The worlds best car! A tribute to the Toyota Prius for saving my friends life.avi

[1991fordexplorer]

now people will buy the prius if u keep it in that style

[diebazigebaas]

YOU FUCKED A PRIUS BRO

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@diebazigebaas Ouch!!!!!!!



[RedFathom]

i'm still driving my dad's prius. it got hit by a dumptruck at 50 while waiting to make a left turn. he drove it home. took $12k in repairs. it's half 05 half 08 now.

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@RedFathom I hope both cars were the same colour! :-))

[IseeShizz]

thankfully he got out alive

[Wraithdagger]

Was the throttle stuck?

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@Wraithdagger Driver fell asleep - was given far too much work load, he was driving up to 400 miles a day seeing customers due to lack of other staff, and it caught up with him......!

[RidX4Ricers]

I do not understand how some people seem to love this car against all reason.

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@RidX4Ricers Its just over taken the Toyota Corrolla as the best selling car of all time in Japan - there is more to an efficient car then fuel economry - but if MPG is the only thing a buyer cares about, they can go and get themselves a cheap and nasty stick shift econobox.

[RidX4Ricers]

@ChuffChuffWoo You know a lot of people prefer driving a manual. A lot of people don't care about how well a car sells in Japan. And a lot of people really don't give a shit about fuel economy or emissions either.

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@RidX4Ricers I dont, and its automatics have tended to be the gas guzzlers, manuals are a pain. The prius drives like and expensive car, but costs as much to road tax and fuel as a cheap one. The Prius is a world wide success story, and that's despite the best efforts of Jeremy Clarkson!

[RidX4Ricers]

@ChuffChuffWoo Have you ever actually driven a truly nice car? My aunt has a prius and it does NOT drive like a nice car, the seats are hard and uncomfortable, the steering is numb, it has NO power and can barely get out of it's own way, and don't get me started on the CVT transmission. People may buy the prius but there are more people that dislike it than like it.

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@RidX4Ricers I love the ride in mine - the roads in the UK are full of potholes as we degenerate in to a Third world state, so the last thing I need is super feel stering! The seats are fine. When I had my 2Litre fuel injected Volvo, a Prius thrashed the pants of it away from the lights thanks to 50 extra horse power from the motor - that is one of the reasons I went and bought one. The transmission is not CVT its electric - its a miniturised version of the system they use on the bullet train.

[Luisgtm95]

wouldn't have spent any night at the hospital if he had a safer, cheaper, better looking, renault megane.

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@Luisgtm95 My mom had a Renault migraine - what a bloomin headache that was!!!

[Luisgtm95]

@ChuffChuffWoo

You don't go to the hospital for a migraine, I disagree, all my renaults have been excellent and most of the people i ask tell me the same about them

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@Luisgtm95 Except my mom's (bloomin thing!)

[Luisgtm95]

Its amazing but now it looks much better

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@Luisgtm95 Prius convertable....!

[apache1234657]

A prius does not pull like a v6, a prius is not as safe as a vw polo according to the ncap safety ratings, maybe if your friends were better drivers they would not get into accidents in the first place, you don't buy a safe car and then drive on the wrong side of the road expecting to be safe

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@apache1234657 Yes these bloomin Prius drivers are a damm nusance always falling asleep - berhaps a noisy smelly diesel would keep them awake - rattle, rattle, rattle, rattle, rattle!!!

[Btibosch]

you mean thr worst car of tue world, a vw polo bluemotion is cheaper and more eco

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@Btibosch Polo - Slower, smaller, sounds like a tractor, does far worse MPG in traffic, needs more expensive fuel, I had a VW diesel, the Prius is a Bently compaired to the 'grunt and clunk' stick shift econobox, and in a crash, the small VW just won't be able to absorb as much impact energy as the much bigger and roomier Prius.

[MrRally4ever]

Okay I will keep it simple. 2011 Toyota Prius gets 48MPG (US GALLON) highway, VW Golf Diesel gets 42MPG. Golf needs far less energy to be produced, is cheap to fix, looks better, is just as safe, and won't need new batteries after 10 years.

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@MrRally4ever Until you drive it in town - Prius gets twice the mpg of a smelly noisy diesel in town, and petrol is cheaper, the batteries will last the life of the car (early Prius batteries 'only' lasted about 130K miles) the brakes last the life of the car (it slows down on the geneator) and the beltless engine never needs a cam belt changing, and there is no clutch or auto tranny to worry about.

