01-03-2014, 02:33 PM
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Im still waiting for my hover craft
I thought they predicted we would all be George Jetson by 2000 
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01-03-2014, 03:27 PM
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Batman Junior
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you've ruled out the Tesla (Roadster, of course)
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Only for myself.
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01-03-2014, 06:41 PM
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I rented a prius 3 for 2 weeks. Amazing machine. No matter how I drove I couldnt get the mpg under 49.9mpg. I was in the left lane keeping up with traffic in NOVA on i95. Yup, basically passing everyone else in their gas guzzler as well as honda insights trying to save fuel. 
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To be honest, I wish that I had a Prius, just for the drive to my parents' house. I got 47 MPG on my last trip and I only started ecomodding her. It is frustrating to think that despite my best efforts at hypermiling, an idiot in a Prius still gets better mileage, while cutting me off!
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01-03-2014, 06:45 PM
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The PRC.
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The one I want is a SEAT Ibiza TDI ecomotive estate (wagon)
1.2 Litre TDI, 6 speed, skinny tyres, aero, stop-start...
I would have that over 70 MPG.... 
I wait for Mrs A to vacate her Prius and maybe it might be mine.... 
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01-03-2014, 07:24 PM
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I ordered the Yaris Hybrid just before christmas, and are waiting for delivery rund jan. 20 th.
It's hard to wait.....
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01-03-2014, 10:19 PM
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I ordered the Yaris Hybrid just before christmas, and are waiting for delivery rund jan. 20 th.
It's hard to wait.....
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01-04-2014, 04:11 AM
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It's all about Diesel
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I'd be satisfied with some random compact with a small turbodiesel such as an Opel Astra with that Fiat-sourced 1.3L Multijet engine, if I could legally register it here. A pipe dream would be to match the driveline of a Peugeot 3008 e-HDi into a Prius bodyshell just for fun.
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The one I want is a SEAT Ibiza TDI ecomotive estate (wagon)
1.2 Litre TDI, 6 speed, skinny tyres, aero, stop-start...
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Too bad SEAT cars are not officially available in this Republic of Bananas anymore. But this beauty would be good enought for me. |
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01-04-2014, 07:55 AM
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The PRC.
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"Daddy! Make time go faster!"
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16 Sleeps!
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01-04-2014, 02:37 PM
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Batman Junior
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I ordered the Yaris Hybrid just before christmas, and are waiting for delivery rund jan. 20 th.
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Congrats. Mechanically similar to the Prius C we get in North America, but the Yaris hybrid is a bit lighter. What's not to like? |
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01-04-2014, 03:25 PM
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Cyborg ECU
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I also talk to friends and students, whenever the topic of buying a new car comes up, about the best high FE options I know of on the new car market. I regularly, as a result, end up a promoter of buying the new models of the cars I am waiting to get used. 
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