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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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Tim wrote:
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:
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september.org,
Tim wrote:
Did you see that Top Gear where they drove a Pious round their test
track as fast as it would go (ie slowly) and followed it with a BMW
M3? (The M3 has the poorest fuel consumption of the 3 series range.)

The Pious used considerably more fuel...

It was a pointless test though, all it showed was using a vehicle in a
way that it's not designed to be used results in less than optimum
performance.

So it's not designed to be driven fast or even enthusiastically?
Figures.

What's your point, other than stating the obvious?

I mean, deriding the Prius for not being good at something it was never
designed for comes across as petty point scoring.

You miss the point. It claims to be economical under all conditions.

It is. In fact they do not, they have always claimed "average" in some way,
which is realistic.

The Prius IS good on Mway driving. Better in average town driving. Senile
people can't see that.


Most cars are good on straight continuous roads and throttle settings...
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Tony Sayer