True Story About A Hybrid

[Supra_Natural]

  On 5/10/2011 at 5:33 AM, Pericles said:

We aren't anti hybrid. We are anti-Hype.

Also Anti-j***a$$.

[zerocool]

  On 5/10/2011 at 5:31 AM, rover said:

I have a better name "auto-antihybrid-lanka", with biased moderators!

and you're not?

[VVTi]

  On 5/10/2011 at 5:31 AM, rover said:

I have a better name "auto-antihybrid-lanka", with biased moderators!

Anti-Pansy ?

[Elvis_Pil]

  On 5/9/2011 at 12:51 PM, k9master said:

Heard CRZ has 122BHP. I know that its not much. But in for most of (less-fortunate)us in SL terms 120 -130 BHP on a car with a curb weight around 1100KG is a car with a fair punch.

With CRZ prices being quoted in the 5 Million range- you're 'Us' becomes a royal 'us' And for that sort of money that much better 'fair punch' options.

IMO disappointing in the way the CRZ turned out- its got real poor value for money

[heavyD]

  On 5/10/2011 at 6:17 AM, Elvis_Pil said:

With CRZ prices being quoted in the 5 Million range- you're 'Us' becomes a royal 'us' And for that sort of money that much better 'fair punch' options.

IMO disappointing in the way the CRZ turned out- its got real poor value for money

Do you mean in SL?

[k9master]

  On 5/10/2011 at 6:17 AM, Elvis_Pil said:

With CRZ prices being quoted in the 5 Million range- you're 'Us' becomes a royal 'us' And for that sort of money that much better 'fair punch' options.

IMO disappointing in the way the CRZ turned out- its got real poor value for money

Really? 5Mil? No Thanks then...

THis sort of a fair punch is available at 1mil or less... for 5 We should be able to get a super punch in SL standards. Thanks for pointing this out.

Cheers,

K9M

[Chooti Putha]

  On 5/10/2011 at 6:17 AM, Elvis_Pil said:

With CRZ prices being quoted in the 5 Million range- you're 'Us' becomes a royal 'us' And for that sort of money that much better 'fair punch' options.

IMO disappointing in the way the CRZ turned out- its got real poor value for money

yup agreed paying 5mill for a dat punch isnt worth it...im sure one can go for something dat packs a much bigger punch for dat price range

[fizz]

Can I kno the BHP power of the Prius 2008 model...

[heavyD]

  On 5/10/2011 at 8:31 AM, fizz said:

Can I kno the BHP power of the Prius 2008 model...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Prius

[nexus]

  On 5/10/2011 at 8:31 AM, fizz said:

Can I kno the BHP power of the Prius 2008 model...

here look at this My link.

Edited May 10, 2011 by nexus

[Pericles]

  On 5/10/2011 at 8:31 AM, fizz said:

Can I kno the BHP power of the Prius 2008 model...

http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=bhp+toyota+prius+2008

[Elvis_Pil]

  On 5/10/2011 at 6:34 AM, Big_D said:

Do you mean in SL?

Yup was really looking forward to it at least being in the price range of the hybrid civics but by the looks of its seems to be doomed for the moment.

[heavyD]

  On 5/10/2011 at 10:08 AM, Elvis_Pil said:

Yup was really looking forward to it at least being in the price range of the hybrid civics but by the looks of its seems to be doomed for the moment.

Wonder what's gonna happen to it now. An expensive hybrid with only two doors, so can't see it being bought by the general public. And not enough bang for the buck for enthusiasts.

[Chooti Putha]

  On 5/10/2011 at 11:19 AM, Big_D said:

Wonder what's gonna happen to it now. An expensive hybrid with only two doors, so can't see it being bought by the general public. And not enough bang for the buck for enthusiasts.

There's quite a few of them around. 1blue, 2 orange & 2white is what i have seen so far....but im sure there could be more & knowing r people there will be buyers for these cars too

[Pericles]

  On 5/10/2011 at 11:43 AM, Chooti Putha said:

There's quite a few of them around. 1blue, 2 orange & 2white is what i have seen so far....but im sure there could be more & knowing r people there will be buyers for these cars too

There are quite a few in car sales, aren't there? thought I saw some while passing Dutugamunu street

[Chooti Putha]

  On 5/10/2011 at 12:41 PM, Pericles said:

There are quite a few in car sales, aren't there? thought I saw some while passing Dutugamunu street

So far i have seen 5....should be more of them...definitely

[toyota sucks]

Nicely made up story about legs,

if it was his daughters legs this would be interesting

OK ok ok.........

If the story was true he must have been looking at the mpg or trees rather than the indicator saying what gear he is in, if it was manual there would have been no problem.

Tell u'r Trow away crappy automatics go for a manual after selling the p-use

[jehan80]

  On 5/8/2011 at 12:39 PM, Crosswind said:

Here's a true story about what happened to a new hybrid owner (a guy who's used cars for over 20 years) very recently.

A guy I know imported a hybrid prius and proudly talked to his friends and neighbors about his eco-friendly choice.

