New Prius review

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   Hey I slug and pick people up in my Prius.  Have I been in HOV by myself, yes but not very much.  However, alot of slugs have been impressed with the car.  I would recommend this car to anyone and slugs too.  So I thought I would share my review since it is the car of the year.  BTW I didn't spend $25k, I got mine for $21 minus $2 tax break = $19k not bad for a car that has a ton of tech built into it and is a Toyota.  Yeah buy an american car and it's worth nothing two years later, buy a Toyota and it retains it value.

	Does it destroy the HOV lanes?  No, your looking at it the wrong way, it is an incentive for Americans to get off their butts and stop producing gas guzzlers like the 1970s.  How else can we introduce a new technology and have people buy into it?  Maybe instead of lobbying against hybrids in HOV maybe your efforts should be focused on bring better mass transit to the area???

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bowflexguy Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote bowflexguy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 Jan 2004 at 5:43pm
	Hey I slug and pick people up in my Prius. Have I been in HOV by myself, yes but not very much. However, alot of slugs have been impressed with the car. I would recommend this car to anyone and slugs too. So I thought I would share my review since it is the car of the year. BTW I didn't spend $25k, I got mine for $21 minus $2 tax break = $19k not bad for a car that has a ton of tech built into it and is a Toyota. Yeah buy an american car and it's worth nothing two years later, buy a Toyota and it retains it value. Does it destroy the HOV lanes? No, your looking at it the wrong way, it is an incentive for Americans to get off their butts and stop producing gas guzzlers like the 1970s. How else can we introduce a new technology and have people buy into it? Maybe instead of lobbying against hybrids in HOV maybe your efforts should be focused on bring better mass transit to the area???

JustWannaGetHome Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 15 Oct 2003 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote JustWannaGetHome Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 Jan 2004 at 2:03pm
	Mirangus I'm with you all the way on this. Why are these hybrid owners even on this Website??? If you're not slugging or picking up slugs we don't want your opinions! And we especially don't want any reviews of hybrid cars! Get off Slug-Lines.com and get your own Website...Freeloaders.com.

mirangus Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 28 Aug 2002 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote mirangus Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 Jan 2004 at 1:28pm
	Oh, yes, what a great idea!! Let's all spend almost $25,000 on a vehicle that, in two years or so, will no longer be useful on the HOV and then not be able to sell it because everyone else flooded the market with their own hybrids!!!! Where do I sign up??? [;)] Just kidding, mroyal. [:D] But seriously, it will be interesting to see just how much people "care about the environment" and how many hybrid owners were simply "opportun-izing" (yes, I made that up...the dictionary throwers can get their sights off me now). [:)]

mroyal Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 01 Apr 2003 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote mroyal Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 Jan 2004 at 1:05pm
	Don't listen to him, bowflexguy. He's just jealous. Kindest Regards, mroyal

mirangus Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 28 Aug 2002 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote mirangus Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 Jan 2004 at 10:50am
	quote: Originally posted by bowflexguy [br]I have to admit this new prius is awesome! I rides like a regular car, you know with pick up and passing. The ride is very comfortable and the displays are very easy to view. I believe it has over 400 new patents just for this car. I believ they have extended HOV-1 until 2006? Anyone in the market for a new car should seriously consider this Toyota! Ummmmm...hello?? Knock, knock, anyone home in there?? Why are you trying to advertise ways to kill slugging on a slugging website? If you read around this message board, you'll realize that we are more than aware of the existance of the hybrid vehicles. And don't get too excited about your little deviance from the HOV-3 restrictions. A whole ton of us will be lobbying for that to end next year. So, while we're all just SO tickled that you love your new car (ahem), enjoy it while you can.

bowflexguy Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 08 Jan 2004 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote bowflexguy Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 Jan 2004 at 8:23pm
	I have to admit this new prius is awesome! I rides like a regular car, you know with pick up and passing. The ride is very comfortable and the displays are very easy to view. I believe it has over 400 new patents just for this car. I believ they have extended HOV-1 until 2006? Anyone in the market for a new car should seriously consider this Toyota!