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Fleet Mechanic
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 1,997
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From: South Eastern Michigan
Yeah, had a friend just like this. Ford guy to the core, serious racer with 7 second cars, go to lunch in a complete POS honda. After a couple times, I would drive anywhere we went.
Junior User
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 66
Likes: 1
From: Jonesville, NC
Laughing Gas
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,008
Likes: 5
Filling up Urea (Diesel Exhaust Fluid) and having the Selective Catalyst Reduction regenerate all the time.
Besides eight is too many cylinders.
What's the towing capacity on a Prius?
I have towed with a Honda Civic. I have transported engines and transmissions and axles in a Honda Civic. I blew all four shocks and toasted the clutch. No Bueno.
Hell, I even towed cars on a 2 wheeled dolly behind a 1989 Mazda B2600i 4x4 (Ranger sized truck). 2800 lbs of car on a 400 lb dolly behind a 3200 lb truck is how you spell jackknife.
Cargo Master
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 3,152
Likes: 4
I can't argue with the good mpg car as a daily/semi daily.
i have an 06 scion xB that i drive probably 50% of the time, great mpg, very spacious and comfortable inside imo, and get this, i do tow a 4x8 trailer with it. Someone mentioned drywall...ive hauled numerous sheets of drywall and wood on the roof and in a trailer, definitely more than the little transmission and suspension can handle, but she's got 160k on it and she never lets me down! This was the heaviest load I've hauled in the scion, before i had the hitch on it, i had me my dad and my cousin (probably 600lbs) and a TON of tile. I mean a lot. It was very sluggish and hard to brake, but i drove slow and like i said, i abuse the crap out of this car and she keeps going. Not so much anymore that i have a f350 dually. I had my excursion before but i keep it clean so i dont haul with it unless its a trailer.
Trailer pics
Roof loads
So yea definitely can't hate on a good MPG daily, but at least get one that is still functional, a prius could never do the stuff my scion does lol
i have an 06 scion xB that i drive probably 50% of the time, great mpg, very spacious and comfortable inside imo, and get this, i do tow a 4x8 trailer with it. Someone mentioned drywall...ive hauled numerous sheets of drywall and wood on the roof and in a trailer, definitely more than the little transmission and suspension can handle, but she's got 160k on it and she never lets me down! This was the heaviest load I've hauled in the scion, before i had the hitch on it, i had me my dad and my cousin (probably 600lbs) and a TON of tile. I mean a lot. It was very sluggish and hard to brake, but i drove slow and like i said, i abuse the crap out of this car and she keeps going. Not so much anymore that i have a f350 dually. I had my excursion before but i keep it clean so i dont haul with it unless its a trailer.
Trailer pics
Roof loads
So yea definitely can't hate on a good MPG daily, but at least get one that is still functional, a prius could never do the stuff my scion does lol
Cargo Master
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 2,923
Likes: 33
From: Sacramento Area
Its easy to shut up Prius owners in CA.
I have been accosted by several of them in the grocery store parking lot. It starts with the same smug why do you need such a big truck type comment. Well ma'm, it gets 22 mpg and hauls my family of 7 safely, then I ask them hey, since we are in a severe drought and I am prohibited from watering my landscape I have to ask, do you know how many of California's rivers have a hydroelectric dam on it that has obliterated the natural fish habitats ? Entered puzzled look. So I tell them all of them are damned up and do you know why ? Because that is where CA gets the majority of its power. But since we are in a drought and our resiviors are dry why are you driving that electric vehicle ? We can't even let farmers water their crops and you are out driving your car that is powered by a hydroelectric dam ? We have far more oil available then we do fresh water. The last time some tree hugger tried to shame me she stomped off muttering something about A hole.... LOL
Edit.... For those that don't know, San Francisco - Sacramento is the epicenter of the tree hugging prisus universe. They are zealots
I have been accosted by several of them in the grocery store parking lot. It starts with the same smug why do you need such a big truck type comment. Well ma'm, it gets 22 mpg and hauls my family of 7 safely, then I ask them hey, since we are in a severe drought and I am prohibited from watering my landscape I have to ask, do you know how many of California's rivers have a hydroelectric dam on it that has obliterated the natural fish habitats ? Entered puzzled look. So I tell them all of them are damned up and do you know why ? Because that is where CA gets the majority of its power. But since we are in a drought and our resiviors are dry why are you driving that electric vehicle ? We can't even let farmers water their crops and you are out driving your car that is powered by a hydroelectric dam ? We have far more oil available then we do fresh water. The last time some tree hugger tried to shame me she stomped off muttering something about A hole.... LOL
Edit.... For those that don't know, San Francisco - Sacramento is the epicenter of the tree hugging prisus universe. They are zealots
San Francisco - Sacramento is the epicenter of the tree hugging prisus universe. They are zealots
Most frequent questions for me:
1. What is that?
- These people can't read the badges on the back and side, so I speak slowly when I reply
2. What size tank does that have?
- Very popular question when gas is over $3.50 a gallon, and very popular with people who are impatient that it takes me the same amount of time that two other cars do to fill up
3. What do you do with that?
- They see the lights and antennas - these are usually the opposite of the ones who ask question #1
I've had one person try to start a conversation with me about why I need it.
