1. Attachments are working again! Check out this thread for more details and to report any other bugs.

Prime Fun

Discussion in 'Prime Main Forum (2017-2022)' started by HPrimeAdvanced, Oct 26, 2017.

  1. HPrimeAdvanced

    HPrimeAdvanced Senior Member

    Joined:
    Mar 2, 2017
    2,303
    3,519
    0
    Location:
    Anaheim, CA
    Vehicle:
    2017 Prius Prime
    Model:
    Plug-in Advanced
    Southbound on Harbor Blvd, a "bondo special" Honda Type R (?), with howling exhaust and severely negative-camber rear wheels, pulls up alongside a 2017 Prime Advanced, A/C off, windows closed. Bondo Special (BS) repeatedly revs at red stoplight. Light turns green, both cars jump forward, Prime ends up at least 3 car-lengths ahead at the next red light about 2-4 blocks later. Scene repeats 3 more times, same result!! Who says frugality can't be fun!!

    .
     
    #1 HPrimeAdvanced, Oct 26, 2017
    Bob Comer, Mark57, pilotgrrl and 3 others like this.
  2. Prodigyplace

    Prodigyplace Senior Member

    Joined:
    Nov 1, 2016
    11,696
    11,318
    0
    Location:
    Central Virginia
    Vehicle:
    2017 Prius
    Model:
    Two
    Who did the flashing lights car get?
     
    #2 Prodigyplace, Oct 26, 2017
    HPrimeAdvanced likes this.
  3. Ferrarilover

    Ferrarilover Active Member

    Joined:
    Mar 1, 2016
    185
    168
    0
    Location:
    Manchester, UK
    Vehicle:
    Other Non-Hybrid
    Model:
    N/A
    That type r driver either wasn’t any good, the engine had been replaced by a 3 pot 1 litre or they just weren’t trying.

    The primes pretty good off the mark with the electric but nowhere near what a type can do in the right hands.

    Maybe the mods have completely ruined it. Or they have added too much weight with 50 speakers or something.


    iPhone ?
     
    #3 Ferrarilover, Oct 26, 2017
    pilotgrrl and HPrimeAdvanced like this.
  4. HPrimeAdvanced

    HPrimeAdvanced Senior Member

    Joined:
    Mar 2, 2017
    2,303
    3,519
    0
    Location:
    Anaheim, CA
    Vehicle:
    2017 Prius Prime
    Model:
    Plug-in Advanced
    That was the scary part, BS was a real loud howler, just begging to be caught, and further south, probably doing 75-80 in 45mph zone, before he disappeared at a left-turn lane. The boys in blue, I think were at the World Series!!

    .
     
    #4 HPrimeAdvanced, Oct 26, 2017
    pilotgrrl and bisco like this.
  5. HPrimeAdvanced

    HPrimeAdvanced Senior Member

    Joined:
    Mar 2, 2017
    2,303
    3,519
    0
    Location:
    Anaheim, CA
    Vehicle:
    2017 Prius Prime
    Model:
    Plug-in Advanced
    The BS was a Honda/Type R wannabe. I owned a real Type R; it would have left the Prime in the dust. This appeared to be a Honda Civic coupe, modified with sreaming howling exhaust. He laid rubber at least once!! I would classify him as a POS model....!!


    .
     
    #5 HPrimeAdvanced, Oct 26, 2017
    Bob Comer, pilotgrrl and bwilson4web like this.
  6. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
    Staff Member

    Joined:
    Oct 2, 2004
    44,935
    16,159
    41
    Location:
    Canada
    Vehicle:
    Other Non-Hybrid
    Model:
    N/A
    VTEC did not kick in yo.
     
    #6 Tideland Prius, Oct 26, 2017
    Mark57 and HPrimeAdvanced like this.
  7. HPrimeAdvanced

    HPrimeAdvanced Senior Member

    Joined:
    Mar 2, 2017
    2,303
    3,519
    0
    Location:
    Anaheim, CA
    Vehicle:
    2017 Prius Prime
    Model:
    Plug-in Advanced
    VTEC: yeah he was a Very Tired Economy Car!! Like a certain politician on the campaign trail: a lot of noise and not much action!!

    .
     
    #7 HPrimeAdvanced, Oct 26, 2017
    DonDNH, Tideland Prius and pilotgrrl like this.
  8. pilotgrrl

    pilotgrrl Senior Member

    Joined:
    Jul 23, 2017
    891
    1,796
    0
    Location:
    Chicagoan in TX
    Vehicle:
    2016 Prius
    Model:
    Three
    What's with the "tire tread" motif on the front and rear bumpers of the Civic Type R? It looks like they got run over, or something.

    Posted via the PriusChat mobile app.
     
