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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 564769" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>husband (Marg's Man) didn't say much about our Prius. It took me a little while to get used to the silence, but we've had some fun moments with it.</p><p></p><p>1) People who think the Prius is gutless, who discover that it's got AMAAAZING pick-up when you need it. We can tromp the accelerator and sail past on the freeway, then settle back to cruise control.</p><p></p><p>2) Pulling up at the lights to have it shudder into silence, and see the amazement on the faces beside us. Especially when the lights change and they realise we haven't stalled after all!</p><p></p><p>3) A couple of social climbing snobs we know (and try to avoid) have been looking down on us because we're poor and they're rich. Then they saw us at the local store one evening. husband pulled away from the kerb on battery only (ie silent moving) and next time I saw this couple, they were gushing over our "new and revolutionary electric car". I felt almost disappointed to tell them it was not full electric, but a hybrid. We've got a second-hand budget version without too many bells and whistles. But yes, it does feel like a 747 cockpit with the computer display...</p><p></p><p>4) Perhaps the funniest moment - soon after we got the car, we were driving through "the bush" (Aussie forest for the northern hemisphere people) and a flock of cockatoos took off nearby. Some of them knew we were there, but one cockatoo just flapped along lazily, along the road. It didn't know we were there. The Prius is so aerodynamic, the bird didn't even feel the pressure wave. We had to slow down, for a cockatoo! Then the bird glanced over its shoulder and suddenly sheered away, and we could get back up to speed.</p><p></p><p>Our road to "the mainland" is through bushland for 30 km. No street lights, no traffic lights, lots of winding road with rocks, trees, streams... a beautiful drive but a lonely one. If the road is flooded, we can find ourselves facing an unexpected detour which can leave you running out of fuel. The Starwagon needs a full tank of fuel to get us to Canberra, then another to get around Canberra for a few days, then a third tankful to get home. The Prius will go to Canberra, travel around it then come home, all one one tankful. Love it! I want the techno model that has solar cells on the roof that power the air-con when it's parked in the sun, to stop the car from heating up to lead-melting temperatures in the Aussie summer.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 564769, member: 1991"] husband (Marg's Man) didn't say much about our Prius. It took me a little while to get used to the silence, but we've had some fun moments with it. 1) People who think the Prius is gutless, who discover that it's got AMAAAZING pick-up when you need it. We can tromp the accelerator and sail past on the freeway, then settle back to cruise control. 2) Pulling up at the lights to have it shudder into silence, and see the amazement on the faces beside us. Especially when the lights change and they realise we haven't stalled after all! 3) A couple of social climbing snobs we know (and try to avoid) have been looking down on us because we're poor and they're rich. Then they saw us at the local store one evening. husband pulled away from the kerb on battery only (ie silent moving) and next time I saw this couple, they were gushing over our "new and revolutionary electric car". I felt almost disappointed to tell them it was not full electric, but a hybrid. We've got a second-hand budget version without too many bells and whistles. But yes, it does feel like a 747 cockpit with the computer display... 4) Perhaps the funniest moment - soon after we got the car, we were driving through "the bush" (Aussie forest for the northern hemisphere people) and a flock of cockatoos took off nearby. Some of them knew we were there, but one cockatoo just flapped along lazily, along the road. It didn't know we were there. The Prius is so aerodynamic, the bird didn't even feel the pressure wave. We had to slow down, for a cockatoo! Then the bird glanced over its shoulder and suddenly sheered away, and we could get back up to speed. Our road to "the mainland" is through bushland for 30 km. No street lights, no traffic lights, lots of winding road with rocks, trees, streams... a beautiful drive but a lonely one. If the road is flooded, we can find ourselves facing an unexpected detour which can leave you running out of fuel. The Starwagon needs a full tank of fuel to get us to Canberra, then another to get around Canberra for a few days, then a third tankful to get home. The Prius will go to Canberra, travel around it then come home, all one one tankful. Love it! I want the techno model that has solar cells on the roof that power the air-con when it's parked in the sun, to stop the car from heating up to lead-melting temperatures in the Aussie summer. Marg [/QUOTE]
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