My reply:
"I use it for search and rescue, and I'm on call 24x7. When you show me a 4x4 electric or hybrid that has this ground clearance, can haul 5 full grown men along with their associated gear, and that can tow 10,000lbs, you just give me a call."
Posting Guru
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 1,758
Likes: 3
From: Colorado
Funny, NEVER got those kind of comments in Arizona. You live in the wrong state.. (Or I'm too intimidating to mess with, which is quite possible at 6-5 and well into the #200's)
Posting Guru
Joined: Sep 2015
Posts: 1,320
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From: Central Florida
I don't get those comments either. Funny how size does matter!
Cargo Master
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 3,152
Likes: 4
this should make for a cool thread, to see what everyone else has as a daily driver (if they do). i bet someone here has a prius!!
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Laughing Gas
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,008
Likes: 5
EDIT: Ugh... 6000 lb towing capacity. F that.
Lead Driver
Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 9,263
Likes: 149
From: In the field...
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...ly-driver.html
There is nothing wrong with a Prius...just most PRIOUS owners.
Bleed Ford Blue
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 13,578
Likes: 157
From: Anchorage Alaska
i've had more people who know me and also like Ex's ask me if i want to sell in the last 6 months, maybe because i'm not driving it as much? Either way I tell them hell no, unless you offer me stupid money it ain't going nowhere.
Tuned
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 458
Likes: 2
From: The Northwoods, Wisconsin
I have a 94 Civic, 315k miles, original clutch, can hall an 8ft step ladder, all doors closed.
The only Excursion comments I have gotten involve amazement at how much gas it holds. Never negative.
Lead Driver
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 5,420
Likes: 16
From: Ouray, CO
I get more comments when somebody gets inside for the first time.
They turn around (now matter what row they are in: 1st, 2nd, 3rd) and say WOW look at all the room back there. 10 folks from work went to lunch, 4 in a small eco-box, and 6 in my Excursion. The 3 passengers from the eco-box wanted to swap vehicles on the ride home..
The best comments were from 3 guys tying lumber on to the cab and bed of their full-size pickup (it was pouring out) and we were all loading up under the covered loading dock at HomeDepot... as I put 10ft long (and I think a few 12 ft long) 2-by lumber and a dozen sheets of plywood INSIDE and closed the door..
They turn around (now matter what row they are in: 1st, 2nd, 3rd) and say WOW look at all the room back there. 10 folks from work went to lunch, 4 in a small eco-box, and 6 in my Excursion. The 3 passengers from the eco-box wanted to swap vehicles on the ride home..
The best comments were from 3 guys tying lumber on to the cab and bed of their full-size pickup (it was pouring out) and we were all loading up under the covered loading dock at HomeDepot... as I put 10ft long (and I think a few 12 ft long) 2-by lumber and a dozen sheets of plywood INSIDE and closed the door..
Cargo Master
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 3,152
Likes: 4
I get more comments when somebody gets inside for the first time.
They turn around (now matter what row they are in: 1st, 2nd, 3rd) and say WOW look at all the room back there. 10 folks from work went to lunch, 4 in a small eco-box, and 6 in my Excursion. The 3 passengers from the eco-box wanted to swap vehicles on the ride home..
The best comments were from 3 guys tying lumber on to the cab and bed of their full-size pickup (it was pouring out) and we were all loading up under the covered loading dock at HomeDepot... as I put 10ft long (and I think a few 12 ft long) 2-by lumber and a dozen sheets of plywood INSIDE and closed the door..
They turn around (now matter what row they are in: 1st, 2nd, 3rd) and say WOW look at all the room back there. 10 folks from work went to lunch, 4 in a small eco-box, and 6 in my Excursion. The 3 passengers from the eco-box wanted to swap vehicles on the ride home..
The best comments were from 3 guys tying lumber on to the cab and bed of their full-size pickup (it was pouring out) and we were all loading up under the covered loading dock at HomeDepot... as I put 10ft long (and I think a few 12 ft long) 2-by lumber and a dozen sheets of plywood INSIDE and closed the door..
i once did that at work also, went on lunch break with about 6 other co workers. ppl were like ill meet you here. i said follow me ill drive..they're looking at each like...all of us?
i said...yea.
