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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:01 AM Original message |
Wallmart Shopers vs Toyota Prius drivers. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
1. I'm too busy to reply, but.... |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. This isn't a flame bait.... |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 01:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
43. What is the difference between killing a whale for food |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 01:33 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. I do as much PETA as I can. |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
2. What Prius driver would give a Saturn SL1 driver a hard time? |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:16 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I get it all the time. |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:34 AM Response to Reply #6 |
19. I agree. |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
25. As a prius owner... |
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bperci108 (969 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:47 AM Response to Reply #6 |
26. A lot of self-righteous pissery.... |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 11:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
61. I'm a well-worn efficient car gal. |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
3. Have any data to back up your claim about a hybrid's "High Tech guts"? |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:13 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. the 30/70 breakdown is on newscientist.com |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:41 AM Response to Reply #4 |
22. i put together electric air pumps for gasoline engines. |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 12:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
34. Do they take into account the very low emisions from hybrids? |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 12:48 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Actually it's the whole basis of the article. |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 01:42 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. Wrong- most people with Hondas and Toyotas do keep them that long |
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CabalPowered (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 02:01 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. I own a 94' Toyota T100 truck |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 01:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
41. can you provide us with a direct link? |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
5. Actually, GM and Toyota are corporate partners. Most of the parts in your |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:17 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. NOW, yes. 1997? |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:24 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Started with the '83 Chevy Nova/Toyota Corolla joint-venture |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
7. But Jeez, if we didn't shop at MallWart we couldn't afford gas |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:21 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. THAT is the ticket. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 11:20 AM Response to Reply #10 |
30. Changing laws calls for an incredible effort. |
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The Anti-Neo Con (402 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
11. Priuses are a bit pricey. |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:31 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Heard from who? |
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The Anti-Neo Con (402 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:36 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Read about it on an internet car forum. |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:54 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. That's probably about right. |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 11:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
62. For the record, |
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jsamuel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:31 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. from what I have heard, you get like an 8 year warranty on the battery |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:36 AM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Replace what battery? I know about 10 people who own a Prius |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
13. I find it hard to dis SUV drivers |
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jsamuel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:34 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. a large portion of people who drive are neither in city or suburbans |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
16. You do what you can. |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
18. I really can't run my life this way |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
23. Tell me, is it true that most Prius drivers love the smell of |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
24. About the oil burning thing |
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nickinSTL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
27. So, you HAVE to shop at Walmart? |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
29. I drove my Prius to Walmart Saturday night |
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Pathwalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 01:47 PM Response to Reply #29 |
48. Who the hell can afford a new car these days? |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
31. No reason to fight about it |
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darkism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
32. Better get rid of all your Japanese electronics... |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 12:26 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. My stuff crurrently comes from everywhere BUT Japan. |
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Fierce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
35. I drove a Prius for the first time a couple weeks ago. |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 12:39 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Yeah, that must be why there are waiting lists for people to buy them |
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Fierce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 12:41 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. No, |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 11:49 PM Response to Reply #36 |
64. My best friend got one after decades of driving big American cars |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 12:54 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. It handles no differently than a conventional Toyota |
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Fierce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 12:58 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I'm not clear on what you mean by "nice try." |
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jsamuel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 02:40 PM Response to Reply #35 |
51. huh? I have read from someone who doesn't even want one at all and they |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 03:06 PM Response to Reply #35 |
54. Odd, mine handles better than most cars I've owned. |
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Fierce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 03:31 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Acceleration and brakes were the main annoyance. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 11:03 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. I wouldn't trust those results. Might have been the car. |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 03:56 AM Response to Reply #58 |
65. My 2002 doesn't "float" ... |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 08:03 AM Response to Reply #65 |
68. I only test drive one, so I'll defer to your greater experience |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 10:42 AM Response to Reply #68 |
71. The brakes certainly take getting used to... |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
42. If your car is burning oil, |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 01:30 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. answers to your burning questions. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 01:41 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. It's a design flaw of Saturns of that era |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
50. I've seen prius-es parked at the walmart |
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jsamuel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 02:42 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. me too |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
53. I drive a Saturn, American made car. |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
55. My '88 Isuzu Trooper runs great, 8 - 11 MPG and |
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DrunkenMaster (582 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
57. it's all about doing what you can |
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Maiden England (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
59. BTW, I think you'll find it's spelled SHOPPERS (nt) |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 08:09 AM Response to Reply #59 |
69. Picky, Picky, Picky. |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
60. Well dissected. I find the small battles every day. n/t |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-19-06 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
63. My mom is a fundamentalist environmentalist |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 04:25 AM Response to Original message |
66. Great post |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 04:59 AM Response to Original message |
67. What do you mean, who keeps a car 14 years?! My youngest car is 16! |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 08:15 AM Response to Reply #67 |
70. I've kept cars 12 years plus... |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-20-06 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
72. I've got a 93 Honda Civic |
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