Prius fails Gerogia emissions test....

#71

"Concerned recycler" <...

Quote:

Also our two levels of Gov give a significant rebate for hybrid vehicle
purchase of about 65% of the hybrid cost difference.

.... unless you are subject to the AMT, in which case the rebate vaporizes.
Tomes

#72

"Jeff" ..

Quote:

"Hachiroku ...
Concerned :
"Go Mavs":

"If the ICE is not running at a constant idle speed, the emission
test
cannot complete and the vehicle fails."

The testing centers need to be updated then...

Correct. The test center failed on this one. Why was this even a new
item?
Of course to be against Toyota.

Actually, it was meant as a slap to the Hollywood and Granola types
that
think driving one of these cars actually makes a Rat's Ass of a
difference. (They don't, really...the gas engine runs when the heat is
on
or the AC is on. In the NE, that's 80% of the time. In California it's
about the same...)

Hybrids still run more efficiently when the engine is left on that cars
without a hybrid system.

How often heat and A/C are also depends on where one lives. There are
parts of CA where they don't need it that much. They can comfortably
live without the A/C and for maybe 6 to 8 months a year. In addition, I
imagine one could turn off the heat and A/C, for a few minutes until he
gets to the highway, where the engine has to run anyway.

On the newer Priuses, the AC does not run off of the gas engine, it runs

off of the battery system.
Tomes

#73

Jeff wrote:

Quote:

"dizzy" <dizzy (AT) nospam (DOT) invalid> wrote in message

The stupid top-poster "Mike Hunt" is a troll, and bald-faced liar,
and, really, a worthless POS. I'd ignore his gibberish, if I were
you.

I do wish Mike would stop top-posting, but I think Mike is a smart man. My
take is that he has knee jerk reactions to a lot of things.

He asked some good questions today.

I give him the benefit of the doubt.

Once someone proves to me that they are a bald-faced liar and asshole,
like "Mike" has done, they get no more respect, "smart" or not.

#74

"Hachiroku ????" <Trueno (AT) AE86 (DOT) gts> wrote

Quote:

Thanks to Tomes and everyone else who informed me (us) there was a
change!

We live to serve.

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