So whose red Prius was this?

eklabbers · 01-17-2007, 01:44 AM

Actually this is in Portland, OR. On NW 20th and Salmon near PGE park to be exact. We saw it on KGW yesterday. And it's on YouTube as well. I definitely recognize PGE park towards the end of this video. The roads are really steep there too.

Man, that was slick! I decided not to risk going out in that weather with my Prius, so I'm working from home today.

jayman · 01-17-2007, 04:11 AM

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I'm confident that every driver in that comedy of stupidity had a very valid reason to be out driving in ice - NOT!! Makes you wonder about the intelligence level - probably "Well, I'm a safe driver, it can't happen to me!"[/b]

What I really like is when some person with a Big Bad Ass SUV/pickup goes out in those sort of conditions, with their Big Bad Ass tires, and slide right towards me. Fortunately I have good studded tires, so I can a) swerve out of their way; and

accelerate away from them, leaving them in my dust.

I actually like icy days. It's the only time I can use a Prius to blow the doors off some fugly pickup or SUV.

**Tideland Prius** · 01-17-2007, 06:43 AM

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What I really like is when some person with a Big Bad Ass SUV/pickup goes out in those sort of conditions, with their Big Bad Ass tires, and slide right towards me. Fortunately I have good studded tires, so I can a) swerve out of their way; and

accelerate away from them, leaving them in my dust.

I actually like icy days. It's the only time I can use a Prius to blow the doors off some fugly pickup or SUV.
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Exactly, like that SUV right in the beginning of the video. That was hilarious. The door, rear bumper, then the corner of the front and his right headlight, then the rear bumper again. You could hear him press the ACCELERATOR. What an idiot. He managed to hit 4 times as many objects as all the other cars in the video.

kdailey356 · 01-17-2007, 06:54 AM

Oh boy, that must have been terrorizing for all of those people. The prius was not bad at all! I loved the BMW at the end how it could properly take the turn and stop... It was probably an XI, i have one as well as the prius and it is amazing in the snow.

Whew, i can only imagine some of the many court settlements that willl be on this.

Bill Lumbergh · 01-17-2007, 07:45 AM

http://www.king5.com/sharedcontent/VideoPl...landhomevid.wmv

That looked bad. Not so much for the Prius, but for the rest of the cars.

hdrygas · 01-17-2007, 08:05 AM

My Prius has done amazing well in all of this ice and snow. I did not try any hills like that though. My worse moment was in my own drive trying to get started on the ice that formed last night. Weather looking up though. Reminds me of the times when we drove around on a parking lot that got flooded by a broken water pipe in Michigan. We had some good times using as a skid pad. We did it one at a time though. I thought it was Seattle because the logo said King 5 a local station, but it could be Portland they have some great hills as well. Problem with folks around here is that they see snow and ice like this only occasionally and have no idea on how to drive on it and when not to drive at all and stay home.

SomervillePrius · 01-17-2007, 08:31 AM

Who says the Prius is not a winter car?!? It did much better then all the other SUVs! Man that is one slippery slope!

svbb · 01-17-2007, 09:05 AM

Ouch that's tough to watch.

**TonyPSchaefer** · 01-17-2007, 09:35 AM

Wow. Where is this?

SW03ES · 01-17-2007, 10:00 AM

Damn...somebody needed to go up to the top of that road and just stop people from driving down it...

In a situation like that the car doesn't matter, no way to control a car on lice like that.

01-17-2007, 08:05 AM	#6
hdrygas Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Olympia Wa Posts: 3,650 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #9 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	My Prius has done amazing well in all of this ice and snow. I did not try any hills like that though. My worse moment was in my own drive trying to get started on the ice that formed last night. Weather looking up though. Reminds me of the times when we drove around on a parking lot that got flooded by a broken water pipe in Michigan. We had some good times using as a skid pad. We did it one at a time though. I thought it was Seattle because the logo said King 5 a local station, but it could be Portland they have some great hills as well. Problem with folks around here is that they see snow and ice like this only occasionally and have no idea on how to drive on it and when not to drive at all and stay home. __________________ Belle, a Millennium Silver '04 BC #9 "Becoming one with my Prius, ICE on ICE off" Belle has been passed on to my daughter. I have a new silver Prius 08. No name yet we have just met but not been introduced.

01-17-2007, 01:44 AM	#1
eklabbers Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 94 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Actually this is in Portland, OR. On NW 20th and Salmon near PGE park to be exact. We saw it on KGW yesterday. And it's on YouTube as well. I definitely recognize PGE park towards the end of this video. The roads are really steep there too. Man, that was slick! I decided not to risk going out in that weather with my Prius, so I'm working from home today.

01-17-2007, 06:54 AM	#4
kdailey356 Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 111 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Oh boy, that must have been terrorizing for all of those people. The prius was not bad at all! I loved the BMW at the end how it could properly take the turn and stop... It was probably an XI, i have one as well as the prius and it is amazing in the snow. Whew, i can only imagine some of the many court settlements that willl be on this.

01-17-2007, 07:45 AM	#5
Bill Lumbergh USAF Aircraft Maintainer Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Marysville, CA Posts: 509 My Car: 2005 Prius Package: #1 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 1	http://www.king5.com/sharedcontent/VideoPl...landhomevid.wmv That looked bad. Not so much for the Prius, but for the rest of the cars.

01-17-2007, 08:31 AM	#7
SomervillePrius Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Somerville, MA Posts: 946 My Car: 2006 Prius Package: #9 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Who says the Prius is not a winter car?!? It did much better then all the other SUVs! Man that is one slippery slope!

01-17-2007, 09:05 AM	#8
svbb Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 27 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Ouch that's tough to watch.

01-17-2007, 09:35 AM	#9
TonyPSchaefer Ruler of Omicron Persei 8 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Far-North Chicagoland Posts: 7,980 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #9 Nominated 4 Times in 2 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 14	Wow. Where is this?

01-17-2007, 10:00 AM	#10
SW03ES Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Gaithersburg, MD Posts: 1,055 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #9 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Damn...somebody needed to go up to the top of that road and just stop people from driving down it... In a situation like that the car doesn't matter, no way to control a car on lice like that.