Prius abuse! somebody do something!!

[Wayne M.]

Actually this is hilarious, and the comments are even better!

http://jalopnik.com/somebody-did-a-burnout-in-a-prius-1665716500?utm_campaign=socialflow_jalopnik_twitter&utm_source=jalopnik_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow

 

[Tinman]

Comments are way better than video. The one about the polar bear almost put me on the floor. Thx.

 

[bighammer]

I picked up a used Prius (deal I couldn't pass up) and I love the ugly little thing. It's surprisingly fun to drive, a whole lot cheaper to fill up, more than double MPG of the truck, easier to park. (I'm often just running errands and/or trips that don't require a truck)

The video is just more proof that lots of people have more dollars than sense. Unless you're actually competing at a drag strip, I've never understood the point of doing a burnout.

 

[KBurgoyne]

I picked up a used Prius (deal I couldn't pass up) and I love the ugly little thing. It's surprisingly fun to drive, a whole lot cheaper to fill up, more than double MPG of the truck, easier to park. (I'm often just running errands and/or trips that don't require a truck)

The video is just more proof that lots of people have more dollars than sense. Unless you're actually competing at a drag strip, I've never understood the point of doing a burnout.

Blasphemy!!! Repent for your actions and you can still be saved. Its the 2nd worst car ever; tainted by the bong water of a million hippies. It is the new kraft durch freude wagen, and a legitimate instrument of evil.

 

[Wayne M.]

I'm glad some chuckles were had. Seriously, from a guy who's surrounded by Priui (Prius in plural), they're quite robust. They are holding up in a fleet scenario. That being said, I don't know about the end life of the buggers, especially all the electronics and the HV battery. I think the enviro nightmare those items will incur will offset the greening it's done.

 

[Wayne M.]

bighammer, I DOUBLE DOG DARE you to put the bugger in your sig here. :-laf

 

[KBurgoyne]

I'm glad some chuckles were had. Seriously, from a guy who's surrounded by Priui (Prius in plural), they're quite robust. They are holding up in a fleet scenario. That being said, I don't know about the end life of the buggers, especially all the electronics and the HV battery. I think the enviro nightmare those items will incur will offset the greening it's done.

The end of their lives is much less of a problem then the beginning. Lots of chemicals and refining go into batteries. The folks at Toyota buy the chemicals from China before shipping them to Mexico to be refined. The mexicans dump all the bi-products and ship the battery materials back to Japan to be assembled. The manufacturing process of a prius is creates more CO2 emissions than the lifetime of most cars, but of course the EPA does not regulate production.

Full electric cars are worse. People dont know where electricity comes from; you plug stuff in, the volt fairies bring you electricity. On average 60% of the electricity in the US is from coal. The best batteries are only 10% percent thermal efficient. Burning coal to produce electricity is about 10% thermal efficient. That means electric cars use a whopping 1% of the energy that it takes to power them as mechanical energy, the rest is heat waste/ pollution. If you produce your own electricity, it would take about 100k miles of driving to make up for the production of the battery. Max life of a battery is 10 years if they are slow charged and the batteries are not run dead before charging. The quick charge stations they are planning can shorten the life to as low as 3 years. The battery packs cost about $10,000 to replace. Soooooo, if you produce your own electricity and take several sub 50 mile trips, and slow charge, and manage to get 100k miles out of the battery before it needs to be replaced then you are producing less CO2 than an average car.

 

[Ram4Sam]

bighammer, I DOUBLE DOG DARE you to put the bugger in your sig here. :-laf

Wow....a double dog dare.......he's done........:-laf.....

Sam

 

[mwilson]

Well, who's gonna' lay down the "Triple Dog Dare"????????

 

[Wayne M.]

Yhea! Out in front of the school. after 8th period!

 

[Simplysmn]

Wouldn't own 1 if it was given to me I'll stick to my VW TDI .

 

[Wayne M.]

Wouldn't own 1 if it was given to me I'll stick to my VW TDI .

I think hybrid Vs. "clean" Diesel is the most hotly contested debate in the last decade. I remember all the small diesels that were suppose to come prior to the 2008 setback. I was waiting to see a CRV or Subaru diesel myself.

 

[bighammer]

Hey, who can ignore a dare like that?

I had thought about something more "cool" like a TDI, but this is the 2nd time I've been able to get a nearly new car for the seller's trade-in offer. My wife had wanted one for a long time, but the price of a new one put the break-even point WAAAY off in the future. (maybe beyond the life expectancy of the car?) The timing of this was perfect that I could just write a check for $12k and have a nicely optioned, well maintained, 2 year old car (40k miles) that gets about 50MPG. (with NO monthly payments)

I tend to do a lot more running around than she does, (she just goes to work and back home) so I usually have it. I'm much more comfortable in it than her CR-V, so that works for me. It still surprises me when I fill it up and the amount is so small. It's also nice to not be paying that extra dollar per gallon for diesel. With the truck, I've swiped my card twice (shuts off at $75) and still not been full.

 

[Wayne M.]

FOUL! You snuck it in next to the bike!!

 

[JR]

but of course the EPA does not regulate production. QUOTE]

They do very much so, but unfortunately their boundaries are confined to the US border. If a car can be sold to a US consumer and be required to meet US emissions, then each component manufactured for that vehicle should be produced under our regulations. It would level the playing field ALOT and may just keep manufacturing right here where it belongs.

 

[bighammer]

FOUL! You snuck it in next to the bike!!

Fixed. OK, happy now?

 

[mwilson]

That's better......

It can not be said that you didn't step up!!!

 

[Wayne M.]

He da MAN!