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Old 11-20-2014, 07:53 AM   #11 (permalink)
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I want to believe.

...but it looks Photoshopped.The camo pattern is flat and doesn't wrap around the shape of the car. Unless they painted it to look that way from this one angle.

Here's my Photoshopped Prius:



It has a 36hp VW engine with a Porsche fan and front wheel drive.
Not wind powered? Not interested...

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Old 11-20-2014, 09:00 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Manual neutral engine off.100% @MPG <----- Fun Fact.
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Old 11-20-2014, 01:15 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Air-cooled is not enough?



Here's the Sail Bus. The mast is stepped for the Parade. Not aero enough?

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Old 11-20-2014, 02:11 PM   #14 (permalink)
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If the sails are propelling the car...shouldn't the sails be pointing the other direction?
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Old 11-20-2014, 02:47 PM   #15 (permalink)
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The sails are turned around- engine braking.
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ah, makes sense
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Old 11-20-2014, 06:51 PM   #17 (permalink)
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It looks like a broad to a close reach, with the wind off the port astern.
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I have a 03 Prius and a 00 insight in Gran-Turismo 5

the insight is faster
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the insight is faster
You know you are an Ecomodder when you race a Prius and Insight in GT5
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Old 11-20-2014, 08:58 PM   #20 (permalink)
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I have a 03 Prius and a 00 insight in Gran-Turismo 5

the insight is faster
I believe it is a 99...but seriously, in my decade of playing GT4 and 5, I have never seen the Insight in it.

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