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Old 08-21-2008, 03:00 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Not your everyday Prius

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Old 08-21-2008, 03:29 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Old 08-21-2008, 03:58 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I thought rice went out of style with Fast and the Furious 3?
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Old 08-21-2008, 05:05 PM   #4 (permalink)
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well.... ummm....
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Old 08-21-2008, 11:44 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Those doors look ... fun. I love the bit where the guy is shown wrestling/fiddling one open.
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Old 08-22-2008, 05:34 AM   #6 (permalink)
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For that kind of money the doors should open with the touch of a button. The work involved to open the door is not even close to practical.

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Old 08-22-2008, 09:07 AM   #7 (permalink)
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For that kind of money he could have bought a lotus exige and put a prius drive train in.... and plated the dash with gold. HUGE waste of money, i hope the tv show repaid it all for him
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Old 08-22-2008, 02:36 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Certainly looks better on the exterior (minus the graphics). I like the air dam on the front, bulge behind rear window, fender flares are cool, and the doors are tight. That thing below the back bumper ... not so much.
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Old 08-22-2008, 03:51 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Old 08-22-2008, 04:39 PM   #10 (permalink)
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I couln't even bring myself to watch the video, that thing is fugly!
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Old 08-22-2008, 05:06 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Gee, that's the most rice I have seen since I served in South Korea!!!
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Old 08-26-2008, 09:06 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Old 08-26-2008, 09:18 PM   #13 (permalink)
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I just kept thinking it would be a good replacement for KIT on Nightrider. Did it say what kind of mileage it got anywhere?
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Old 08-27-2008, 11:52 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Not too sure they are concerned with mileage, but it would be interesting to know.
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Old 08-27-2008, 04:02 PM   #15 (permalink)
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I didn't think it was possible, they actually made the prius uglier than it already is.
Think about it, for the price of the car and the cost of the mods they could have bought 2 Tesla Roadsters or an Aston Martin DB9 and the list goes on of other cars i'd rather sit in.

One word i can think to sum up that car, Chavtastic.
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