I think I saw the worlds most pointless car yesterday?
I think I saw the worlds most pointless car yesterday?
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Robert060379

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15,754 posts

214 months

Wednesday 31st March 2010
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A Toyota Pre-arse DIESEL!

On the A134 in the village of Mundford headed towards Thetford yesterday afternoon about four-ish. Going up hill in a forty zone doing 40mph according to my Sat' Nav' marking time behind a silver Suzuki Wagon R we were overtaken but a tw@ in a 10-reg Prius doing about 60 ragging the nuts out of the it. As he changed gear there was a cloud of black smoke out of the exhaust/under the car and nearly hit oncoming traffic head on as he reached the brow of the hill itself. As well as driving like a bell end in a not very "Eco-friendly" way could this have been a Prius Diesel?

If the Prius Doesel exists surley it must be the worlds most pointless car.

Edited by Robert060379 on Wednesday 31st March 17:17

Goochie

5,804 posts

250 months

Wednesday 31st March 2010
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Robert060379 said:
A Toyota Pre-arse DIESEL!

On the A134 in the village of Mundford headed towards Thetford. Going up hill in a fourty zone doing 40mph according to my Sat' Nav' marking time behind a silver Suzuki Wagon R we were overtaken but a tw@ in a 10-reg Prius doing about 60 ragging the nuts out of the it. As he changed gear there was a cloud of black smoke out of the exhaust/under the car and nearly hit oncoming traffic head on as he reached the brow of the hill itself. As well as driving like a bell end in a not very "Eco-friendly" way could this have been a Prius Diesel?

If the Prius Doesel exists surley it must be the worlds most pointless car.
Why would it be pointless? The MK1 Prius got a lot of grief for having lower fuel economy than a diesel on the motorway. If they've made the MK2 with a diesel option it will have gone some way towards resolving that problem.

Goochie

5,804 posts

250 months

Wednesday 31st March 2010
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I just checked and they dont do a diesel.

bazking69

8,620 posts

221 months

Wednesday 31st March 2010
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Nope. I saw an X6 the other day...

paoloh

8,617 posts

235 months

Wednesday 31st March 2010
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Robert060379 said:
A Toyota Pre-arse DIESEL!

On the A134 in the village of Mundford headed towards Thetford yesterday afternoon about four-ish. Going up hill in a forty zone doing 40mph according to my Sat' Nav' marking time behind a silver Suzuki Wagon R we were overtaken but a tw@ in a 10-reg Prius doing about 60 ragging the nuts out of the it. As he changed gear there was a cloud of black smoke out of the exhaust/under the car and nearly hit oncoming traffic head on as he reached the brow of the hill itself. As well as driving like a bell end in a not very "Eco-friendly" way could this have been a Prius Diesel?

If the Prius Doesel exists surley it must be the worlds most pointless car.

Edited by Robert060379 on Wednesday 31st March 17:17
No such thing!

Stig

11,823 posts

315 months

Wednesday 31st March 2010
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Robert060379 said:
A Toyota Pre-arse DIESEL!

On the A134 in the village of Mundford headed towards Thetford yesterday afternoon about four-ish. Going up hill in a forty zone doing 40mph according to my Sat' Nav' marking time behind a silver Suzuki Wagon R we were overtaken but a tw@ in a 10-reg Prius doing about 60 ragging the nuts out of the it. As he changed gear there was a cloud of black smoke out of the exhaust/under the car and nearly hit oncoming traffic head on as he reached the brow of the hill itself. As well as driving like a bell end in a not very "Eco-friendly" way could this have been a Prius Diesel?

If the Prius Doesel exists surley it must be the worlds most pointless car.

Edited by Robert060379 on Wednesday 31st March 17:17
There is no such thing as a diesel Prius unless someone has undertaken an engine swap (not likely on a 10 reg car).

Ragging the bejeesus out of a new engine won't exactly do it any good. Black smoke would indicate some pretty extreme abuse.

PS> As for being pointless, most manufacturers are working on diesel hybrids at the mo, but the NOx and particulates negate a lot of the benefits of a hybrid powertrain.

Edited by Stig on Wednesday 31st March 17:24

LeoZwalf

2,802 posts

261 months

Wednesday 31st March 2010
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1. Why would a Prius diesel be pointless?
2. Revving a petrol engine very hard, full throttle at the top of the rev range would often produce some visible exhaust emissions, especially, I would think, in the engine of a Prius which doesn't get used hard very often.


paoloh

8,617 posts

235 months

Wednesday 31st March 2010
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A few other points.

Ragging the arse off a 150BHP car at 60.....

They are all autos, so making the cloud of black smoke at 60 a tad unrealistic IMO of course.

Robert060379

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Wednesday 31st March 2010
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Maybe it threw up some black dust but it was weird to say the least. The Prius is pointless anyway by the time you offset the Carbon from making the thing you may as well have driven your old car into the ground.


Good call on the poor mans Porsche Cayenne.

HereBeMonsters

14,180 posts

213 months

Wednesday 31st March 2010
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Goochie said:
Robert060379 said:
A Toyota Pre-arse DIESEL!

On the A134 in the village of Mundford headed towards Thetford. Going up hill in a fourty zone doing 40mph according to my Sat' Nav' marking time behind a silver Suzuki Wagon R we were overtaken but a tw@ in a 10-reg Prius doing about 60 ragging the nuts out of the it. As he changed gear there was a cloud of black smoke out of the exhaust/under the car and nearly hit oncoming traffic head on as he reached the brow of the hill itself. As well as driving like a bell end in a not very "Eco-friendly" way could this have been a Prius Diesel?

If the Prius Doesel exists surley it must be the worlds most pointless car.
Why would it be pointless? The MK1 Prius got a lot of grief for having lower fuel economy than a diesel on the motorway. If they've made the MK2 with a diesel option it will have gone some way towards resolving that problem.
Mk 2 and Mk 3 respectively, I think you'll find...