plate on the right. (That and I've been out of touch on UK licence plates). Is it safe to say that the one of the left is newer? (not just b/c of the car but the way the numbers and letters are setup). i.e. the 55 plate is a 2006 car, 54 is 2005 etc.
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The CF means Cardiff. The 55 means that the car was first registered between 1 July and 31 December 2005. The remaining letters are random. A car registered earlier in the year would be 05. Cars registered this year are either 06 or 56.

The car on the right has not got a typical UK plate. I think the Z in it shows that it's Irish, but I'm not sure.

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07-13-2006, 02:05 PM	#1
molgrips Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 188 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Went to the movies the other night, the only other car in the carpark was one of these weird looking things. So I had to park right next to it There must be like three Prii in Cardiff - I reckon I could count all my sightings in this country on two (or maybe three) hands. Cardiff is a pretty provincial place too, so that makes me even more surprised. [attachmentid=4133] Anyone else seen this yet?

07-13-2006, 02:16 PM	#3
Miss_Taz Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 142 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	What would be even funnier is if you had taken one of those little "model sized " Prius cars (like 1/16th of the size), put it between the two above and taken the picture. It would have been like Mommy Prius, Daddy Prius & baby Prius! HAHA! :-D

07-13-2006, 03:58 PM	#4
molgrips Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 188 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Heh... I saw my first ever insight actually just a few days beforehand, in a neighbouring carpark. Do you guys actually see them around the place?

07-13-2006, 08:47 PM	#5
Tideland Prius Super Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 13,562 My Car: 2005 Prius Package: B Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 11

07-13-2006, 09:03 PM	#7
pirateprius Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Eastern North Carolina, Home of the ECU Pirates Posts: 149 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Saw 2 prii (not the same color) parked next to each other in the public parking area next to my office building the other. With a third one just across the way. My black beauty was parked behind the building and couldn't see them. Couldn't help thinking it would be nice if they could breed - how do you tell a male from a female??? :P

07-13-2006, 09:13 PM	#8
wstander Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 978 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	We toured our extended neighborhood looking for landscape ideas and noted at one house: a first gen a blue 2nd gen a white 2nd gen with no plates/dealer placard Sooo, while we were in front of that house, a Google Earth shot would have included our silver 2005! At my job, there is a blue gen2 and another coworker is awaiting his 2006 drifwood; there is also a CNG Civic.

07-13-2006, 09:45 PM	#9
Tideland Prius Super Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 13,562 My Car: 2005 Prius Package: B Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 11	I just realised. I don't recognise the plate on the left. I'm more familiar with the plate on the right. (That and I've been out of touch on UK licence plates). Is it safe to say that the one of the left is newer? (not just b/c of the car but the way the numbers and letters are setup). i.e. the 55 plate is a 2006 car, 54 is 2005 etc.