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Old 01-25-2009, 02:41 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Original battery packs are doing like 500,000? miles or so in that New York cab?.

We have a cab company in Auckland that only uses Prius now. Even 1st gen Prius are on original batteries?

A guy down the road calls his Prius a 'Pious'. His tyre pressures are never checked and 1 tyre is usually near flat....

If they made a lightweight version of a hybrid I'd be keen. Dont want to go from my 640kg car to a 1400kg car, just to haul my miserable ass about town and about.
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