Prii on the roadside? Is there a common problem?

[KTPhil]

Maybe it was only one car problem plus two good samaritans?

[silversyren]

We ended up on the side of the road between Las Vegas and Los Angeles.. I felt a little embarrassed to let down my prius that way. We thought we could make the trip to Vegas and halfway back before refueling. Silly.

The horrible thing was that we were about 3/4's a mile away from a gas station but didn't know it and I panicked when my warning light came on and I thought my battery was being damaged.

After a 70$ gallon of gas.. we went to the gas station, refueled, and went home. If we didn't drive around in Vegas so much, we would have been fine! :P

[oly_57mpg]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(AussieOwner @ Aug 7 2007, 11:45 PM) [snapback]492217[/snapback]</div>

As I was reading this thread, I could not understand people leaving the fill up until the last moment.
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Because most people live in a metropolis and have access to umpteen dozen gas stations, so there's really no worry about going too low. It's also a machismo thing - how many miles can I get out of this tank.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(AussieOwner @ Aug 7 2007, 11:45 PM) [snapback]492217[/snapback]</div>

For country driving here in Australia, it was more of fill up as soon as the gauge got below 1/2 - you never know how far the next gas station may be.
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Thoughts of Mad Max come to mind here... Again, most people live in a metropolis so there are filling stations around.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(AussieOwner @ Aug 7 2007, 11:45 PM) [snapback]492217[/snapback]</div>

I still have the fun of filling up only half as often as before, but never fear running out of gas.
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But it's about saying... "I got 600 miles (965.61) from my tank of gas..."

[Pinto Girl]

I flog the little darling within an inch of her life sometimes; she's uttered not so much as a whimper.

[oly_57mpg]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Pinto Girl @ Aug 8 2007, 02:33 PM) [snapback]492538[/snapback]</div>

I flog the little darling within an inch of her life sometimes; she's uttered not so much as a whimper.
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Your dates must be amazing. I mean, you're flogging your car - I'd really like to know what you do to your date!

[JimN]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(F8L @ Aug 6 2007, 07:53 PM) [snapback]491576[/snapback]</div>

I am short on time and cannot search right now but..

On my way to and from Canada on I-5 this week/weekend, I saw 3 Prii on the side of the road with their hazzards on. 1 was in Vancouver BC. and no one was near the car. The last one was on the backroads near Dixon Ca. and there was a truck parked in front of the car assisting him/her I guess.

I was just wondering if there was some issue affecting people that I was not aware of or are these just coincidental? Just seems like in the last month I've seen more Prii on the side of the road than normal.
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Perhaps the car can go further than the passengers. In Ohio it is a long way between rest stops.

[F8L]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(JimN @ Aug 8 2007, 08:24 PM) [snapback]492807[/snapback]</div>

Perhaps the car can go further than the passengers. In Ohio it is a long way between rest stops.
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That was my first hypothesis but in each case there was either someone wandering around near the car on a cell phone, another vehicle next to the car assisting them, or there was no one to be seen in or out of the car and the hazzards were on and it was not an ideal location to pull over for a quick nap.

Given how many Prii I've seen on this trip and others this is not a large number I've seen "broke" down but it did make me wonder why.

[sfdafna]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(oly_57mpg @ Aug 8 2007, 11:29 AM) [snapback]492535[/snapback]</div>

Because most people live in a metropolis and have access to umpteen dozen gas stations, so there's really no worry about going too low. It's also a machismo thing - how many miles can I get out of this tank.
Thoughts of Mad Max come to mind here... Again, most people live in a metropolis so there are filling stations around.
But it's about saying... "I got 600 miles (965.61) from my tank of gas..." ;)
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Living in earthquake country (albeit in major denial most of the time), I try not to drop too far below 1/2 a tank in case I need to book it outta here and there is NO gas available (remember the Katrina gsa station lines???). call me paranoid, but I really can't see the Feds rushing to rescue the crazy liberal Prius-driving queers in SF after the "big one" hits . . .

Dafna

[MarinJohn]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(sfdafna @ Aug 9 2007, 06:38 PM) [snapback]493344[/snapback]</div>

call me paranoid, but I really can't see the Feds rushing to rescue the crazy liberal Prius-driving queers in SF after the "big one" hits . . .

Dafna
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No Paranoia about it. After the Enron rape of CA and junior's lack of response in assisting us get our money back because we did not vote him in, you can count on only one thing: There will be no help in the event of the big one. You think the lack of response to Katrina victims was/is still lacking? Nothing compared to what CA can expect. And to think CA gets, what, only about .75 on the dollar back from our contributions to the federal budget compared to that bastion of the GOP, New Mexico who gets back about $1.25.

[JimN]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(MarinJohn @ Aug 10 2007, 12:02 PM) [snapback]493551[/snapback]</div>

No Paranoia about it. After the Enron rape of CA and junior's lack of response in assisting us get our money back because we did not vote him in, you can count on only one thing: There will be no help in the event of the big one. You think the lack of response to Katrina victims was/is still lacking? Nothing compared to what CA can expect. And to think CA gets, what, only about .75 on the dollar back from our contributions to the federal budget compared to that bastion of the GOP, New Mexico who gets back about $1.25.
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CA (and NJ) need better senators and congressmen. As FEMA so aptly demonstrated, if you are expecting them to help, you are SOL.