Various Topics on Toyota

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In news:40474000.CF34C389@thank-you.com,
Richard Schumacher <no-spam@thank-you.com> being of bellicose mind
posted:
> > I've just acquired an EXCELLENT environmental ***ault
> > > vehicle. An old DIESEL powered Datsun truck! LOL I'm
> > > gonna go trolling for some unsuspecting hybrid to get next to
> > > at a traffic light with their window rolled down so I can sit
> > > next to them and rev the engine. Hehehhehheee!
> >
> > A man after my own heart...
>
> "After", in the sense of "attacking"? Yes indeed, since
> particulates contribute to cardio-pulmonary disease.

So does fast food, high blood pressure, inactivity, age, and a few
other things FAR more common.
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- Philip

"It's no longer a question of staying healthy.
It's a question of finding a sickness you like."
-Jackie Mason

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In news:404743DD.EE5C2B0E@thank-you.com,
Richard Schumacher <no-spam@thank-you.com> being of bellicose mind
posted:
> > Sort of amazes me that people seem to think that spending an
> > extra five or ten grand on the car is worth saving a thousand on
> > the gas. /:^|
>
> For now, it's not their fuel economy so much as their low
> pollution. But let's check back in three years or so, when gas
> costs $3 per gallon.

Better check the Bay Area. $3 per gallon already exceeded.
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- Philip @ Maximum Torque RPM

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Richard Schumacher <no-spam@thank-you.com> spake unto the m***es in
news:40474000.CF34C389@thank-you.com:

>
>
>
>> I've just acquired an EXCELLENT environmental ***ault
>> > vehicle. An old DIESEL powered Datsun truck! LOL I'm gonna go
>> > trolling for some unsuspecting hybrid to get next to at a traffic
>> > light with their window rolled down so I can sit next to them and rev
>> > the engine. Hehehhehheee!
>>
>> A man after my own heart...
>
> "After", in the sense of "attacking"? Yes indeed, since particulates
> contribute to cardio-pulmonary disease.


If I shoved large particles of sand up your nose, whould that contribute to
pulmonary problems?

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TeGGeR®

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cyber <cyber@space.com> spake unto the m***es in
news:8nee40hej4fk3fvd0dg9gduaahjtqjumob@4ax.com:

> On 4 Mar 2004 12:15:41 GMT, "Tegger®"
> <teggeratistopdotcom@changetheobvious.invalid> wrote:
>
>>
>>Hybrids are a political statement, nothing more.
>
> But it's cheaper than Camry. At Toyota.com, the base price for Prius
> (4-Dr Gas/Elec ECVT) is $19,995. The base price for Camry SE
> 4-cylinder 4-speed Automatic is $20,750. If their performance and
> comfort being equal, I'd go for Prius.
>

That's the point. It the feds weren't taking your money out of one pocket
and putting it in the other to make the Prius look cheaper, it would be
much MORE expensive than the Camry.



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TeGGeR®

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Richard Schumacher <no-spam@thank-you.com> spake unto the m***es in
news:404743DD.EE5C2B0E@thank-you.com:

>
>
>> >> Heard a few good things about Prius and hybrid cars on general
>> >> from reviews and from people here. I'm thinking about getting one
>> >> too. But then not everyone is going for it. Since I don't know
>> >> about hybrid cars much, I'd like to know why you're not buying
>> >> one?
>> >
>> > Cuz they want too much bloody money for it
>>
>> And if it weren't for the federal subsidy, they would cost several
>> thousand more.
>
> And "truck" sales would drop if their purchase price couldn't be
> written off.


"Truck" sales are only claimable if you use them for business. The IRS
takes a pretty dim view of claiming personal mileage as business.

Priuses are largely bought as personal vehicles, which you can't write off.

>>
>> Sort of amazes me that people seem to think that spending an extra
>> five or ten grand on the car is worth saving a thousand on the gas.
>> /:^|
>
> For now, it's not their fuel economy so much as their low pollution.
> But let's check back in three years or so, when gas costs $3 per
> gallon.


And when it's back down to $1.75 per gallon, you guys will look pretty
silly.


>>
>> Hybrids are a political statement, nothing more.
>
> Pretty much, yes. Politics is more than voting for President.
>


As I've always said, environmentalism is today's substitute for church-
religion. People don't worship God anymore, they worship in pagan-like
religions like environmentalism and safety. There is as little sense and
logic and science in these new religions as there were in the old.

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TeGGeR®

..yoteb..

> Is your *** ugly? I'll take your word for it.

Trust me, it is

J

..yoteb..

> Those pants DO make your butt look big.

LOL, tell me about it

J

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"Richard Schumacher" <no-spam@thank-you.com> wrote in message
news:404743DD.EE5C2B0E@thank-you.com...
>
>
> > >> Heard a few good things about Prius and hybrid cars on general from
> > >> reviews and from people here. I'm thinking about getting one too.
> > >> But then not everyone is going for it. Since I don't know about
> > >> hybrid cars much, I'd like to know why you're not buying one?
> > >
> > > Cuz they want too much bloody money for it
> >
> > And if it weren't for the federal subsidy, they would cost several
thousand
> > more.
>
> And "truck" sales would drop if their purchase price couldn't be written
off.

You can't write off a truck or SUV without owning some small business.

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Richard Schumacher <no-spam@thank-you.com> spake unto the m***es in
news:40474242.7CFE283@thank-you.com:

> Eh. The battery cost will undoubtedly drop a lot before the 8
> year/100,000 mile warranty expires. It gets plenty cold in Japan
> where Prius models have been in use for six years. Has anyone heard
> of reliability problems?


They speak Japanese over there, so we wouldn't know either way.


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TeGGeR®

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In news:c27vji$17$1@titan.btinternet.com,
Coyoteboy <coyoteboyuk@hotmail.com> being of bellicose mind posted:
> > Those pants DO make your butt look big.
>
> LOL, tell me about it
>
> J

That alternating black\yellow\black\yellow striped belt is a nice
touch. ;-)
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- Philip @ Maximum Torque RPM