[mustangman442002]

@ChuffChuffWoo New diesels are hardly "smelly and noisy." They're barely louder than a conventional gas, or petrol engine for you guys across the pond. True, the Prius does get better gas mileage around town, but it is nowhere NEAR twice the mpg rating. I dunno what interstate speeds are like around where you live, but I've been passed by a Prius doing 80 mph, and I highly bet a diesel does better at those speeds. Also, 130k isn't that many miles...... don't sell a diesel short.

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@mustangman442002 Early batteries 'dried out' at about 120K miles, now with improved sealing, they are lasting the life of the car - even very high milage ones.

[justinschmidt1]

STFU, that car sucks.

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@justinschmidt1 It does now - ouch! Was a lovely car - what a pity....

[TheAssassin111]

Thats how i like to see my Priuses.

[pixmafia]

wow it's done wonders for the look of the Prius, it now looks so much better!

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@pixmafia Hahaha! :-)) Alas Toyota will never compete with the chrome plated whales from the likes of GM

[pixmafia]

@ChuffChuffWoo the only thing toyota did a good job on is the Hilux pickup truck i don't know of any war zone they are not used in. The Prius comes complete with Toyota sandals, free pack of lentils and a vegetarian cookbook all as standard equipment

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@pixmafia :-))) and a bloomin strong 2" diameter steel tube mountes under the dash - it stopped the cab or the truck coming throught the windscreen. Alas parts of the new Prius are made from vegetarian ingrediants, so your'e not far wrong! :)

[RyanTakahashi]

Glad to know your friend is okay and was able to walk away from that terrible of a crash. Everyone has their own opinions and values for different types of cars, but the Prius performs well on what it is supposed to do. Technology and performance is advancing every so quickly, but the priority is the safety of its passengers

[ChuffChuffWoo]

4x4's are all very well, but I hate it when farmers buy them and drive around in fields and get them covered in mud and stuff - messing up the shiny rims and ruining the pose value!

[makinsense5]

Prius is an acronym for Pretty Ridiculously Insufferable Ugly Shitbox period

Performance car to buy Focus RS500

Comfort car to buy base model XF

Practicality Focus RS500

Efficiency Golf diesel

There now you know the real choices and to spice it up why could a RANGE ROVER be run for 5 years on the energy it takes to make pris batteries

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@makinsense5 Your post is just wrong on the Prius battery energy requirements, but It's too funny not to post, guess you won't be buying a Prius anytime soon. I once beat an Impretza in mine - he took too long getting his clutch in, followed by a bad gear change - Prius won. All cars are getting better - not least after Toyota threw down the gauntlet with their hybrid. Any other acronyms for the word 'Prius'? :)

[snocross258]

@ChuffChuffWoo Just a little FYI when mining for the element in a Prius battery it damages the Ozone just as much as you would if you drive a prius for 50 years straight no stops..........Carbon foot print + a little math = Truth....

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@snocross258 Where do people hear this RUBBISH - nickel is a commonly used metel, and the mining peration has cleaned up it act, the battery gets recycled when the very long lasting car eventually reaches the end of its life, a car produces several tonnes of carbon footprint per year, the Prius battery is about the same size as a coventional lorry battery - producing it does not produce 50 years equivelant of CO2. Cars don't grow on trees.

[ChuffChuffWoo]

Funny that whenever I'm watching any footage taken in traffic in the good ole US of A, from back here in the UK, I see Priusus everywhere - no wonder GM is in trouble! Come to think of it, what is the plural of Prius, is it 'Priusususus'?

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@ChuffChuffWoo ...or maybe the plurel of Prius is 'piousnes' ;-))

[60marsh]

He got lucky, most japanese eco boxes crumple in crashes. That's why I drive a big American SUV

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@60marsh Yes he was lucky, but I can't think 7 airbags and a 2" diameter steel tube across the width of the car just below the windscreen, as well as all the other innovations had something to do with keeping the truck out of the drivers space. Big SUV's are a non starter here in the UK with petrol on its way to $10 a gallon.

[SociallyAwkwardLlama]

Good riddance

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@SociallyAwkwardLlama And your problem is?? (well apart from the fact that 'eco cars' have kicked GM's butt big time!

[IncredableDrE]

@ChuffChuffWoo

My prius saved my life in an accident exactly like that

[Byefrosty]

Save the planet drive a landrover discovery, not a dirty Prius

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@Byefrosty Some years ago a strange report appeared that made the Prius look 'dirtier' that a Hummer - this was deliberately designed to spread a myth - any amonst those with little common sence it appears to have worked!

