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Silvery Thing:

--- Quote from: Krull on January 21, 2008, 18:02:03 ---I see someone is being annoyed by people calling the Prius silly names. do you own one?

My mate had one and it was awful. build quality was pathetic and it never ever did the mpg he was told it should.

i had to have a lift in it once and the worst thing was people pointing and laffing at us  =;

he sold it and bought a land rover (silly boy) but is much happier.

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No I do not own one but know someone who does.... you clearly know nothing about the build quality as it is indeed very good and shoots down many other cars on this score, sorry but Toyota just would not put out a car that is less than acceptable. I had been in the car as both a passenger and driver and, although a little underpowered, the car drives nicely. As for people pointing and laughing.... sorry but I just do not believe you [-X I think you just wanted people to do this and that is what you saw.... something less than reality :-k

datalas:

--- Quote from: Silvery Thing on January 21, 2008, 21:49:28 ---No I do not own one but know someone who does.... you clearly know nothing about the build quality as it is indeed very good and shoots down many other cars on this score, sorry but Toyota just would not put out a car that is less than acceptable. I had been in the car as both a passenger and driver and, although a little underpowered, the car drives nicely. As for people pointing and laughing.... sorry but I just do not believe you [-X I think you just wanted people to do this and that is what you saw.... something less than reality :-k

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Well I'm sure Land Rover wouldn't put out a car which was simply "less than acceptable" but you said that it was all that they did, I guess it goes to show that different people are entitled to different opinions and are certainly likely to have them.  Heck, in my experience any conversation with two people in it will have at least four different opinions usually diametrically opposed too :)

Still, I'm not keen on the prius for several reasons, most of which are potentially shallow but hey ho ...

a) I am not convinced about the manufacture, reliability and recycling prospects of the batteries.  They are a complicated technology and use a variety of semi rare metals and hard to refine materials.  This will increase the cost of manufacture from a purely ecological point of view.

b) I'm not convinced by the idea of hybrid vehicles,  I know the idea of using the waste energy to charge the batteries back up, but I also happen to believe that you can drive a normal care more economically by accepting that fact too.

c) I'm not in the market for a £20,000 car,  and no matter how environmentally cool it might or might not be I can't afford one.  Even if it does a trillion miles to the egg cup, it'll still take me 10 years to use £20Ks worth of fuel, although with labour in charge, it might only be three weeks

d) I happen to think it's ugly

e) I've been confronted by a Prius driver and the holier than thou attitude wasn't all that appealing, but perhaps he was a rarity.

Still, my opinions and yours will undoubtedly vary, and I apologise and will go out and get a prius immediately...

As for S188,  I have no problem with your spelling or difficulties there in.  Too many people associate Dyslexia with stupidity and the two are simply not related.  However, I do hope that the spell checker in the new forums (or possibly in firefox if you're up for a browser change, contact me to know more) will prove helpful, especially as I know how frustrating it can be for people who are trying to be taken seriously to be laughed off because of the occasional typo.  If I do it, I expect you to throw something at my head until I stop.

Krull:

--- Quote ---you clearly know nothing about the build quality
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whereas you are clearly an expert.

i bow to your greater knowledge oh great god of cars. glad you own something i don't.

discomummy:
Hi,

S188,  just to let you know, himself is dyslexic and has just been appointed professor of mech.eng at a university - don't let it stop you KO!

& we think one of the girls is too

regards

ela

Silvery Thing:

--- Quote from: datalas on January 21, 2008, 23:07:46 ---....Well I'm sure Land Rover wouldn't put out a car which was simply "less than acceptable" but you said that it was all that they did....

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I am sorry but I do not recall saying that about Land Rovers :? Can you please show me where :-.

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