    #8 pilotgrrl, Oct 26, 2017
    HPrimeAdvanced likes this.
  9. Deleted member 111882

    Deleted member 111882 Guest

    0
    No but the Santa Ana winds did :LOL:
     
    #9 Deleted member 111882, Oct 26, 2017
    pilotgrrl, Tideland Prius and HPrimeAdvanced like this.
  10. HPrimeAdvanced

    HPrimeAdvanced Senior Member

    Joined:
    Mar 2, 2017
    2,303
    3,519
    0
    Location:
    Anaheim, CA
    Vehicle:
    2017 Prius Prime
    Model:
    Plug-in Advanced
    That's funny! I hadn't been following that car, so don't know its details. I don't know for sure why I'm not interested, it's probably the body shape, and the over 300HP front-drive that turned me off. It doesn't sound "balanced", and I think I've become pretty much a plug-in hybrid convert!
    Those bumpers sound garrish; my black Type R was very classy, very fast, although extremely noisy!!

    .
     
    #10 HPrimeAdvanced, Oct 26, 2017
    pilotgrrl likes this.
  11. Prius Maximus

    Prius Maximus Senior Member

    Joined:
    May 3, 2004
    935
    780
    1
    Location:
    Northeastern IL
    Vehicle:
    2014 Prius
    Model:
    Three
    Haha! Reminds me of an episode I had as a youngster. I had a 1978 Dodge Aspen (the old K-car not the more recent SUV). It was the last model year you could get it with a 360 engine. Amyway, I',m on my way home from work bagging at the A&P when a punk in a mustang passes me then slows down and passes again, making noise and just generally being a jerk. So we pull up at a stop light and he revs his engine. Okay. I rev mine. Light turns green, I go easy and keep pace with him. We get to the next light. I normally turn left in the left turn lane, but I stay in the middle lane. I want to get him good. The police station is 2 blocks down. He's in the right lane. I rev my engine real good. I look at him and we both nod. I have my left foot on the brake and the right on the gas. The left turn signal comes on, I hit the gas and pop the front end up, going nowhere. He takes off like greased lightning and lo and behold a block down the flashy lights come on. I drive by at the speed limit laughing.

    Can't do that in my Prius, - can't rev the engine...
     
    #11 Prius Maximus, Oct 27, 2017
    HPrimeAdvanced likes this.
  12. HPrimeAdvanced

    HPrimeAdvanced Senior Member

    Joined:
    Mar 2, 2017
    2,303
    3,519
    0
    Location:
    Anaheim, CA
    Vehicle:
    2017 Prius Prime
    Model:
    Plug-in Advanced
    Yeah, the "Vrooom" option on the Advanced would be good for us old whippersnappers!! We could even use it to startle slow-shuffling Presbyterians, or oblivious walking texters!!

    .
     
    #12 HPrimeAdvanced, Oct 27, 2017
    pilotgrrl likes this.
  13. Prodigyplace

    Prodigyplace Senior Member

    Joined:
    Nov 1, 2016
    11,696
    11,318
    0
    Location:
    Central Virginia
    Vehicle:
    2017 Prius
    Model:
    Two
    Place your vote here.:LOL:
    What kind of warning sound would you want for your car? | PriusChat
     
    #13 Prodigyplace, Oct 27, 2017
  14. Mark57

    Mark57 2021 Tesla Model 3 LR AWD

    Joined:
    Aug 14, 2009
    2,945
    2,736
    0
    Location:
    OK
    Vehicle:
    Other Electric Vehicle
    Model:
    N/A
    You just need a 1963 Mattel VAROOM engine. We could mount a few of those under the Prius hood.

     
    #14 Mark57, Oct 27, 2017
    Prodigyplace likes this.
  15. RonMc5

    RonMc5 Member

    Joined:
    Jul 10, 2017
    89
    73
    0
    Location:
    Santee
    Vehicle:
    2017 Prius Prime
    Model:
    Plug-in Advanced
    I would like to change my Pedestrian Warning sound so that it SOUNDS like my '65 Barracuda Formula S... NOT like a Johnathan Winters spaceship! :) In Spain tooting the horn got you ignored. Reving the engine got you an instant clear pathway. (They walk down the narrow streets 5 across in Rota Spain (1965ish).
     
    #15 RonMc5, Oct 27, 2017
    pilotgrrl, HPrimeAdvanced and Prodigyplace like this.
  16. HPrimeAdvanced

    HPrimeAdvanced Senior Member

    Joined:
    Mar 2, 2017
    2,303
    3,519
    0
    Location:
    Anaheim, CA
    Vehicle:
    2017 Prius Prime
    Model:
    Plug-in Advanced
    My Type R sounded like it would eat you alive, and my Milano Verde sounded like Bullitt Mustang!! Off the road peasant!!

    .
     
    #16 HPrimeAdvanced, Oct 27, 2017
    pilotgrrl likes this.
(You must log in or sign up to post here.)