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Old 02-03-2012, 08:26 PM   #1 (permalink)
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How many of you Prius owners are members of...

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We sold the White Gnat 60 mpg 3 banger 96 Geo that I actually made money with drag racing on 2 of 3 tries last fall when I bought a 46 mpg Cheap Skate 95 Neon since it has 4 doors and AC. The wife rides in the Neon, but refused to go in the "clown car"....so we traded in her 14 mpg city V6 Voyager for our new 2011 Prius 2. Without trying that hard I was able to get 62.1 on a trip at 55 mph a couple of weeks ago, better than I EVER had done in the Geo. The guy that bought the Geo is SHOCKED that it gets 3 times the mpg that his F150 truck got. He had to fill it up every day since he drve it 240-280 miles per day for hisw work. He said he was saving about $150 every three days!

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42 time NHRA/IHRA drag race champ

05 SRT4-12.17@117 mph on DOTs-31.0 mpg-SOLD
96 Geo Metro-3 banger-60.1 mpg-SOLD
95 BMW M3-13.41 @ 106 mph-31mpg-SOLD
77 Chevy Monza with 350/350-FOR SALE
84 Horizon-1880 lbs-29 mpg
95 Neon-43 mpg
99 Z28-10.80 @ 127 mph-27.1mpg
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Old 02-03-2012, 08:29 PM   #2 (permalink)
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The 46 mpg 95 Neon and who I race against:

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42 time NHRA/IHRA drag race champ

05 SRT4-12.17@117 mph on DOTs-31.0 mpg-SOLD
96 Geo Metro-3 banger-60.1 mpg-SOLD
95 BMW M3-13.41 @ 106 mph-31mpg-SOLD
77 Chevy Monza with 350/350-FOR SALE
84 Horizon-1880 lbs-29 mpg
95 Neon-43 mpg
99 Z28-10.80 @ 127 mph-27.1mpg
2011 Prius-62.1 wife's
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Old 02-03-2012, 11:36 PM   #3 (permalink)
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' Guess someone has to start.

I'm a member at PRIUSchat.

My car is an '08 Touring, 65K miles, 50.2 MPG lifetime.
I run upper grill blocking year 'round. Only significant
mods are a BT chassis brace, front shock tower brace,
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Old 02-04-2012, 04:56 AM   #4 (permalink)
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No, but I have read some of their how-to's and tips. The household Pious is Mrs A's so I don't get to play with it often.
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Old 02-04-2012, 09:08 AM   #5 (permalink)
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I'm a member over there. I don't visit often at all though.
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Old 02-04-2012, 02:37 PM   #6 (permalink)
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No, but I have read some of their how-to's and tips. The household Pious is Mrs A's so I don't get to play with it often.
Our Prius is the wife's too. On her first tank of gas she only got 42 mpg (3 times better than the van) but on last nights fill she got 48.3. The 42 was done in much warmer weather and with the stock rims/tires on it while now it has some 09 rims with studded snow tires.

I am suprised that there is not a good Prius club nation wide. We see a lot more of them than the Miatas and Geos that have great clubs. Maybe I should start a local one up?

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42 time NHRA/IHRA drag race champ

05 SRT4-12.17@117 mph on DOTs-31.0 mpg-SOLD
96 Geo Metro-3 banger-60.1 mpg-SOLD
95 BMW M3-13.41 @ 106 mph-31mpg-SOLD
77 Chevy Monza with 350/350-FOR SALE
84 Horizon-1880 lbs-29 mpg
95 Neon-43 mpg
99 Z28-10.80 @ 127 mph-27.1mpg
2011 Prius-62.1 wife's
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