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To: lacrew

I didn’t buy my Prius to save money. It was cheaper than the Volkswagen Passat I had before it, that car had been pushed up in price point by the company that year, making it ostentatious and a staement I didn’t want to make. The Prius had a great saftey record, great repair record and I wouldn’t need to stop for gas so often. A Ford Focus was not in the picture. This is not a sensible argument, we have lots of different car companies, and models because people look for different things but by all means attack Prius owners as stupid liberal tree huggers. I will continue to fight for smaller Government, individual responsibility, drill here now, and confuse all the folks who think it makes me part of a club to own a Prius.


33 posted on 01/25/2012 9:23:42 AM PST by JayGalt
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To: JayGalt

Well knock yourself out - you can drive whatever you want to, as long as (unlike the Volt), I don’t have to pay for it.

I will point out that the 2007 VW Passat got 22 mpg in the city, on an 18.5 gallon tank...giving it the same 400 mile range you have in your Prius...so you really haven’t skipped any trips to the gas station...you just don’t spend as much time there.

You also appear to have been one of the lucky ones. Starting in 2010, Toyota quit using the rubber gas tank in the Prius...because so many people complained about only squeezing 5-6 gallons into it, and having to stop more often at the gas station.


56 posted on 01/25/2012 12:48:42 PM PST by lacrew (Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
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To: JayGalt

Well knock yourself out - you can drive whatever you want to, as long as (unlike the Volt), I don’t have to pay for it.

I will point out that the 2007 VW Passat got 22 mpg in the city, on an 18.5 gallon tank...giving it the same 400 mile range you have in your Prius...so you really haven’t skipped any trips to the gas station...you just don’t spend as much time there.

You also appear to have been one of the lucky ones. Starting in 2010, Toyota quit using the rubber gas tank in the Prius...because so many people complained about only squeezing 5-6 gallons into it, and having to stop more often at the gas station.


57 posted on 01/25/2012 12:48:47 PM PST by lacrew (Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
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