[TheManInDboX]

@ChuffChuffWoo I think this myth is really a "depends how you look at it" scenario. I drive Toyota's into the 300K+ miles marker. In that time it would cost me 25K for the Prius and 3K every 150K miles for new batteries or 25K every 150K miles for a new Prius... So if i had to buy and throw out 3 Prius's over a 300K mile period it would be worse for the environment then driving a kenworth that got 12mpg. Not to mention extremely expensive.

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@TheManInDboX There is a taxi company that running a Prius that's about to hit a million kilometers - about 600,000 miles, the battery lasted 400k - longer then most cars - during that time, the fuel savings paid for the car outright. The brake pads last 18 months of heavy use, the brakes on the same companies non hybrids last just 8 weeks.

[TheRealAtello]

from the description: "...that pulls like a V6" I'm sorry, but can you please elaborate? I've driven my friend's 2010 prius WOT and it's like a duck trying to run through a foot of snow. What v6 are you comparing it to?

Glad to see that it's a safe car though!

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@TheRealAtello The electric motor gives it two extra cylinders - add that to the four the engine has and you have six cylinders.

[hunghuge12]

@ChuffChuffWoo It quotes 98hp from the petrol and 134hp combined. It would have to be a really weak V6 but I see where you're coming from.

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@hunghuge12 ...with a very efficient transmission...

[hunghuge12]

@ChuffChuffWoo Yeah but a lot of weight for the size too. I can't wait until battery tech catches up with petrol for size and weight of power carried.

[TheCarista]

the taillights are still good!:D

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@TheCarista Quite nice tail lights I think...

[TheCarista]

@ChuffChuffWoo much nicer than on my dads 2007 prius!:)

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@TheCarista Yes they are - the back on the 2007 was a bit 'nerdy' - a big mistake on a hybrid car.

[TheCarista]

@ChuffChuffWoo i hate the facelift of 2gn prius..the back is not that bad:)

sorry for my english :D

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@TheCarista The front of the Generation 2 and the back of Generation 3 would be good - anyone with a welder ;-))

[TheCarista]

@ChuffChuffWoo sorry , but whats a welder??:D

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@PUERTORICO6969 Yup = that's what we thought -it was the very first 3rd generation Prius order in the country, I hoped it would have a long life, still, the driver survived....

[picklesrule69]

Wow your friend is very lucky, the Toyota was quite new as well :O

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@picklesrule69 Yes it was, under a year old - looked beautiful in white perl, especially in low light, it seemed to glow. Shame

[picklesrule69]

@ChuffChuffWoo Yeah I could just about read the number plate, seeing it was an 59 reg, One of my neighbours have one in white, I only like em in that colour, they look good. Did he get another Prius or something else?

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@picklesrule69 Another Prius - a blue one this time - to keep the memories of the two cars apart.

[dominicLoh]

I do like Toyota Cars. Thank the Lord our friends are alive. The Toyota can improve by adding titanium to the passenger cum driver structure or hypercarbon..Should learn from Europe safety standards.

[burgesspfc]

The car looks better smashed!

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@burgesspfc Hahahaha! Take a lookat a grey one - looks real mean - like a Stealth bomber - love it! The silver one doesn't look bad either - the out going model looked boring in silver, looked good in red or astec bronze, both look good in black.

[dbr712]

@ChuffChuffWoo Dude, i have nothing against the Prius, I think it's a great car, but "looks real mean, like a a stealth bomber", no, just no...

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@dbr712 It's a lean mean green machine!

[dbr712]

@ChuffChuffWoo lol ffs

[FZJ70]

prius cabriolet!!!

[javdpoll]

Drove in a prius yesterday!!!! AMAZING CAR!! I LOVE IT! YOu can call me gay, but its pretty cool not hearing the engine. Its not that slow though, I always hear people saying that. It's a normal car. haha My dad drove Audi and Volkswgen all his life and the prius doesn't feel that much slower... Its a good car! Don't be hatin playa

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@javdpoll When you're the best, lesser men will pass bad comment to make themselves feel a little bit less inadiquate. Prius - some day all cars will follow.

[67RcodeFairlane]

Choose prius... Choose gayness. It is the gayest car ever if you want good mpg get a vw diesel.

