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I agree. The comparison was amusing
Posted by Noel [Email] (more from Noel) on Sun, 30 May 2010 04:14:52
In Reply to: Re: Prius More Enviromentally Damaging Than BMW M3, TML [Profile/Gallery]
, Sat, 29 May 2010 09:30:57
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but that's it. And typical of the sophmoric (but entertaining) approach of Top Gear.
I've rented a Prius on two occasions, driven them deliberately hard and still gotten 36-42 mpg on mixed driving on South Florida and LA freeways and surface streets, much of it at 75-85, and hard acceleration, conditions when my 9K would have returned 22-24 mpg. It is how you drive the car, as driving the Prius "normally" returned 45-50 mpg. Still, the comparison on Top Gear was ridiculous, sort of like complaining that a Prius can't break 8 minutes on the Nordschlife at Nurburgring.
I also agree on hypebrids. They still aren't real cars to me, at least the small ones. Maybe the bigger ones with bigger engines are a better combo, but the Prius, and especially the Honda Insight, are fairly dismal. Just small econoboxes with all the usual shortcomings.
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