Petrol price to jump in the weeks ahead

LOL, especially with the wife's sunnies on hey Noddy??? ; )

 

Congratulations Nev, a sensible unbiased response. Pretty rare around here
these days.

 

You're right. A prius is ideal for taxis. It obviously meets all of the

B & W Cabs everywhere are swinging over to Prius. Almost every B & W cab in
Cairns are now Prius.

 

Very good point.

 

Absolutely.

There a quite a few petrol cars out there, less than 2/3 the price, giving
better fuel economy.

Prius = clever marketing to the gullible.

Gullible = Loser Lu.

 

OOPPSSSS, already said.

 

How much do you normally pay for a wank, Noddles?

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Most of the top 10 seem fairly reasonable choices to me, with the
possible exception of the Toyota Hilux 4x4, the Commodore and the Falcon
and even those are better than they used to be.

As at April 09.

Holden Commodore 4814
Toyota Corolla 3903
Ford Falcon 2708
Mazda3 2693
Toyota HiLux 4x4 2199
Toyota Yaris 1924
Hyundai Getz 1686
Holden Astra 1615
Toyota Camry 1551
Subaru Forester 1534

 

A consistent 5.8l/100km in city driving no coasting and with AC on when
needed.

 

I agree that NEW they are too much but 2nd hand after 2-3 yrs, they then
become an item to be considered.
And once again I will state for those that are a bit "thick"...the fuel
consumption tests dont factor in "at idle" stats..which many of us have to
endure in peak traffic or at traffic lights, unless you're a bogan living
outside the CBD. At standstill the Prius uses ZERO petrol...figure that out
if you can against an idling dinosaur Corolla etc...

 

bet it won't get that out on the highway though
The city is where the Prius is suited, running most of the time on the
electric motor off the batteries


A a Corolla would better it on the highway
and costs almost $20,000 less


Kev

 

Guess what dickhead, I recently bought a new Toyota which is about the
same price as a Prius so if I wanted a Prius I could have bought one,
there is nothing about a Prius that suits my needs so I would have to be
a fool to buy one.
Even if a Prius did suit my needs I still wouldn't buy such an ugly car.


Daryl

 

Do they?

Assuming that they suffer the same depreciation as anything else they're
*still* a long way behind a three year old Corolla in terms of value for
money, and unlike a Corolla they're three years closer to an out of warranty
battery replacement.

I recon a Corolla could idle for about a week on a litre of petrol

 

Mother in laws. Get it right.

 

Me either.

After driving the ones from the wife's department all I can say is that
you'd have to be a pretty serious window licker to *want* one

 

Isn't this a bit desperate debating between a Prius or Corolla? Ye
gods. They are people movers. As long as they do the job safely then
who cares. If you were discussing Monaro vs a GT Ford I can see the
point.

The Prius is where we are heading folks. Or something along that line.
It's first generation. I couldn't give a **** what it looked like. It
did what I needed around Melb CBD. Drove nicely. Used fuckall fuel.
And had plenty of off the mark grunt if I had to outrun someone who
wasn't paying attention. Got it's design specs pretty good for a first
generation vehicle I reckon. No - I didn't drive it on the highway and
doubt I'd want to. But we got to start somewhere.

 

It's not really an argument. It's a source of amusement for the people who
know better by the fuckwits who think the Prius is something special

Indeed we do, but hybrid cars are not the answer in my opinion. In fact,
they're not even close. They're nothing other than a ploy by a few
manufacturers to play on the paranoia of some in an attempt to lighten their
wallets.

 

And what about fuel consumption? And throw in some bikes while you're at it to
rub some salt into their wounds.

--

- KRudd at his finest.

"The Labour Party is corrupt beyond redemption!"
- Labour hasbeen Mark Latham in a moment of honest clarity.

"This is the recession we had to have!"
- Paul Keating explaining why he gave Australia another Labour recession.

"Silly old bugger!"
- Well known ACTU pisspot and sometime Labour prime minister Bob Hawke
responding to a pensioner who dared ask for more.

"By 1990, no child will live in poverty"
- Bob Hawke again, desperate to win another election.

"A billion trees ..."
- Borke, pissed as a newt again.

"Well may we say 'God save the Queen' because nothing will save the governor
general!"
- Egotistical shithead and pompous fuckwit E.G. Whitlam whining about his
appointee for Governor General John Kerr.

"SHUT THE **** UP YOU DUMB ****!"
- FlangesBum on learning the truth about Labour's economic capabilities.

"I don't care what you fuckers think!"
- KRudd the KRude Rat at his finest again.

"We'll just change it all when we get in."
- Garrett the carrott

 

I won't disagree there, but we have to start somewhere. From the 3
days I had it, it seemed like a good start. You can't magic up a brand
new technology and put it on the road. We're going to go through the
hybrids, then fuel cell or electrics if someone comes up with a great
new technology in batteries.

But we have to start changing. It's a change. Hybrids will come down
in price and as more get on the road, the cost of the batteries will
come down. Look at mobile phone costs over the last decade. And a lot
of that has been driven by better technology from batteries.

The Prius was a damn fine thing to drive around inner Melbourne. I
hate automatics in general, but this did everything it was designed to
very well.

As for price, we have to stop changing cars so often. Yes they get
safer and more efficient. But the energy cost just building them sort
wipes out most of the fuel efficeiency gains. I don't know there's an
easy solution thre. It's a Catch 22.

 

Something like the present "Global Warming Fiasco?"