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137 messages, Last post on Mar 01, 2007 at 7:35 AM
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Replying to: imgr82day (Jul 17, 2006 8:32 am) longest when traveling uphill. Who cares about downhill? You could drive a Prius 100 miles downhill without using a teaspoon of gas. I see enough posts regarding this syndrome to convince me to stash a one or two gallon can of gas in some relatively invulnerable spot under the vehicle. The gauge itself is wildly innacurate and it appears that you have used 40%+ of your tank before you even lose a marker on the gauge. Best to determine your average mileage and use that as the basis for when you refuel rather than relying on the gauge. Gas tank gauge innacuracy seems to be epidemic in the automobile industry. |
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What is the average education level of Prius buyers? Are the more educated than the average person ? Just wondering, MidCow
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Replying to: midnightcowboy (Aug 09, 2006 10:20 am) What complicates this are the disparate reasons for buying the Prius. Some buy one because they are convinced that they will ultimately save fuel. Some because they want to make their personal statement to the big bad oil companies. Some because the pollution level of the vehicle is very low. Some because it's a status symbol in their community. Some because of the new engrossing technology. Some because it looks cute. Some because you can drive it in the HOV lanes. With respect to raw numbers, I'm sure you can determine the purchase patterns for any given area, but considering that the myriad of reasons for buying one ranges from brilliant to stupid, I don't know that you end up with a significant correlation between the buyers and their education levels. The nagging issue is whether you can assume a large correlation between education and intelligence. There are millions of relatively uneducated people in this country that are very intelligent and from my experience, there's an awful lot of very educated people that are dumber than stones. |
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Replying to: KarenS (May 13, 2004 4:53 am)
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Replying to: montelb (Jan 19, 2007 5:25 pm) If you have any questions about settingup your CarSpace page, feel free tocontact me. Just click on my username and drop me an email! http://www.carspace.com/pf_flyer |
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O.K. What pulls you to the final decision is as varied as can be. Green is nice (Al Gore's gonna love ya). Saving on gas every 400-500 mile fill-up (passing gas stations is a pleasure). When you do fill up pull in next to a Hummer (ticks em off). Knowing that Toyota makes one heck of a quality car gives you a sense of feel-good confidence. I like to think that I led the way since I took the plunge 3 1/2 years ago,when it might have seemed a risk to go hybrid (tain't so today). Nay-sayers have been shot down since today everything in print says (like Tony the Tiger) "they're GREAT!!" Seriously...There's hardly a day that goes by that I don't smile while driving my Prius. What a car! I like to call it: "The car of the future..TODAY." Go ahead and buy the Camery but it's just a good car. Sounds a bit bland to me. Buy a Prius and enjoy those smiles that it will definitly pass your way. Smiles are priceless! 
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