>>>>>>There are software hacks for the Prius that will enable you to get a lot better (almost double) that mileage.
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>>>>>I'll stick with stock. I want my warranty to be good if I need it.From what I read you can roast the batteries pretty quickly if you drain them too fast.
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>>>>That is my understanding - you can hack it to get 80mpg easy and even as much as 100mpg - BUT it will cause you to have to replace the batteries in the vehicle sooner (a lot sooner I suspect).
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>>>>>I've managed 65MPG on a 120 mile run in it but to do that I really had to play the accelerator. I get mid 50s w/o doing anything special.
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>>>>50 - 60mpg - yeah I'd be happy with that. I'd REALLY like to have one of those all electric Tesla sports cars - but they cost like $90,000.
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>>>I was half-heartedly trying to wait to see if the Volt was something I could fit in. I could deal with the price (maybe) if I could get a lot better mileage than a Prius. I finally just gave up since the date it was supposed to hit dealers kept moving out..
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>>The eTechnologia of the auto world! <g>
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>>Hawks win again, knocking off the Sharks in OT to go up 3-0. This is really going to happen. Sometimes it's nice to be wrong.
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>Don't think it's a done deal till it's over. Look what the Canadians and the Flyers did.
The Canadiens overcame only being underdogs. The Flyers did come back from 3-0 -- the third or fourth time in Stanley Cup history.
I am sure I have mentioned before that IMO one of the coolest moments in sports is the handshake line at the end of the Stanley Cup. That's not counting the rare unanticipated moments like Phil Mickelsen and his wife after this year's Masters or Usain Bolt or Secretariat in the Belmont. (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoFquax2F-k). The end of the Stanley Cup happens year after year and it's always classy. They spend two months beating the crap out of each other and at the end of it they shake hands like gentlemen. Surely a Canadian invention. Salud.