Next day, when he tried to take the car out of the garage, not knowing where the reverse gear is, he accidentally shifted to forward and pressed the pedal. Unfortunately, his teenage son happened to be standing in front of the car at that time and the son's legs got wedged between the wall and the prius. On one of his legs, the calf muscles got ripped in to two from knee to ankle.

The rip was so bad, the calf had to be stiched and had to be re-stiched a few days later.

Now that prius is for sale.

My appeal to 'hybrid' owners - please please learn to drive your hybrid.

For the rest of us - stay as far as possible from hybrids.

What a piss poor friend you must be, writing about his misfortune just to score some points by jumping on the hybrid bashing bandwagon.

[Schiffer]

  On 5/10/2011 at 5:31 AM, rover said:

I have a better name "auto-antihybrid-lanka", with biased moderators!

lol that would work..

[GihanFX]

  On 5/8/2011 at 12:39 PM, Crosswind said:

Here's a true story about what happened to a new hybrid owner (a guy who's used cars for over 20 years) very recently.

A guy I know imported a hybrid prius and proudly talked to his friends and neighbors about his eco-friendly choice.

Next day, when he tried to take the car out of the garage, not knowing where the reverse gear is, he accidentally shifted to forward and pressed the pedal. Unfortunately, his teenage son happened to be standing in front of the car at that time and the son's legs got wedged between the wall and the prius. On one of his legs, the calf muscles got ripped in to two from knee to ankle.

The rip was so bad, the calf had to be stiched and had to be re-stiched a few days later.

Now that prius is for sale.

My appeal to 'hybrid' owners - please please learn to drive your hybrid.

For the rest of us - stay as far as possible from hybrids.

well thats not the fault of the Hybrid or it docent have to do anything with eco friendly blah blah, thats a stupid driver, even though Hybrids are crap this is a poor way of bashing Hybrids, "Next day, when he tried to take the car out of the garage" after this sentence i expected to hear something like the battery is dead or CEL is on or something, but dude "he accidentally shifted to forward and pressed the pedal" docent make any sense at all

Edited May 10, 2011 by GihanFX

[virajkv]

This has nothing to do woth hybrids, actually that guy is the dumbest moron ever that one can see in sl, a rare breed, one shuold go and see this guy, really, a real puththalam booruwa type (no offence k?)

Because even from the begining of the story we can see how he is showing off his stupidity by shouting out the efficiency of his car to others without even taking it, out of the garage.

So by not knowing the fact how put the car in to the reverse gear. one can assume that this moron had never searched internet before buying the prius rte?(if he had done, would he buy it then??? silly me.. he he) so all hes blabbering is what he had heard from the car seller or some stupid friends...

and the next day he thought of getting the car out, he hit his own child...

Im pretty sure this could have been the case the gear lever of the pius been situated in the dash board this epic fool couldn't put the revere gear correctly...

anyway, it could have happened with anyother vehicle too as for his stupidity is way beyond reasoning...

also the final idioticness of selling the car for his stupidty(like changing the pillow forheadache)

theres nothing to ay about the story anyways thnks for the original poster... got to know that even these kinds exist... :(

[mazda zoom]

  On 5/8/2011 at 3:47 PM, ae100 said:

I don't know why your story reminds me of another story.

I have a friend (let's say Siripala) who was dumped by a girl. This particular girl's next boyfriend (say- Gunadasa) happens to drive a Morris Minor.

Now, Siripala hates Morris Minors big time.

End of story.

[rameez]

  On 5/8/2011 at 12:58 PM, JohnGalt said:

You are my friend is at the pinnacle of stupidity. Just like all the BS about hybirds. How bad they are. How environment unfriendly the battery disposal process is. How expensive low friction bearings are. How gay the drivers are. etc...

Yes, it's light hearted to throw the gay joke couple of times but as of late it has gotten demeaning. You so called effing petrol heads jumps at the slightest hint of hybrids saying how superior your sappy petrol guzzling machines are. I thought this was a place true petrol heads hangout. A place where you appreciate the engineering aspects. How everything work together, how you do crazy things to your cars etc...

Hybrids are "new" to Sri Lanka. Except that Don dude who has driven a hybrid when all of us were hanging in to our mums tits. Good.

But, for the love of god, can we get past this menace and try to appreciate the cool technology that goes into machines? Sheesh.

i agree 100% , this has been a menace , at times some of the threads are childish, like who is better and is he paid to market the hybrid.......to be frank regardless of what shit we talk here if some one wants he will buy it.

[tiv]

Geez how hard can this be????

he must've been confused with a manual stick shift.. as the locations are different..

Poor kid.. Get well soon

Edited May 11, 2011 by tiv

[pontiac_gto]

  On 5/8/2011 at 3:47 PM, ae100 said:

I don't know why your story reminds me of another story.

I have a friend (let's say Siripala) who was dumped by a girl. This particular girl's next boyfriend (say- Gunadasa) happens to drive a Morris Minor.

Now, Siripala hates Morris Minors big time.

End of story.

nice one :)