Prius "runaway" unintended acceleration? Shift into neutral

Carolyn of Luscious Garage demonstrates how the Prius will shift into neutral when the accelerator pedal is fully depressed.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• toyota
• prius
• emergency
• runaway
• unintended
• acceleration
• neutral

[chorstma44]

@TheTruthHurtsYup Batteries arent environmentally friendly. And hybrid is a porr investment. Firs off, they cost more because of all the components. But you do save a little on gas. Say you save $1,000 in gas per year. After 5 years, youve saved $5k. But then you could have also gotten a normal car for 10 grand less. And after 5-8 years you have to replace all fo the batteries which costs over 5 grand. What did you save? Nothing

[chorstma44]

@AlexanderRozhenko I couldn't have said it any better. Its all advertising to an uninformed audience. You are better off getting a normal gasoline powered car. If people actually compared statistics they would see that a normal car isn't even bad for the environment. Its commercial transportation and poorly maintained cars. It would be a wise choice to concentrate more on commercial vehicles and machines rather than little cars. Hybrid busses, clean diesels, and natural gas vehicles is a start.

[kendel1224]

wtf is that the gear stick?! havent seen one before! i feel noob!

[AlexanderRozhenko]

@chorstma44 The deal is, the advertising, branding, and green propaganda make people with no analytical skills "feel" like they're saving money and "feel" like they're saving the environment, when in fact there is no CO2 problem, and the batteries you mentioned probably do more to damage the environment than the gasoline they saved would have. Also, the cost/benefit analysis doesn't work out. But, to the politically correct schmuck out there with no reasoning skills, a Hybrid is a great choice.

[ambspier]

not a shocker a prius doesnt go over 63mph when you floor it. wana go green people? go crush a prius god will thank you

[babieolivesteve]

@TheXANTRO

I have a sucker for you too. It's cherry.

[TheXANTRO]

TOYOTA IS BIGGEST CAR MANUFACTURE WITH BEST CARS AND IDIOTS WHO CANNOT STOP CAR ARE IDIOTS :)

[chupo92]

I still don't understand why people buy hybrids. Diesel engines are the way to go,they get better gas mileage than hybrids, diesel fuel is cheaper (at least in Europe), they have a lot of torque and last way longer than hybrids.....

[chorstma44]

@CrashJSTest The prius is one of the gayest, ugliest cars on the road today. I would be caught dead driving one. There shouldn't be a plural word for prius, in fact, there shouldn't even be a singular prius. Look at all of the crap that goes on just because of this stupid little car that resembles a hamster with down syndrome and creates an audience of uninformed, stuck up pricks!

[chorstma44]

@CrashJSTest Prii? That sounds so gay and japanese! OH HERRO PRIIZZ!!! =O