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Convertible Prius Aims For Economy And Style, Misses

slowjoecrow — Fri, 02 May 2008 22:04:08 EDT

A Priusamino dirt bike hauler would be great for making treehugger's heads explode.

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slackinfux — Fri, 02 May 2008 12:41:18 EDT

And I thought PT Cruiser verts were fugly! Please...set it on fire!

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vr6john — Fri, 02 May 2008 12:35:05 EDT

sorry late to the party

The Hybrid Huntamino

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TRUEBLUE'STANG — Fri, 02 May 2008 11:24:08 EDT

i think i am going to be violently ill

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SundaySunday — Fri, 02 May 2008 10:30:22 EDT

Is this what Albert Gore III uses to cruise for chicks?

SundaySunday

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grzydj — Fri, 02 May 2008 10:17:23 EDT

Hmm. Only two instances of the word smug?

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JayP71 — Fri, 02 May 2008 07:44:19 EDT

@charles_barrett:

Eeek! And I thought my household goof with one of those was bad...

JayP71

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spielnicht — Fri, 02 May 2008 07:31:42 EDT

Never thought this car could get uglier...I stand corrected.

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spielnicht — Fri, 02 May 2008 07:31:23 EDT

Never thought this car could ever get uglier...I stand corrected.

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NovaloadMissesPolar — Fri, 02 May 2008 07:27:09 EDT

@TexanIdiot25: It's a southern thing and yes it is short for "you all."

I too thought this was a mini-Maybach. And then you see that just when you thought things couldn't get any twee-er than say a Jetta 'vertible, you see this little dolly.

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blogsdo — Fri, 02 May 2008 01:00:30 EDT

Got body flex?
"Like driving a wet noodle"

blogsdo

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Stuntdriver — Thu, 01 May 2008 23:58:46 EDT

exiting as drowning....

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hootjigga — Thu, 01 May 2008 23:11:53 EDT

The smug is just blown away from the car.

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ifonlyihadthemoney — Thu, 01 May 2008 22:40:07 EDT

Nope FAILED

still not cool

ifonlyihadthemoney

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GTBruiser — Thu, 01 May 2008 21:53:51 EDT

Big Bird no longer has a reason to be jealous of Kermit and his Escape Hybrid.

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Spasticteapot — Thu, 01 May 2008 21:30:32 EDT

I've been in a Prius before.

While they do drive like a hog (thanks, in part, to those super-low-drag ultra-low-performance tires) and make you look like a yuppie, they are remarkably quiet and comfortable - even in the back seats.

So, as far as I can tell, they got rid of the sole selling point of the car.

I wish someone would show them the diesel Mini convertible...which, ironically enough, features a Toyota engine that gives it a respectable 46 mpg.

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DavidWishart — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:47:22 EDT

Looks like the guest car for the 2009 TV re-make of Fantasy Island.

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TexanIdiot25: Flavor enhanced with A.D.D. — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:18:28 EDT

@way2bee: You, all. Guess it should be y'all.

It's a Texas thing I guess...

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TexanIdiot25: Flavor enhanced with A.D.D. — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:17:32 EDT

@PAPAL POLAЯ: :O

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way2bee — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:06:10 EDT

Some who post here may have issues. But what are you contracting to end up with "ya'll"? That's an issue.

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bigloaf — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:32:29 EDT

Kind of off topic, but was this shot in the back bay in Newport beach?

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Thu, 01 May 2008 19:17:36 EDT

TexanIdiot25, you are the father!

POLAЯ is taking his work underground. He can't let it fall into the wrong hands again!

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TexanIdiot25: Flavor enhanced with A.D.D. — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:07:43 EDT

@PAPAL POLAЯ: Nope, just Morry, or who ever it is.

Is it really HIS baby? Or is she a lying ho'?!?!?!

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Maymar - now with 37% less anonymity — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:02:02 EDT

@PAPAL POLAЯ: I know, but chest cookies are a way more delicious snack than chest tissues.

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Thu, 01 May 2008 18:47:55 EDT

@Red AuerБЯд╒╒: Miley Cyrus, Limo Crotch Shot Edition

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Thu, 01 May 2008 18:45:35 EDT

@TexanIdiot25: You been watchin' Montel again?

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Braff Wayne — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:44:42 EDT

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Vipper Of Vipp — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:40:58 EDT

FINALLY something that makes the '53 Nash convertible look good.

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TexanIdiot25: Flavor enhanced with A.D.D. — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:33:48 EDT

@PAPAL POLAЯ: Ya'll need some tissues for your issues?

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Froggmann — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:30:28 EDT

Wow this beats the Prius with the racing stripes I see on my commute into work sometimes. (Sorry no photo he runs the carfool lane.)

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Beluga — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:30:12 EDT

Why does this thing make me gag?

