Some pics ... bring on the hate!!!!

http://www.autobloggreen.com/photos/possible-leakage-2010-toyota-prius/1100518/


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for the fart smellers all over!

I love my prius, i get about 5.7k/100k and get about 850 to 900 k's / 45L tank. I don't want to save the planet but i hate petrol stations.

what a prius of s***

It still looks like a fukcing cheese wedge. But millions of lemmings can't be wrong..


Is it still one of the most environmentally unfriendly cars to manufacture and dispose of?

who cares? and no they changed the batteries. The only reason it was so bad is because normal cars have 1 battery and these have several.

hehe top gear rocks, that is the first gen prius tech though. Things are a little different these days 10 years on. There is two diesel golfs at work and they are both horrible and have a lot worse fuel economy, been told about 8L/100k's. This is actual city driving too not bs factory figures.

Why can't they make them look better? Why does the environmentally friendly car have to look like a piece of s***? Surely its not only because of the dual engines/space etc.

I don't know s*** about cars, but I sure think the Prius is one ugly-ass sucker. Surely they would have sold a billion more of these if they didn't look so chumpy.

I don't care what it looks like, I have enormous genitals

any ICE car gets horrible mileage in the city, it's because you're moving a heavy lump of metal from 0-50 repeatedly. 8L/100 is a bit sad for a small diesel though, they must be caining it or maybe they are only second-gen common rail or something. my '08 diesel weighs 2200kg and uses 9.6 with leadfoot city driving. I can maintain 8/100 city driving across a two week period (one tank) of commuting from the southside to indro + weekend running around if I even remotely attempt to drive efficiently

regarding the prius looks - dunno why it has that ugly design, there's no reason it has to look ugly. look at the honda civic hybrid, it's exactly the same shape and look as the petrol version. and normally toyota make decent looking cars

I don't care what it looks like, I have enormous genitals

ON YOUR HEAD LOL

LOLLERSKATES AND ROFLCOPTERS POOPY FACE

all new cars look s*** imo.

that ugly high bonnet s***, forward windscreen s***.

There is two diesel golfs at work and they are both horrible and have a lot worse fuel economy, been told about 8L/100k's. This is actual city driving too not bs factory figures.

which gen of golf diesel? the mark 5 TDI?

the specs on those from VW are

1.9 TDI 6.3L/100Km
2.0 TDI 5.7L/100Km
2.0 TDI sport 6.3L/100Km

VW aren't known for fudging their figures.

http://www.gm-volt.com/galleries/

ara, those figures are always fudged. They just take the best possible consumption rates. Very different when you actually have to break and stop. On redbook the 06 onwards prius's are listed as 3.5.

Golf on redbook.com.au

Green Credentials
CO2 Emissions 194
Green House Rating 6.5
Air Pollution Rating 6.5
Overall Green Star Rating
Fuel Combined (l/100km) 8.1

prius

Green Credentials
CO2 Emissions 106
Green House Rating 8.5
Air Pollution Rating 8.5
Overall Green Star Rating
Fuel Combined (l/100km) 4.4

Both 08 models

Golf Diesel on redbook.com.au

CO2 Emissions 149
Green House Rating 7.5
Air Pollution Rating 5.0
Overall Green Star Rating
Fuel Combined (l/100km) 5.5

noob.

sorry i just picked the golf at the top of the list, I wasn't retarded enough to actually look through them. You are also right, that is the first time I have used that site, the old redbook asia site I used to use was grey and just text

are you sure you weren't visiting greybook? lols

that was the first time i used the site too, but then im not a noob.

so your a noob but your not one?

not a noob at the internets!

Another happy prius owner.

I also have a VT clubsport. Guess which car sits in the garage depreciating all day.

I used to drive from Dayboro to Northgate and back every day, used 3.9 l/100km in summer, 4.1 in winter (has to keep the engine running more in winter to keep it warm, and for heating the interior).

Now I live in cashmere, so no 100km/h stretches of road. 3.7 l/100km.

I'd definitely consider the volt when it comes here, even if it is a chevy.

But what I'm really waiting for is this

get about 850 to 900 k's / 45L tank.

I get 600k's to a 40L tank in my 91 Lancer.

It costed me $800.

200sx on redbook.com.au
Green Credentials
Fuel Urban (l/100km) 10.0
Fuel Extra Urban (l/100km) 7.0
Fuel Combined (l/100km) 8.1

I get around 10.5l/100km in regular driving around town and have easily got it down as low as 8.5l/100km for highway/country driving. That's running 10psi instead of the stock 7, too.

But I only fill up once a month, if that, even though it's our only car. We both walk/ride to work, and don't normally drive very far on the weekends.

That's our way of beating fuel prices (forget this global warming/climate change/dragons fad that's currently going on)

i get about 5.7k/100k

5.7L * $1.40/L = $8/100klms

I do about 15L/100klms of LPG

15L * .60c/L = $9/100klms

One dollar more per hundred kilometres and i've got a full-sized sedan with 6-cyl power and torque

I know which one i'd prefer.

The option with boot space?

