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    2020 Corolla Hybrid Official Thread

    Just personal preference. I like a tach in any gasoline-engine car. Even at Corolla velocities. ;)
    Post by: ernestmurphyiii, Dec 13, 2019 in forum: Toyota Hybrids and EVs
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    2020 Corolla Hybrid Official Thread

    Only have had my Corolla Hybrid a few days. Owned a 2012 Prius for a couple years, also drove girlfriend's hybrid Honda Fit (called Jazz on that...
    Post by: ernestmurphyiii, Aug 26, 2019 in forum: Toyota Hybrids and EVs
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    Mashed lower front plastic body piece ... yikes.

    Hit a blown tread from a truck tire at 60 mph ... was in heavy traffic and could not avoid it. Busted up the lower front body piece ... it's...
    Thread by: ernestmurphyiii, Dec 3, 2014, 2 replies, in forum: Gen 3 Prius Care, Maintenance & Troubleshooting
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    How to disable the Prius "Artificial Engine" sound?

    I think it would be really cool to: 1. be able to turn this "feature" on and off, at will, from the driver's seat. The reason we can't probably...
    Post by: ernestmurphyiii, Jan 14, 2014 in forum: Gen 3 Prius Accessories and Modifications
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    A deer landed on my windshield!

    Mine wasn't exactly a timely post, but then some of us only look at this forum a couple times a year, and so we have a more long-term mindset. ;)
    Post by: ernestmurphyiii, Jan 14, 2014 in forum: Gen 3 Prius Main Forum
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    Is it me, or is the Prius a moron magnet?

    You're talking about highway/freeway driving, yes? It's perfectly legal to pass people on the right, provided there is a lane to do it in. I do it...
    Post by: ernestmurphyiii, Jan 14, 2014 in forum: Gen 3 Prius Main Forum
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    A deer landed on my windshield!

    I'd do everything I could to encourage them to total it. If they insist on repairing it, it would be wise for you to get rid of it as soon as...
    Post by: ernestmurphyiii, Jan 14, 2014 in forum: Gen 3 Prius Main Forum
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    Amateur Radio (Ham Radio) Operators on this forum?

    Update. Back in the States, got a '12 Prius. Today parked a mag-mount whip on the roof and successfully worked the local 2-meter repeater here in...
    Post by: ernestmurphyiii, May 31, 2013 in forum: Fred's House of Pancakes
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    ProClip ipad mount

    I'm considering an iPad mount also, for one reason: Waze (pronounced ways). That's a free navigation app. It's GPS taken to the next level in that...
    Post by: ernestmurphyiii, Apr 27, 2013 in forum: Gen 3 Prius Accessories and Modifications
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    Prius III or Jazz hybrid?

    Postscript: Am back in the States to stay. Yesterday I bought a year-old ex-rental Prius 2. Love it, even if the manual is almost 500 pages.
    Post by: ernestmurphyiii, Apr 20, 2013 in forum: Newbie Forum
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    However, if money is tight, there are a lot of much cheaper, and pretty thrifty-running, little...

    However, if money is tight, there are a lot of much cheaper, and pretty thrifty-running, little gassers you can buy. That's what 90 percent of...
    Profile Post Comment by ernestmurphyiii, Apr 20, 2013
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    $8.50 a gallon gas and roughly 30 percent tax break for hybrids suggests you should get a...

    $8.50 a gallon gas and roughly 30 percent tax break for hybrids suggests you should get a hybrid. Cars are painfully expensive because of the tax...
    Profile Post Comment by ernestmurphyiii, Apr 20, 2013
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    Tovli, my belief is that the full-size Prius is too long for parking spaces in Israeli cities....

    Tovli, my belief is that the full-size Prius is too long for parking spaces in Israeli cities. Maybe OK if you live in the countryside. I'd say...
    Profile Post Comment by ernestmurphyiii, Apr 20, 2013
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    Just joined the cult

    Just joined the cult
    Status Update by ernestmurphyiii, Apr 20, 2013