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    Toyota Prius Owners Experience The "Unexpected Adventure" Of Sudden, Unintended Acceleration

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    Image of LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard
    04/29/09

    In reply to Toyota Prius Owners Experience The "Unexpected Adventure" Of Sudden, Unintended Acceleration
    BULLSHIT!

    84mph in a Pissus?
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    04/28/09

    In reply to Toyota Prius Owners Experience The "Unexpected Adventure" Of Sudden, Unintended Acceleration
    Oh, and maybe she misread "84 mph" for "84 mpg" and panicked? Just a theory.
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    04/28/09

    In reply to Toyota Prius Owners Experience The "Unexpected Adventure" Of Sudden, Unintended Acceleration
    I've never seen a Prius that wasn't going 84 mph.
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    Image of flyingstitch flyingstitch
    04/28/09

    In reply to Toyota Prius Owners Experience The "Unexpected Adventure" Of Sudden, Unintended Acceleration
    Clearly, what it needed was a surge protector.
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    04/28/09

    @flyingstitch: Nice! Heart click for you.
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    Image of BradMW BradMW
    04/28/09

    In reply to Toyota Prius Owners Experience The "Unexpected Adventure" Of Sudden, Unintended Acceleration
    "I was looking at the asshole-hippie gauge instead of either the speedometer or the giant hill I was going down and now I am shocked that I'm going 80."


    I feel like there is some test people need to fail before buying a Prius.

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    Image of RLJ676-LS3 Commuter Car - for the environment RLJ676-LS3 Commuter Car - for the environment
    04/28/09

    @BradMW:


    The tests are out there, and include but aren't limited to, "good taste", "business acumen", and "actual enviromental impact awareness."


    You have to fail at least these 3 to purchase a Prius.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/28/09

    @rlj676-Carbon Footprint Size - Clownshoe: You only have to fail the latter two to buy a Fusion or Escape Hybrid, at least...
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    Image of Brimful of Ash on the 78 Brimful of Ash on the 78
    04/28/09

    In reply to Toyota Prius Owners Experience The "Unexpected Adventure" Of Sudden, Unintended Acceleration
    Get some real tires? Oh, wait, that would hurt your mileage by 2 or 3 mpg. I know that's overly snarky, but I'm simply amazed at how crappy many tires are. "Ooooh, this one has an 80,000 mile warranty!"


    And the rubber compound is rated on the Mohs Scale, too.

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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    04/28/09

    @Ash78: If you mean "real" as opposed to "low rolling resistance", you know they haven't thrown those on the Prius since '03, yeah?


    Otherwise, I agree. The Goodyear Integrities that come on that car are shit and a half. Even the Regatta 2 is a much better tire.

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    Image of Brimful of Ash on the 78 Brimful of Ash on the 78
    04/28/09

    @Strooooolling the Jalopplayer: You mean the Prius doesn't come stock with low rolling resistance tires? Seems like most every passenger car has some form of low-resistance Michelin or Continental all-season on them (in order to hit EPA numbers).
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    04/28/09

    @Ash78: Well, I'm sure the OEM Goodyear Integrity's rolling resistance isn't particularly high, but it's loads better than the specially-designed Low Rolling Resistance tires that the old Prius, Insight, things like the Cobalt XFE (I believe) come with.
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    04/28/09

    In reply to Toyota Prius Owners Experience The "Unexpected Adventure" Of Sudden, Unintended Acceleration
    I was following a Prius yesterday. It was being driven by an elderly man. When it got onto the motorway he accelerated.


    I can only assume this was unintentional, I've never seen it happen before...

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    Image of FЯeeMan FЯeeMan
    04/28/09

    @Rust-MyEnemy: Honestly, I've never really seen a Prius driven in an 'economical' manner. They all drag away from the traffic lights and cruise at 70-80 MPH around here.


    It's the idiots in the Corollas who are always driving slow in the left lane.

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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    04/28/09

    In reply to Toyota Prius Owners Experience The "Unexpected Adventure" Of Sudden, Unintended Acceleration
    Even the Prius couldn't stand the goddamn hyper-miling.
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    Image of Thrashy, perpetual Minardi Thrashy, perpetual Minardi
    04/28/09

    In reply to Toyota Prius Owners Experience The "Unexpected Adventure" Of Sudden, Unintended Acceleration
    I'm horribly torn! On the one hand, a smug dumbass Prius driver who doesn't ever actually look at the road got what was coming to them. On the other hand, a car is getting bad rap because some people can't grasp that the speedometer is linked to wheel speed, so they don't understand that she probably *was* just hydroplaning. On the other hand, it's a Prius that's cathcing the flak, and that's not so bad. On the other hand, the idiot driver has been and will continue to endanger others with her inattentiveness. On the other hand...


