General EVO magazine - Panda 100hp vs. Prius

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General EVO magazine - Panda 100hp vs. Prius

No, definitely wasn't me, as it showed up on 'today's posts'. So, unless I was magically transported back to 2007 for a couple of minutes, it definitely wasn't me!
Hmmm, weird - there are no deleted posts in this thread, and you are the first one after post 12.

Let me speak to Ben, may be a bigger issue here.
 
The way you drive has a major play in fuel economy.. ! If you push through the gears, always want to be doing the speed limit where ever you are going, overtake everything you consider too slow... you use a LOT more fuel than if you ease along, are happy to give a nice big space between you and the car in front to avoid speeding up and braking all the time, are happy to do 60mph when the limit is 70 etc...

I'm not saying you should drive as slow as possible, keeping to the minimum revs you can get away with, rolling down hills, making sure you have the smallest amounts of water in the spray bottle, only wearing a thing t-shirt and shorts while in the car, cutting your hair short and shaving body hair to reduce weight etc.. but gentle smooth driving can save you hundreds of pounds in fuel, not to mention brake pads and tires etc per year..

Steve

ps .. even if you got a car that had enviromentally safe batteries... what are you plugging it into ?.. the mains?.. and how is that electrickery produced?..burning fossil fuels?.. splitting the atom and creating waste that takes thousands of years to become safe?... its all as bad as each other... don't let them kid you...its all about adding tax ! Did you know that in the UK that farmers can be paid a small fortune per year to have a wind generator put on their land because basically you have ruined the land and it will no longer be of any use for farming ? When they did a massive great crater and fill it with concrete as the base for the heavy machinery going on top, its rendered useless... again not enviromentally friendly is it... !

PS hugging trees- Ivy (the climbing weed) hugs trees... its hugging action grips around the trees trunk and over time stops the tree from being able to grow thicker as it does naturally... this means it struggles to grow, it struggles to feed its growing limbs and eventually it is strangled to death... even tree hugging isn't good ... LOL
 
PPS - while I'm in rant mode... please can I point out to all of the millions of road users who feel the need to tail gate me at work, and in frustration go speeding past in the most dangerous and potentially fatal places >> The National Speed Limit on British Roads ?? anyone like to guess ?

When you are in a limit marked with a white circle with a black diagonal line across it...?

Dual Carriage way ?

Single track ?

how many just said 70 and 60 ?... wrong.. well not fully right any way...

What you need to consider is the type of vehicle you are driving...

This seems to pass by unoticed to most people who think they know the rules....

For a CAR and CAR DERIVED VANS the speed limit on a Dual Carriage way is 70, but for vans (under 7.5tonne) its only 60mph !
Again on a single carriage way for a CAR and CAR DERIVED VANS the National Speed limit is 60mph but for VANS its only 50mph..

So the next time you are cursing behind me or one of the other van drivers who actually know the law, please remember this and you might not end up driving past me in a fit of rage almost kiling yourself and me in the process...

PS - very few vehicles actually class as "car derived vans" its only the smallest ones that are basically a car with the back windows panelled in...

http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roadsafety/speedmanagement/vanspeedlimits

Steve
 
PPS - while I'm in rant mode... please can I point out to all of the millions of road users who feel the need to tail gate me at work, and in frustration go speeding past in the most dangerous and potentially fatal places

Steve

Please don't get me started on tailgaters.I'll be here all night.
What I have never worked out after more years of driving than I care to remember is WHY do these morons do it.
Secondly if you touch your brakes to warn them to back off its amazing how annoyed they get - are they too thick and stupid to realise what they are doing.
 
Please don't get me started on tailgaters.I'll be here all night.
What I have never worked out after more years of driving than I care to remember is WHY do these morons do it.
Secondly if you touch your brakes to warn them to back off its amazing how annoyed they get - are they too thick and stupid to realise what they are doing.

because if they drive right up behind you it will suddenly make you either break the speed limit / find some hidden power to make the heavy load go up the hill / allow your braking distances to be reduced so you can drive faster and not worry about stopping in the snow and rain / or you will mysteriously just vanish so they can speed on by.... ! did you not know ??

Steve


PPPS I'm not saying who but I knew of a bloke who's car had problems with the alarm so fitted a switch to cut the fuse to it... however it also cut the power the the brake lights.. worked wonders with tail gaters... (I'm not suggesting you do it...) :D
 
Tailgaters - my pet hate too! :bang:

Imagine what it's like to be teaching a learner-driver, watching what their eyes/hands/feet are doing, where they are heading and then ALSO having to keep a lookout for the idiot behind who is glued to the rear bumper! :eek:

Overtake us - yes!
Keep a safe distance behind - please!
Tailgate - no thanks!

One of the Mods will have to split this thread now :eek: ;)
 
I agree with Steve 75.

These cars are made for different markets so you can't compare them.

After a few years the batteries on the Prius will costs the owner over £3,000 to replace, even the middle screen in the dash costs over £1,000.
 
I agree with Steve 75.

These cars are made for different markets so you can't compare them.

After a few years the batteries on the Prius will costs the owner over £3,000 to replace, even the middle screen in the dash costs over £1,000.

FFS stop bumping old threads. No one gives a ****.
 
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