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Re: Toyota Prius (AutoExpress)
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Re: Toyota Prius (AutoExpress) -
05-21-2007
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If it really is as cheap as everyone claims it is to run in town, why don't all the car hire firms use them? |
I saw one with an Enterprise sticker on, too.
Almost certainly going to charge a premium, too...
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In article <ixj4i.42152$Ch.11768 (AT) fe2 (DOT) news.blueyonder.co.uk>, MrCheerful <nbkm57 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote: I found it quite OK to drive, nothing amazing, but it isn't meant to be, is it? I was more interested from a technical POV, but certainly it drove in an acceptable manner, far nicer than many current cars. just under 60mpg has been the norm. since purchase, usually one occupant that drives quite briskly on mainly country roads. Staggering depreciation (50 percent in under two years) when he went to ask about a trade in, so he has decided to keep it for a lot longer, he is considering the home rechargeable larger battery pack option from some independent place. I took an early one fully loaded to the north of Scotland and back driving it pretty hard. Which you really had no option to if you wanted to keep up. It used a deal more petrol than my BMW 528 auto would - and without the performance. True it's good in heavy town traffic etc. But then it's very expensive for a town car. If it really is as cheap as everyone claims it is to run in town, why don't all the car hire firms use them? |
I have seen Prius taxis, in Granada and I understand places in the USA So
some people are trying them for real work.
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Now this realy interests me. Does anyone know the impact of the manufacture and ultimately disposal of the batteries that say a Prius would use in it's lifetime compared to a well maintained frugal diesel car ?. I get the feeling that the diesel may well me more 'eco friendly' in the long run ?. |
BMW 330d (*not* a slow diesel) than a Prius, for the same journey.
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The only one I have experience of is the second series type. |
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I have seen Prius taxis, in Granada and I understand places in the USA So some people are trying them for real work. |
Nice bit of hype, sod the practicalities. Did you actually try to sit in
the rear seat of the one you drove? Or look at the boot?
I'm not sure I can think of a worse car to use as a minicab, apart from a
Smart.
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Now a diesel/electric hybrid would make real sense. |
diesels.
OTOH, PSA have 307 & C4 HDi/Hybrids in testing, estimated availability
2010. CO2 emissions of around 90g/km.
http://snipurl.com/1lgpy
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MrCheerful (nbkm57 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying : The only one I have experience of is the second series type. The current shape one? Yeh, that's the one I test drove. I have seen Prius taxis, in Granada and I understand places in the USA So some people are trying them for real work. There's companies using them as minicabs in London, too. Nice bit of hype, sod the practicalities. Did you actually try to sit in the rear seat of the one you drove? Or look at the boot? I'm not sure I can think of a worse car to use as a minicab, apart from a Smart. |
the back without a problem and the boot is enormous.
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More economical too. There was a test in the US that got better MPG from a BMW 330d (*not* a slow diesel) than a Prius, for the same journey. |
copy. The Prius also only managed 22 mpg over the 500 or so miles of their
test - which of course includes getting performance figures. It should be
mentioned it was an early one - I doubt Toyota would give them another to
test. ;-)
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Nice bit of hype, sod the practicalities. Did you actually try to sit in the rear seat of the one you drove? Or look at the boot? I'm not sure I can think of a worse car to use as a minicab, apart from a Smart. You must be thinking of a different car, I went for a twenty mile trip in the back without a problem and the boot is enormous. |
The rear seat is wide, the legroom's good. There's fuck all headroom.
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Now a diesel/electric hybrid would make real sense. Apart from the major hybrid markets being US/Japan, neither of whom "do" diesels. None of them "did" hybrids until recently :0) |
states - CA and those using CA emissions - in recent years, as ULSdiesel
hasn't been available, and without it they can't pass the emissions regs.
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OTOH, PSA have 307 & C4 HDi/Hybrids in testing, estimated availability 2010. CO2 emissions of around 90g/km. http://snipurl.com/1lgpy Hmmmm , 83mpg. That's not bad at all |
the real world figures, as they have a nice source of extra "fuel"
available which isn't measurable.
Start test - full battery. Finish test - discharged battery...
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MrCheerful (nbkm57 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying : Nice bit of hype, sod the practicalities. Did you actually try to sit in the rear seat of the one you drove? Or look at the boot? I'm not sure I can think of a worse car to use as a minicab, apart from a Smart. You must be thinking of a different car, I went for a twenty mile trip in the back without a problem and the boot is enormous. It's long, it's wide. It's very shallow. The rear seat is wide, the legroom's good. There's fuck all headroom. |
all the shopping I stuffed in, plus there are loads of odd cubby-holes
around the sides. It is to be expected that if you add a complex fuel tank
and a whole heap of batteries they have to go somewhere, but I reckon they
have done a good job overall, by the time they are on about the fifth
generation they will please everyone.
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