    ...THERE IS NO OTHER HAND!

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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    04/28/09

    @Thrashy is like FTF, but for CRXes:


    To be perfectly fair, this is not a new issue with cars that use CVTs.

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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    04/28/09

    @Thrashy is like FTF, but for CRXes: One of my hobbies back when I delivered pizza was to see, on a rainy day, how high I could get my speedometer before the traction control kicked in. There was one very straight and uninterrupted thoroughfare in my old delivery area which also benefitted from poorish drainage, so if I hit the patches right, I got the speedo up to 70 some, maybe 80 miles an hour? Good times.
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    Image of Maxichamp Maxichamp
    04/28/09

    In reply to Toyota Prius Owners Experience The "Unexpected Adventure" Of Sudden, Unintended Acceleration
    Did anyone watch the new/old episode of Top Gear on BBC America last night? A Prius driven to the limits got worse mileage than an M3 following the Prius.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    04/28/09

    @Maxichamp: It doesn't surprise me too much.


    When you have to work the hell out of a tiny engine in order to get high speeds, of course it is going to get less mileage than a larger engine that doesn't have to work that hard. That's why Corvettes have been known to get 27-28 mpg on the freeway at 65 mph.

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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    04/28/09

    In reply to Toyota Prius Owners Experience The "Unexpected Adventure" Of Sudden, Unintended Acceleration
    I find that when I pay attention to driving, far less unintended or unexpected things happen.


    Could still be a real problem. We had a family friend whose big GM car had unintended acceleration. Fortunately, she had the presence of mind to turn the ignition off when it happened. Seems that one of the engine mounts collapsed, jamming the throttle linkage wide open.

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    Image of mikedrawcar mikedrawcar
    04/28/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: it's true- in all seriousness, my Grand Am experiences spontaneous acceleration at times. I've gotten used to it, and it's happened far less the past two years (though I've also driven a lot less), but it does happen. And usually when I'm trying to maneuver at low speed. Makes it extra fun.
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    Image of Brimful of Ash on the 78 Brimful of Ash on the 78
    04/28/09

    In reply to Toyota Prius Owners Experience The "Unexpected Adventure" Of Sudden, Unintended Acceleration
    Just get 60 Fucking Minutes on the case, the Prius will be out to pasture within two years.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    04/28/09

    In reply to Toyota Prius Owners Experience The "Unexpected Adventure" Of Sudden, Unintended Acceleration
    I'm going to buy a Prius. That's it. Last straw. Now I can drive at 86 mph everywhere, and when I get pulled over I'll just tell the cop it was "unintended acceleration" and, since I'm being green, he will probably let me go.
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    04/28/09

    @engineerd: "Look officer, I'm driving a Prius, a goddamn Prrriiiuuusssss! It is my lifelong dream to drive at 86mpg rather than mph, and if it weren't for faulty engineering from Toyota, I'd be on my way to that goal! But thanks to them, at 86 mph, I am only managing 16mpg!?! Do you know how that feels? It is like a bullet in my heart, a dagger to my chest from my best friend, a bomb in my own house as my family sleeps as night, it feels, frankly, like death. Mr Officer, driving a Prius but only managing to get..."


    "Ok, ok, I get it. Now get going before I change my mind."


    /grins

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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    04/28/09

    @engineerd: I have used this to great effect.†


    † by "to great effect" I mean "but it never works"

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/28/09

    @engineerd: Didn't work for Al Gore Junior.
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    Image of Pete Gaines Pete Gaines
    04/28/09

    In reply to Toyota Prius Owners Experience The "Unexpected Adventure" Of Sudden, Unintended Acceleration
    Urge to kill...rising...
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    Image of mikedrawcar mikedrawcar
    04/28/09

    @Pete Gaines: just bask in the warmness of the mpg display screen Pete!
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    04/28/09

    In reply to Toyota Prius Owners Experience The "Unexpected Adventure" Of Sudden, Unintended Acceleration
    They also added a badge off of a '86 Audi 5000, just in case it happened again.
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    Image of Maxichamp Maxichamp
    04/28/09

    @Tiberiuswise gazing at the Pontiac Moon.: Ever wonder if Audi 5000 drivers, 25 years later, are probably driving Prii?
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    Image of Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm
    04/28/09

    @Maxichamp: While tring to shove a Scorpions tape into the CD player.
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    Image of mikedrawcar mikedrawcar
    04/28/09

    @Tiberiuswise gazing at the Pontiac Moon.: COTD. Well done.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    04/28/09

    @Tiberiuswise gazing at the Pontiac Moon.: OK, I give in. Heart clicky for you.
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