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@67RcodeFairlane Damm, better get my self a big gas guzzling Hummer so people don't think I'm gay, or maybe some other gastly pile of chrome laden GM rubbish, that doesn't go any faster then the Toyota despite the huge engine size on account of the horribly inefficient transmission, or perhaps some rusty old mopar that can't take corners at any speed (but they do sound nice!;-)....! The Prius is a car, non an oversized compensation for the insecure.

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@67RcodeFairlane But would a small three cylinder econobox survive a head on with a truck?? Sadly a good friend of mine had an identical head on 8 years ago in an econobox, both him and his little car were crush to almost beyond recognition - so I'd say the answer to that would be 'no it wouldn't'.

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@67RcodeFairlane Diesel econobox - yuk! (I'm off to throw up) :-)

[rptr660rdr]

but none of these cars can tow 16,000 lbs.

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@rptr660rdr IK once towed a broken 3 tonne electric van to Manchester six years ago behind mine - your'e not SUPPOSED to tow with a Prius, but you can... Still have the same car and it's still driving like new at ten years of age.

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@rptr660rdr I towed a friends broken down van 200 miles with mine six years ago, you're not SUPPOSED to tow with a Prius, but mine did a fine job.

[CruzoBolt]

I find it funny that people say the Prius is gay and a pile of junk. This car is the car of the future! Call me gay, i dont care. I love my car and i love not having to pay $90 a month in gas!

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@CruzoBolt The car industry peddeles it's inefficient gas guzzlers as 'macho' to manipulate the minds of the sheeple in to relating engine power with manliness - not withstanding that the torque converters are so wasteful of engine power, a Prius will hold its own against many of these useless chrome plated piles of garbage - and GM can't understand why people are flocking to Toyota! The Chairman of GM calls the Prius a 'geekmobile' but really he knows his cars are out of date.

[98MAzdaMilleniaS]

@ChuffChuffWoo It runs fucking 18 second 1/4 miles and has shitty throttle responses with nonlinear brake feel. All that torque means nothing if you are trying to get onto the highway and have such a power hp to weight ratio. It gets 50 mpg on the EPA scale, the VW Golf BluMotion gets 70 mpg and is just as slow. Factories produce 70% of our carbon emissions, and the amount of fuel and resources needed to harvest batteries creates far greater impact on the o-zone than driving a normal car.

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@98MAzdaMilleniaS Prius is a normal car, it's the Bluemotion that's small, and slow. My son has a SEAT Ibiza (VW engine and chassis) and my ten year old MK1 Prius is quicker - and that's the 'old, slow' Prius - the second generation car was 3 seconds faster 0 to 60, and this third generation car, faster still, Prius is not slow!

[WhiteIceMan3]

how'd the roof come off?

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@WhiteIceMan3 It had to be cut off to get the driver out.

[WhiteIceMan3]

@ChuffChuffWoo oh, thumbs up!

[BunderaKZT]

To all prius haters, hybrid is the path to the future. Even Benz, BMW and many other manufactures that initially hated hybrid cars make them now. Such losers..

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@BunderaKZT Agreed - Prius means 'to go before' in Latin, Prius is to the 21st century what the Ford Model T was to the 20th, even Formula 1 cars are getting in on the act.

[98MAzdaMilleniaS]

@ChuffChuffWoo Fuck you, a BMW 3 series sedan diesel has fucking 425 lb-ft of torque at 1600 rpm and gets 36 mpg. Which is better than a 2-door Honda CR-Z hybrid. Hybrids utilize lithium ion and nickel metal hyrdride batteries, are a dumbshit or do you realize the pollution entailed in mining/shipping that material ?

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@98MAzdaMilleniaS The Prius electric drive develops nearly 300 lb-ft of torque - not bad for a five seter car with twice the crash protection of the usual three cylinder diesel econobox (yuk!) that normally gets this sort of milage (63 mpg). Toyota have just comissioned the most advance battery recycling facillity in the world - even the mine that has been there for centuries has cleaned up its act - and nickel is a major part of the chroming and protection of all car chassis and brightwork.

[Loscaldazar]

Honestly the prius pulls like a v-6? (googles Prius 0-60 and 1/4 mile times with a result of 11 seconds to 60 and 18.5 in a 1/4). The prius really isn't a great car. It has slow acceleration, bad throttle control, sluggish and unresponsive steering for emergency situations and just every day driving. I have driven semis that handle better. This car is only for eco freaks who want more safety than a smart car offers. It is not a drivers car at all, just a boring plain one with good mpg.

