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From: jgar the jorrible on 13 Nov 2009 14:30 On Nov 10, 11:38 am, Chicago Paddling-Fishing <j...(a)ripco.com> wrote: > In rec.autos.driving Scott in SoCal <scottenazt...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > >Last time on rec.autos.driving, Cameron Kaiser <ckai...(a)floodgap.com> > >said: > >>Brent <tetraethylleadREMOVET...(a)yahoo.com> writes: > > >>>>>When I see a Prius going 80, it makes me wonder if saving fuel is priority > >>>>>#1. > > >>>>I only wish I'd see that more often. When I'm behind them. > > >>>they'll try... when you change lanes to pass them. > > >>Truth. > >On the bright side, even my 4-banger Civic can out-accelerate a > >PriuSloth. > > You know, when I read this I wondered, is 75mph WOT for a prius??? > > http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/la-fi-toyota-recall8-2009nov08... > > "... * Nancy Bernstein, a vice president for a Long Beach community garden and > former science teacher, said she was taken on an 8-mile high-speed ride > by her 2007 Prius while she was following her husband in a group bicycle > tour in Wisconsin. She said her Prius accelerated from 45 mph to 75 mph > on a winding, two-lane highway crowded with 100 cyclists. ...." > > -- > John Nelson > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Chicago Area Paddling/Fishing Page > http://www.chicagopaddling.org http://www.chicagofishing..org > (A Non-Commercial Web Site: No Sponsors, No Paid Ads and Nothing to Sell) When I saw this chase in action on tv this morning, yes, he was in the left lane, and yes, he had his blinker on: http://www.10news.com/news/21604810/detail.html jg -- @home.com is bogus. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=bugati+pond |