On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 15:51:47 +0100, "Doctor Drivel"
wrote:


3) It seems to have lasted the ~26 miles and only 24 of them have been
on the IC engine ... !

You made that up.

Well it's possible it 'is' made up because *you* told me the std Prius
only did about 2 miles on batteries alone? Where you lying again?

It also recharges the batteries via the brakes and the engine, and when
enough juice it them moves on the electric motor. So you did make it up.

What's that got to do with it? (answer, 'nothing' as usual). Regen is
only any value when you are at a reasonable speed and if the engine is
running it's not running on 'batteries alone' IS IT scheesh.

when they were getting 16,000+
pounds out of you for a weird

A super cool looking car.

splutter that's another keyboard you owe me!

complex

Simpler than a petrol engine only car.

Hmm, that must be a different definition of the term 'simpler' than
the rest of us understand? You still have ALL the coponents of a
traditional car excepting you can't change gear (but still have a
casing with gears in). You also have several EXTRA items making the
whole thing more complex (complex = less simple) (again, check how
they generate the MTBF for something).

std polluting car

Cleanest there is, that is why you saw it on TV.

It's the only place I've seen one though .. all vehicles are pollution
free on TV .. you can look directly at the Sun on TV too .. (no, not
your newspaper).

Do Google on this group on Auto Express and Prius.

No. A mate in Canada has a hybrid for a couple of weeks ... I'll see
what he says thanks.

T i m