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@Loscaldazar The latest one are a big improvement, this 3rd generation model won the Top Gear Magazine's award for best traffic car (despite the views of that spirituial leader of all petrolheads - Jeremy Clarkson)

[ChuffChuffWoo]

Chevrolet Impailer - hahahahahahaha!!!!! No wonder you don't like the Prius!! Alas I may fear you are beyond comprehending what the tterrific Toyota is all about. Impala - thanks for the laugh!! :-)))))

[The1965Ghost]

Damn my Chevrolet Impala held up better than that piece of shit, and I walked away from my accident needing no treatment what so ever. A few good rolls and front end impact too. Best part, no nasty battery to dispose of, besides the normal car battery. And I still had my testicles since I didn't have to turn them in at the dealer. Whats funny is a Ford F150 does LESS damage to the environment from Manufacture to road to being totalled and disposed of. Grass even grows on the Ford Plant's roof.

[marshgre]

@The1965Ghost Looks Like the jaws of life were used on this car. So the damage we see is not representative of how the car performed in the crash.

It is just a car, it is not intended to insult you by existing.

If your manhood is tied to the car you drive you may have self image issues.

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@marshgre Only in so far as the roof is concerned, the front survived. people with 'manhood issues' drive huge SUV's that never go off road - real people drive Priusus.

[ChuffChuffWoo]

PS we all 'know' the Prius is more damaging then Concorde/the Hummer/Fukushima atomic power plants, thanks to a deliberately misleading report (read that as 'full of lies') that was designed to be picked up on by gullible Hummer owners/rednecks/idiots/Jeremy Clarkson. Churchill said 'lies will circle the world whilst the truth is still getting out of bed'.

[stopscrewingaround11]

why buy a car that hurts the planet more than it will save it? the nickel process and the manufacturing of the battery. I'll stick to my 2009 Silverado 6.2.

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@stopscrewingaround11 The problem is the Prius is made in a factory with parts sourced from component suppliers around the world, and then shipped to the customers home country. Unlike other cars that I guess just appear in the show room overnight, having been created by fairies out of pixie dust. Modern shipping is so efficient it only takes a few gallons of fuel to perform the whole Prius logistics operation, alas I've no idea how much pixie dust you need to create a Hummer

[stopscrewingaround11]

@ChuffChuffWoo actually, shipping by boat takes about 25,000 lbs per hour of marine diesel. that's $96,250 per hour. and Jet fuel for a common Boeing 747 for example, costs $139.30 per gallon. times that by about 57,000 gallons, and you get $7,974,300 per trip from Japan. if not more. Then you factor in the ground shipment. a common car carrier has a total tank capacity of 240 gallons, and Diesel is $3.50 per gallon. that's $840 to fill the tank. so it's not just a few bucks.

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@stopscrewingaround11 Devide that by thousands of cars.... all cars need to be shipped somewhere.

[TheToadster007]

3 years ago I fell asleep while driving my 91 Cherokee doing 55 and hit a 4' wide oak tree, jeep had no air bags, I wasn't wearing a seat belt and I only had a cracked rib

[RocRizzo]

@TheToadster007 you were quite lucky. I hope you played the lottery after the accident.

[kmarisms41]

@TheToadster007 damn!!

[JDLindskog]

The Prius (3rd Gen) is a great car! Don't listen to the pathetic Anti-Prius propaganda.

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@JDLindskog Yes it is! Agreed! :-)

[FANADICALCOWHEAD]

I'll keep my 86 K5 diesel blazer, it's A LOT! safer.

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@FANADICALCOWHEAD ...wonder is there anyone out there who survived a 60mph closing speed crash in to a 10 tonne truck with a Blazer, and would like to comment - that's assuming they're still alive to tell the tail.

[LOLDISNEYLAND]

@FANADICALCOWHEAD yeah for you. I would hate to live knowing that someone died for my sake. It's like driving a tank and whether you are the one that hit the other or not, you are always safe. That sucks dude, don't you have a soul? What the fuck are you alive for? Kill yourself man.

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@LOLDISNEYLAND Glad you think it's a tank, its about time people realized that the Prius is a strong well made car, not some lightweight econobox. As for killing myself, maybe I should swap MY early 2001 Prius for a small tinny car, that I'll probably die in sooner or later the next time an overworked truck driver falls asleep at the wheel and wonders in to my lane.

[RocRizzo]

@FANADICALCOWHEAD How is a Blazer safer, when It has a higher center of gravity, which would cause it to tip over?

[ChuffChuffWoo]

@RocRizzo Agreed - These 4X4s belong off road.