Earth Day in Balboa Park, San Diego, CA- S.D. Prius Club

http://entertainment.signonsandiego.com/pr..._recreation_2_2

I went to the S.D. Prius Club road rally and they announced the May 1 Earth Day event in Balboa park and handed out flyers. They said last year three cars participated in the Alternative Fuel Vehicle parade. I sent in my application and hope to see other club members there. Especially since i don't want to spend the entire day until 5 pm sitting by my car. (I need to eat and see the solar panels.)

But I will have my car (with Dale's decals, Robin Redbreast's hood and console cover and Yoda's 'lightbulb') on display. And I have printed out info for people to read and in the process understand a little better how my car works.

The last thing I want to do is make a Top Ten Prius Myths list, using the comments on this forum.

Here are the links I'll be printing out as a handout:

How it works:

How the car works:
http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/tech/environmen...uide_to_hsd.pdf

Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Prius

Internal Combustion Engine:
http://home.earthlink.net/~graham1/MyToyot...lCombustion.htm

Government:

IRS Clean Fuel Deduction
http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=...=130146,00.html

DMV.ca.gov
decals: http://www.dmv.ca.gov/forms/reg/reg1000.htm

News:

Yahoo news: Hybrid Car Sales rise 81% in U.S.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=...wth_4&printer=1

Hybrid Vehicle registrations increase 81% in 2004
http://www.polk.com/news/releases/2005_0425.asp

L.A. Times: Toyota’s spark of genius
http://www.latimes.com/la-danneil-101503-p...0,7911314.story

Yahoo news: Gas costs fuel hybrid sales as Detroit spins its wheels
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/u...tspinsitswheels

Metronews: Mechanics negotiate hybrid learning curve
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/business...484&format=text

msnbc.msn.com: Coveting a Prius, buyers will pay above retail
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7491706/print/...splaymode/1098/

Articles:

2004 Toyota Prius Road Test: Familycar.com
http://www.familycar.com/RoadTests/ToyotaPrius/

Car and Driver: Fuel Economists Wanted.
http://www.caranddriver.com/article.asp?se...article_id=7701

Finally, a car that really knows how to use its engine
http://www.caranddriver.com/article.asp?se...4&page_number=1

Motortrend: Motor Trend announces 2004 Car of the Year
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/altern...112_031120_coy/

Is Toyota Prius most important 2004 model
http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/altern...ws46/index.html

ars technica: Toyota Prius owners laugh all the way to the bank
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050...50411-4798.html

Intellichoice: 2005 Toyota Prius at a glance:
http://www.intellichoice.com/reports/vehic...hicle_nmb/16211

Groups:

PriusChat
http://www.priuschat.com

PriusOnline
http://www.priusonline.com

Yahoo Groups:
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/

GreenHybrid
http://greenhybrid.com/

Greencars
http://www.greenercars.com/indexplus.html

Tom’s Prius page:
http://www.fred.net/tds/prius2004.html

 

Click on "usergroups" in the upper right hand corner. You should be able to find something to join whatever local club you want there.

It's free.

There are sorta regular meetings. But I've only been to one so far....the April Road Rally.

I have no idea how often they do a road rally. They have potlucks and one a toyota engineer came out to talk. I'm really new so don't know much.

The president is SevMacpete and he will probably be the one contacting you after you join the usergroup.