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New Prius Owners - Give Us Your Report

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Re: Toyota Prius Owners [KarenS] by manolomm
May 23, 2005 (10:16 am)
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I am new to this forum. Just purchased the Prius 2005 with all the bells and whisltes. I love all the stuff that came with prius. Where can I go and find accesories for it?
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Re: Toyota Prius Owners [manolomm] by KarenS HOST
May 23, 2005 (10:44 am)
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Replying to: manolomm (May 23, 2005 10:16 am)

You will want to step over to the Prius Owners:
Accessories discussion to see where others are getting theirs.
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Re: Toyota Prius Owners [manolomm] by mtransue1
May 26, 2005 (10:56 am)
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Replying to: manolomm (May 23, 2005 10:16 am)

Go on E Bay and search out Prius hybrids and accessories. There are a myriad of thing to buy if you are interested..
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Not Your Typical Prius Owner by yardstick
Mar 24, 2006 (6:01 am)
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I love my new Prius. I'm definately not your typical Prius owner: I hate NPR, I can't stand Hollywood, I don't wear Birkenstocks, I voted for Bush (twice)and I never eat tofu! But wow, what a technological marvel this car is! You have to wonder how good the third generation Prius will be.
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Re: Not Your Typical Prius Owner [yardstick] by cruising7388
Apr 23, 2006 (5:56 pm)
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Replying to: yardstick (Mar 24, 2006 6:01 am)

Hopefully, a third generation PRIUS will perform better and be less dangerous than a third generation BUSH.
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Re: Not Your Typical Prius Owner [cruising7388] by yardstick
Apr 24, 2006 (6:03 pm)
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Replying to: cruising7388 (Apr 23, 2006 5:56 pm)

Thanks to Bush's Energy Policy Act of 2005, the hybrid tax credits are now in effect and hybrids are affordable to folks like me. Most Democrats opposed this bill. I'll grant you that he's a pretty bad president, but at least he got this through. It's also ironic that he's taking the heat for high gas prices when every time he proposes to go after new sources of oil, the Democrats oppose him.
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Re: Not Your Typical Prius Owner [yardstick] by bnewins
Apr 24, 2006 (6:59 pm)
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Replying to: yardstick (Apr 24, 2006 6:03 pm)

Sorry. I'm sure this has been asked before. My wife is getting a new Prius in about 3 wks. And I am considering the Camry Hybrid in June (on wait list). Can we take BOTH tax credits on next years taxes?
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Re: Not Your Typical Prius Owner [bnewins] by cruising7388
Apr 24, 2006 (9:43 pm)
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Replying to: bnewins (Apr 24, 2006 6:59 pm)

Sorry. I'm sure this has been asked before. My wife is getting a new Prius in about 3 wks. And I am considering the Camry Hybrid in June (on wait list). Can we take BOTH tax credits on next years taxes?
 
The answer is yes, you can take multiple tax credit exemptions. But the amount of credit is vehicle specific.
I know the Prius qualifies for $3150. Don't know what the credit is for the Camry.Probably sometime around September 1, if sufficient quantities of hybrids are sold, the amount of credit permitted will diminish.
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Re: Not Your Typical Prius Owner [yardstick] by cruising7388
Apr 24, 2006 (9:57 pm)
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Replying to: yardstick (Apr 24, 2006 6:03 pm)

I checked the vote tally on the bill. It was 275 for and 156 against in the House and 74 for and 26 against, so it certainly was not a party vote pattern and is at variance with your observation that most Democrats opposed the bill. FYI, John McCain vehemently objected to the bill describing it as "No lobbyist left behind". I don't think any members of Congress objected to the hybrid provisions and my understanding is that those who voted against the act did so because there were some serious lobbying perks for the nuclear and oil industries , particularly for the State of Texas.
 
What really puzzles me is why the hybrid credit has such a short fuse on it. If Congress was really interested in stimulating consumer investment in this technology, why did they sharply limit the total number of vehicles that can qualify to 60,000? And why would you want to exclude low income people who don't have sufficient tax liability to offset the credit?
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Re: Not Your Typical Prius Owner [cruising7388] by stevedebi
Apr 25, 2006 (9:23 am)
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Replying to: cruising7388 (Apr 24, 2006 9:57 pm)

"If Congress was really interested in stimulating consumer investment in this technology, why did they sharply limit the total number of vehicles that can qualify to 60,000?"
 
The bill is designed to encourage auto makers to build new hybrids; it is designed to help those automakers who do not have a lot of hybrid experience(GM, Ford, Chrysler). Once the hybrids are built, the companies no longer need the incentives.

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