I got a new Prius

And ignore the pedestrians!

Cathy

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Cathy F.
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I wavered between that (then Datsun) & a Toyota. Back & forth, back & forth ,between the dealers. Finally came down to liking them both equally, but the B-210 was $300 less expensive, which in '76 was a good chunk of money. I did keep it for 8 years, but its fuel line kept clogging despite 3 filters along the line: it'd often stall out at stops. It always started again, immediately, but that's what steered me toward Toyota (& a couple of other potentials) for the next car - didn't want to chance that problem repeated. Plus my sister had recently bought a Tercel & loved it, which also helped me to gravitate toward Toyota. I did also seriously check out the equivalent Mazda (323 back then?) & Honda Civic, but liked the Corolla better (the Tercel was too small for me, height-wise).

Cathy

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Cathy F.

You should have got a wagon! They had an extra 'bump' in the roof.

I've pretty much bought Toyotas right along. I bought an '85 Jetta for my wife, and we traded after two years for an '87 Corolla, cause the Jetta was a handful repair wise...

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Hachiroku

The 210 was a funny little car...1st gear was where 2nd should have been, and 5th was where reverse usually goes. They were kind of neat. I rented a 310 when my '80 Corolla got bashed while parked on the side of the road, and the car was all of 2 years old and it was NOT a good car. It only had 50,000 miles on it.

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Hachiroku

Cathy F. respectfully adds...

I just watched the Prius videos on Edmunds.com and there is no doubt that the video game display is a major distraction for the driver!

Next thing you know, they will invent a video display that appears as a transparency that overlaps your front windshield.

What will they think of next! _________ ===fish=== ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯

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fish

I am fairly tall, but it wasn't the head room that was the problem, it was the leg room - well, the steering wheel wasn't right - way too low/close to my legs & wasn't adjustable (in the Tercel). A wagon isn't "me"... but that Corolla was the liftback model, which I absolutely loved. And was very disappointed when I bought the 2nd Corolla in '90, to discover they'd discontinued the liftback.

Cathy

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Cathy F.

I vaguely remember having to learn a new shifting pattern when I bought the Corolla. (Was my Duster a column shift, or a 3-speed stick shift?? can't remember!) The B 210s were a little 'different' looking; some people hated their looks; I thought they were cute. I bought the almost-super-base version. The very bottom model - the "Honeybee" was as basic as you could get: had no carpet on the floor! I had a really restricted budget in '76, but couldn't quite get around having something quite *that* basic! My option in the B 210 was a radio. ;-)

Cathy

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Cathy F.

There are FAR more important things in life than simply getting better gas mileage.

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sharx35

Excellent!!

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sharx35

Agreed. However, Don, be DAMN sure you drive as far to the right as is legal and possible. Don't give people ANY excuse to ride your ass.

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sharx35

Don makes a GOOD point. You ARE following too close if YOU can't stop. DEFENSIVE drivers ASSUME that the driver in front of them JUST might stop for NO ****appararent **** reason. Drivers with attitudes like YOURS cause many multivehicle collisions. BTW, if someone rear ends you, THEY probably won't have a scratch on THEIR vehicle, but YOU will be DEAD, very DEAD, because of the tiny mass of YOUR vehicle. Keep OVER to the FAR RIGHT, please, and pull over regularly to let OTHERS who don't obsess over saving a few cents on gas, PASS.

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sharx35

Not EVERYone, just the obsessive-compulsive control freaks who don't care about anyone else on the road.

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sharx35

I once drove a 65 Cuda. I bet the Duster kicked ass...never even mind the gas consumption.

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sharx35

I plan on driving my 99 Camry at LEAST another 8 years so depreciation is totally irrelevant.

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sharx35

99% of people do NOT need 4WD, not fulltime or part time. Period. I've driven 46 years up here in Canadian snow country. Only had chains on ONE winter for 2 weeks.
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sharx35

Fairly tall? Leggy, even?

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sharx35

He has THREE vehicles, yet probably whacks off thinking how much he is helping the environment by occasionally driving the Prius. Hint. Have ONE family vehicle, plan your life and you will save a HUNDRED times more than by just driving the Prius.

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sharx35

What the HELL is the battery doing in the trunk, spilling acid over everything?

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sharx35

Head Up Display -- HUD. Old hat in the air forces of this world. ISTR hearing of experiments in cars. Major problem, I expect, is to create a reflection of the right shape, brightness and clarity on a car's windscreen glass -- cheaply and reliably enough, while able to interface with whoever sits in the driver's seat.

-- Andrew Stephenson

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Andrew Stephenson

Bring back the ashtrays!

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