CO2 Emissions 343
Fuel Combined (l/100km) 14.3

GG me

http://images.projectstripe.com/phone_fuellol.jpg

http://www.aspnetwork.biz/images/IMG_4020.jpg

hey can I join in the fuel gauge fun?
http://mywebsite.bigpond.net.au/whoop/P1000087.jpg

you fail whoop, i was refering to the odometer reading

mr hardware thanks for letting everyone know what you'd prefer in direct response to ross saying he likes visiting servos as little as possible

brilliant as usual

If you look real closely nF you can see my odometer in that picture

hey CHUB do you ever get over 40km/h? i call BS on a 91 lancer doing 600kms on a 40L tank. 8L/100kms pure city driving for a company car is Fing awesome, what the hell are you guys on. company cars get the s*** driven out of them around the city getting what would be considered good consumption in most cars with combined freeway driving, id be wrapped.

hey CHUB do you ever get over 40km/h? i call BS on a 91 lancer doing 600kms on a 40L tank.

Apparently it's the way I drive the manual I've been told? I spend A LOT of time in neutral, I got some weird habit.

But yeah, pretty much 600km exact on the odo, I click it every single time I fill up.

while we are on the subject, took this out my car window at the gold coast:

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/3372/image039gw7.jpg

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haha shorts on a bike, what a nob

yeah what an idiot, get some leathers and some boots.

Hey guys, I think he's referring to the L plate.

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what about it

It's on an expensive looking car. I can't tell what. First thought was Lamborghini but it sort of looks like the Ferrari logo a bit. The photo is too blurry.

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gotta start somewhere

Is that Tung on his KTM 990 Adventure ?

It's a ferrari.

I though there was some law for l and p platers about not having high powered cars?

doesn't really give u much room to grow if ur first car is a ferrari

whats that line on the road mean- white surrounded in red?

could be T3 or buslane or something

Hey guys, I think he's referring to the L plate.

pfft, that only makes it all the more important for the bike rider to be in the right gear.

I thought it was a 990 adv too. I've ridden to work in shorts, have to say my knees feel pretty exposed when I do though

I have a hybrid Honda civic, its ok... quite possibly the most boring thing to drive on the planet so I never use it but it uses 4.8 /100

My 990 adv is probably about the same, maybe a bit less efficent, the honda civic has a 1300 cc engine and my 990, as you'd expect is about 990 odd cc, vash would know for sure since hes a serial lc8 purchaser

That i am :-)
Seen my new bike? lol.

Worst fuel mileage ive gotten on an LC8 is 9.5 L per 100.

Took her to the sand dunes today and f*** that was some tough riding

Hey Ross...

Hey skitza!

Oh and please refer to previous posts for my reBUTTle. I drive to and from work everyday, usually bumper to bumper. If you stuck an m3 and prius in those conditions, well any non-hybrid car it would be no contest. You can't use fuel if the motor is never on.

And the battery manafacturing he was talkng about was a very old study. Actually seeing that makes me think a little bit harder about what the guys say every week. We all know the curly hair guy does not believe in man made climate change (like me) so I wonder how much he just bag's stuff out as a pet hate. He does it nearly every week!

You buy a car that suits your needs and everyone's needs are different. As I mentioned earlier I have massive genitals so I just wanted an economical car, comfy seats, gutless engines, buttonless entry, beefy aircon and lots of gadgets to play with.

in fact if you put an m3 and a prius on the same track for 10 laps with stop start traffic the prius consumption would be 0.00. Funny how they didn't do that test.

it's not meant to be serious, it's just your usual top gear manner of making a point - which in this case is that, generally speaking, it's more about how a vehicle is driven than the type of vehicle it is. to go to the ridiculous lengths they did (and always do) when doing something like that is the reason the show is so awesome

and no, you can't take anything clarkson says without a grain of salt :)

its on the internet.. it must be true.. i mean ross said on the internet he has massive genitals so it must be true (i believe ross, he's a believable fella, oh and handsome..)

I really do think everyone should be using the most uneconomical cars possible.. that way we'll get the hybrid performance technology quicker..

Everyone is wondering whether GM will be able to get Volts in the showroom before they go broke ... which could be soon.

I think you're all missing the point - Toyota Prius looks FUGLY and people that buy them:

A) Have little care for appearance, and probably wear tracksuit pants in public
B) Believe they're saving the environment, when in fact, owning and driving a car will still 'harm' the environment
C) Like to sniff their own farts


:)

yes tracksuit pants and socks and sandles, i also don't shave, get haircuts or buy clothes. In fact if it wasn't for my wife I am sure i would have moved to newspaper by now

meh the prius is alright.

It does what it's supposed to pretty well. It might be pretty stodgy looking but so are most new cars...

One thing I will give the prius and toyota credit for is how the prius operates under the bonnet.

Granted, that its probably over-engineered for what it does but still it's rather interesting how it all works.

The prius is a combination of a Serial Hybrid (Chevy Volt) and Pararllel Hybrid (Civic Hybrid) but closer to the Parallel as you cant plug it in. Hence, the marketing term 'Hybrid Synergy Drive' a hybrid of a hybrid.

It runs an 1.5 litre 'Atkinson Cycle' (not otto) 4cycl engine and an Electric motor they get these 2 engines to work through a 'Power Split Device' (CVT) that uses a plantery gear system. Then to top it all off it uses regenerative braking to charge the battery.

To me this is what makes it unique ...
and that it looks like a something that fell out of an Autobot's arse ;-)

miller cycle > atkinson

someone told me about people using priuses as 'generators' - ie your at home in a blackout, you use a 240v adapter, use power from it and the motor is off. when the battery is becoming low on charge, the petrol motor turns itself on to charge and off again when charge is complete. pretty clever hey. But hey, its not the real answer.

atkinson cycle lpg hahahah

i'd rather a pushie

I'd lol but lpg is so far from the answer to any useful question, it's not funny