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way2bee — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:29:54 EDT

Sign me up for the roadster pickup version of the Prius. NOW, dammit!!!

way2bee

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Thu, 01 May 2008 18:24:28 EDT

@Red AuerБЯд╒╒: Just as long as it's not like one of those flim flam Tundra Tundra tailgates, it might disintegrate.

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Braff Wayne — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:23:41 EDT

@All... I love the compliments, but if you keep it up I will be forced to make more terrible 'chops...

Braff Wayne

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Thu, 01 May 2008 18:23:01 EDT

@TexanIdiot25: Not issues, TISSUES!
@Maymar: Packing your bra with cookies will just make them look lumpy and the crumbs will make you itch. TI25's right, use tissues!

POLAЯ is taking his work underground. He can't let it fall into the wrong hands again!

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kolorfast — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:21:55 EDT

@Red AuerБЯд╒╒: Holy cow! That actually looks halfway decent! Nicely done.

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Braff Wayne — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:20:33 EDT

@PAPAL POLAЯ: when driving on the highway, make sure you drop the tailgate.

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TexanIdiot25: Flavor enhanced with A.D.D. — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:19:41 EDT

@Maymar: Ya'll have issues...

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ranwhenparked — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:18:24 EDT

On the bright side, since half the car has been chopped off, its only about half as ugly as a regular (non-totaled) Prius.

ranwhenparked

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Maymar - now with 37% less anonymity — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:12:51 EDT

@PAPAL POLAЯ: I'm still at training bra levels, which is probably why all the boys ignore me (and why I've gotta keep packing away the cookies).

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N186BD — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:12:30 EDT

In all honesty, it wouldn't be too bad if they could remove the window frames... but then I supposed it'd corner like a wet rag.

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Thu, 01 May 2008 18:10:08 EDT

@Red AuerБЯд╒╒: Do you know how much of an effin genius you are?
I'd almost buy that!

POLAЯ is taking his work underground. He can't let it fall into the wrong hands again!

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Dr.Danger, Shogun of Jalopnik — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:04:28 EDT

@Red AuerБЯд╒╒: Not even as -amino.

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j6r — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:03:47 EDT

There goes its aerodynamic efficiency. Might as well drive the thing at 100 mph down the 405.

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Dr.Danger, Shogun of Jalopnik — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:03:32 EDT

@selfhatingotaku: Yea, they need to take out those crappy door frames. Might improve it by .2%

At least, thats why the kids are saying.

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Braff Wayne — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:00:25 EDT

@lascauxcaveman:

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Euromobile — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:57:49 EDT

It just looks like a car that's been in an accident and the fire brigade have taken a set of hydraulic jaws to it.

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middlejester — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:55:18 EDT

"I may not be an art critic, but I know what I hate."

-Montgomery Burns

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TexanIdiot25: Flavor enhanced with A.D.D. — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:54:03 EDT

The Maybach 62 Landaulet for the tree-hugging hippy near you.

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Mjolnir427 — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:41:26 EDT

Topless Prius apparently makes posters priapic with pent-up dreams of profitably personalizing the penultimate poser-mobile.

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Thu, 01 May 2008 17:40:35 EDT

@Maymar: What's your cup size?

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Thu, 01 May 2008 17:39:47 EDT

@stuntpuppy: EEEExxxxcccceeeelllleeeennnntttt!

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Maymar - now with 37% less anonymity — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:39:19 EDT

Don't hate me (much), but I like it. The regular Prius is moderately interesting as it is, and I like going topless.

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Thu, 01 May 2008 17:38:35 EDT

I've seen that convertible top somewhere before...

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stuntpuppy — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:37:39 EDT

@PAPAL POLAЯ: On my second tour in the Navy I had a roommate who did a lot of work with explosives. He had a tape of him and a bunch of his platoon-mates doing their demolition re-cert. It consisted mainly of packing things full of explosives and watching them blow up. They had a burned-out Freightliner on the range and they put so much of the stuff under it that it flew up in the air and went end over end for what seemed like forever. Not hoonage in the traditional sense, but pretty cool nonetheless. I'm pretty sure they could make this Prius disappear completely.

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DrJeffie — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:36:47 EDT

I don't see no stinking style

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graverobber- Two BEER minimum — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:33:59 EDT

That's a four-door convertible even JFK wouldn't be caught dead in.

graverobber- Two BEER minimum

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bzrchero GT — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:32:58 EDT

From the rear it looks like a tarp covering the USS Shenandoah airship.

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amblito — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:30:06 EDT

Reminds me of this:

Looks about as well executed.

amblito

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Thu, 01 May 2008 17:28:16 EDT

@amblito: HA! Classic.

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charles_barrett — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:27:22 EDT

Nothing can compare to the thrill of cutting into a 300VDC wiring harness with your sawzall...

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selfhatingotaku — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:23:31 EDT

The rear half is an awful mess, notice they had to cut a notch in the roof fabric to allow access to the fuel flap, and the rear doors look terrible with the window frames left in.

selfhatingotaku