Toyota Prius

[dave]

took back the crap corsa hire car and got one of these instead, is pretty strange thing to drive.
press a button to turn it on, then select a gear R or D, it then dont select and says start in park, i did start in park fecking thing.

steering column is too low on its highest setting so you bash your knees getting in and out.
more room than the corsa is the only good thing ive found so far, it has rear view camera with some sort of parking assistance but when i tried to use it it started to more then said parking assistance canceled

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

Read the manual yet? Think it's like reading a thesis for the Prius

 

[dave]

i started to when the man went off to get the new paperwork. i need to do a vid of the door when it closes soon the whole door skin moves like a rolf harris wobble board

 

[austenw90]

Is it true what was said on Top Gear about the Prius... that the carbon emissions of manufacturing one are worse than the fuel carbon emissions of a Range Rover?

Don't Toyota source some pretty special alloys from random parts of the world, mine and ship them to Japan, manufacture the Prius and ship them round the world for assembly? Sounds very environmentally friendly.

Most Prius' I see pass me on the motorway doing 90+ mph, defeats the point of buying a supposidly "environmentally friendly" car doesn't it? Especially when you look at the manufacturing process!

From "Channel 4 Fact Check: How green is my Prius?", they state that only 2% of the Prius' CO2 emissions come from the actual burning of fuel compared to 80% of that of a normal car. The other 98% is made up of gathering raw materials, production, transport, maintenance and disposal.

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

Is it true what was said on Top Gear about the Prius... that the carbon emissions of manufacturing one are worse than the fuel carbon emissions of a Range Rover?

Don't Toyota source some pretty special alloys from random parts of the world, mine and ship them to Japan, manufacture the Prius and ship them round the world for assembly? Sounds very environmentally friendly.

Most Prius' I see pass me on the motorway doing 90+ mph, defeats the point of buying a supposidly "environmentally friendly" car doesn't it? Especially when you look at the manufacturing process!

From "Channel 4 Fact Check: How green is my Prius?", they state that only 2% of the Prius' CO2 emissions come from the actual burning of fuel compared to 80% of that of a normal car. The other 98% is made up of gathering raw materials, production, transport, maintenance and disposal.

An normal car over its life time has 80% of its emissions emitting during manufacture, and the remaining 20% from tail pipe. Prius I suspect may me more in producation % wise, but probably beacuse it emits less from the tail pipe than a normaly car.

Don't forget that stats and figures can be manipulated!!

 

[Freebo]

I think it was the stuff in the battery, mined in canada, shipped to china to be processed, shipped to Japan to be made into a battey and shipped to the UK to be put in a car.

Think they also said you'd need to do 1000 miles a year at 30mph for 50 years to only start to balance the eco friendlyness of it. Though the battery's are only good for 10 years aswell.

But this was for the first Prius, you never know it might be better now

 

[dave]

had a look under the bonnet today found this








had a look in the manual to find out what it was, found this

 

[dave]

found out where to put cds in tonight, only took me just over a week, may be because the button just says close on it not open.

 

[Devious]

Radio is crud these days isn't it?
Congrats on getting your cd in.
Ta

 

[dave]

didn't put one in yet, didn't have one with me, was just playing with buttons, see one says close, satnav screen rotated reveling a cd slot, wtf it say close and not open? you have to open it to put some thing in before closing it, so it should say open :nutter:

my car should be back Wednesday with any luck

 

[Devious]

Well at least there's something to look forward too
You're right tho, that does seem a little back to front....
Ta

 

[dave]

also found another thing i dont like. boot looks massive but when you open it the actual hole is very small, so you cant get a chest of draws or a cement mixer in, or any thing much bigger than a large suit case

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

You're right tho, that does seem a little back to front....

Thats because your in the car thats behind the car in front.....A Toyota

 

[Devious]

Touche my man
I'd only buy a hilux from those chaps in the car infront of the car that's carrying me infront of the one behind me...
Ta

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

Touche my man
I'd only buy a hilux from those chaps in the car infront of the car that's carrying me infront of the one behind me...
Ta

The Yaris isn't a bad motor either tbh.

 

[the stig/130]

had a look under the bonnet today found this

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had a look in the manual to find out what it was, found this

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man on the fone" driving a prius, can`t stop"

 

[dave]

money for miles this is no better on fuel than my croma, it has an eco button that i have had pressed since i got it and an eco gauge on dash that has stopped me flooring it. if i drove it the same as i do my croma it would be crap on fuel.

 

[ChrisUK]

It's amazing how many prearses I see zooming along the A1 at 90mph+

Either they are idiots getting 20mpg in their "eco" car or they accelerator pedals broken .

 

[dave]

fiat dealer have sent my car back to body shop, so hopefully i will get a phone call saying its on its way back soon when they have cleaned it, then i can get rid of this piece of crap.

body shops do know how to clean a car dont they?

 

[ChrisUK]

Out of anyone those are the people I'd trust the most to do it (except for valeters) .