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more about #lemon more comments → LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard: BULLSHIT! 84mph in a Pissus? more » Novaload: Oh, and maybe she misread "84 mph" for "84 mpg" and panicked? Just a theory. more » Novaload: I've never seen a Prius that wasn't going 84 mph. more » flyingstitch: Clearly, what it needed was a surge protector. more » BradMW: "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... more » Ash78, cube farmer: 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... more » Rust-MyEnemy: 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 uni... more » pauljones: Even the Prius couldn't stand the goddamn hyper-miling. more » Thrashy, perpetual Minardi: 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... more » Maxichamp: 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 P... more » Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: 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 w... more » Ash78, cube farmer: Just get 60 Fucking Minutes on the case, the Prius will be out to pasture within two years. more » engineerd: 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 "un... more » Pete Gaines: Urge to kill...rising... more » Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm: They also added a badge off of a '86 Audi 5000, just in case it happened again. more » -
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Toyota Prius Owners Experience The "Unexpected Adventure" Of Sudden, Unintended Acceleration
When a Toyota Prius experiences sudden, unintended acceleration, media reports call it "an unexpected adventure." We seem to recall when Jeeps did the same thing they were called "death traps" and "dangerously deadly."
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