nom=de=plume wrote:
"JohnH" wrote in message
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Most of the Prius I see around here have an Obama sticker on the back.
I think that sticker alone will add five or ten miles per gallon.
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John H

Funny... reminds me of the new Survivor series on TV. Have you heard? It's
going to be in Texas. They have two groups as usual, and one of the
eliminations is to drive across Texas in a Volvo with a bumpersticker that
says, "I'm gay, I'm a Democrat, and I'm here to take your guns."



Perfectly safe...only one in 20 male Texans can read. The rest of the
males are busy humping their sisters, first cousins and steers.

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Birther-Deather-Tenther-Teabagger:
Idiots All

On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:53:27 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

"JohnH" wrote in message
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Most of the Prius I see around here have an Obama sticker on the back.
I think that sticker alone will add five or ten miles per gallon.
--

John H

Funny... reminds me of the new Survivor series on TV. Have you heard? It's
going to be in Texas. They have two groups as usual, and one of the
eliminations is to drive across Texas in a Volvo with a bumpersticker that
says, "I'm gay, I'm a Democrat, and I'm here to take your guns."

He should park it in the new Cowboys stadium on game night.
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John H

H the K wrote:
nom=de=plume wrote:
"JohnH" wrote in message
...
Most of the Prius I see around here have an Obama sticker on the back.
I think that sticker alone will add five or ten miles per gallon.
--

John H

Funny... reminds me of the new Survivor series on TV. Have you heard?
It's going to be in Texas. They have two groups as usual, and one of
the eliminations is to drive across Texas in a Volvo with a
bumpersticker that says, "I'm gay, I'm a Democrat, and I'm here to
take your guns."



Perfectly safe...only one in 20 male Texans can read. The rest of the
males are busy humping their sisters, first cousins and steers.


This is bought to you courtesy of a "professional" writer!

WAFA!

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On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:56:23 -0700, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

A lot of that depends on your driving patterns If you are in stop and
go traffic, the hybrid will save fuel. On the interstate I don't see
it saving much over any car with a small engine. As soon as you
deplete the battery, it is just running on the engine. I was always
curious how a Prius performs on the highway after 50 miles (or however
long the battery can help it).
I know Bill Maher changed his opinion of his Prius after he owned it a
while. He ended up saying it was just a car with a small motor that
gets pretty good mileage. I assume he based that on freeway driving.
When I saw some independent tests comparing the Civic with a
comparable Civic hybrid the highway ratings were virtually the same,
actually giving the edge to the regular Civic at higher speeds.


I have a friend who claims over 40 mpg on the highway. I believe the Civic
does do almost as well on the highway. Most of our driving though is under
40 miles I believe... it should be all electric and rechargeable
overnight.
The diesel should only be used if absolutely necessary. I heard the new
Prius comes with a solar panel roof. That sounds good.

I think the regular Civic is closer to 50MPG highway.

If you look at the thread we had about solar battery chargers a week
or so ago you see it takes a lot of collector to do much good. They
want more collector than will fit on a Prius roof, just to run a 1/2hp
pool pump. (my next solar project)


I haven't really looked at what is on the Prius. It must do something
useful.

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Nom=de=Plume

On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:52:23 -0400, wrote:

A lot of that depends on your driving patterns If you are in stop and
go traffic, the hybrid will save fuel. On the interstate I don't see
it saving much over any car with a small engine.

Exactly right. The advantage of a hybrid is during acceleration when
the electric motor kicks in and gives an extra boost.