Once you get use to the Leaf, the Prius just seems LOUD! Whenever I drive my Wifes '07 Prius I shudder every time I have to step somewhat hard on the gas as the CVT really revs up the motor. Can't beat it for long distance trips though, pretty much a rock solid 50MPG, even when doing mostly 70MPH. As it's approaching 10 years old and were thinking of replacing it, the Prime is high on our list. It would work perfect for her 16 mile RT commute running in EV and also our 800+ mile trips we take. Sure I'd like a bit more EV range, a 16kw battery would have been nice, and given us the full tax credit, but it would make her minimum requirements and hopefully be as trouble free as her current Prius.LeftieBiker said:My housemate's Prius PHEV is my backup car. I drove it a few times this Winter, but in general I rarely use it. Between no electric heat or heated steering wheel, and the slow, loud, wallowing driving experience, I just don't enjoy it. Ironically it was a Prius II that got me interested in the Leaf.
One of my early cars was a '66 122S 4 door automatic with the dual side draft weber carbs, B18 4 cyl engine I think. I drove it for several years and other than being a bitch to start in cold weather(the carbs had no choke per say, rather it just gave a more rich mixture of gas when it was cold) it was a great car. I removed the seats and totally covered the floor with fiberglass matting as it was quite rusty and ended up replacing the seats with a pair of leather seats from a junk yard Peugeot 505STI, which made the 122 my first car with heated leather seats :lol: I always said after I fixed it, it would probably float :lol: In the winter I'd run a magnetic heater stuck to bottom of the oil pan, a pulsating engine coolant heater and a 1500w blow dryer in series with the 12v battery(along with a diode) which gave my a nice toast cabin like my Leaf and a fully charged battery, I even had a 120v blanket heater for the battery. Dangerous for sure but it never failed to start, even parked outside in the -20F temps we had years back. Not like our "climate change" winters of late......LeftieBiker said:A thread on "what is sitting in your garage?" would also be interesting. My first car is there, a moldering 1967 Volvo 122S. Originally automatic, but converted to standard by my Father. I used to street race the car, even with the automatic...
One of my early cars was a '66 122S 4 door automatic with the dual side draft weber carbs, B18 4 cyl engine I think.
You know you might be right, I think my Fiats may have had the Webers....mine wasn't anything fancy. I always wanted a P1800S(like the Saint had) but had to settle for a Sabb Sonnet, which was one of the few cars with a V4. Fiberglass body and VERY low to the ground, drove like a go-cart on steroidsLeftieBiker said:One of my early cars was a '66 122S 4 door automatic with the dual side draft weber carbs, B18 4 cyl engine I think.
If the engine was stock, they were SU carbs, although Webers were the Hot upgrade, after improving exhaust flow. My Father had a full-race, 200+HP PV544 drag car with Webers. My car seemed to have much more top end than expected, and I later learned it was because, in order to make up for the terrible off the line acceleration, Volvo gave at least some of the automatics the "C" rated cam from the P1800S. So the cars were slow off the line, but would happily accelerate to 105-110MPH, enough to lose the shaky-at-speed American cars I usually ran against.
AFAIK we never had Rovers in the states, although we did have several MGs. Nice looking car for sureLancpudn said:I drive an old 1999 Rover 75 2.5 V6, The car company MG Rover no longer exists having closed & gone out of business in 2005. It will be my last ICE car as I'm now retired, I don't have a commute or drive any sort of distance anymore plus running a petrol car here is very expensive.
jjeff said:AFAIK we never had Rovers in the states
jjeff said:AFAIK we never had Rovers in the states, although we did have several MGs. Nice looking car for sureLancpudn said:I drive an old 1999 Rover 75 2.5 V6, The car company MG Rover no longer exists having closed & gone out of business in 2005. It will be my last ICE car as I'm now retired, I don't have a commute or drive any sort of distance anymore plus running a petrol car here is very expensive.
The only English car I've owned was a early 80s Jaguar XJS with the V12! Unfortunately I purchased it at it's end of life and it needed tons of work and parts were complicated and extremely expensive. After a couple years of working on it I sold it for almost scrap price It was a gorgeous car and I'm sure ran great in it's day, which unfortunately was years before I purchased it for a somewhat decent price but in the end it was a money pit.
Hmmmm, this isn't the LeftieBiker I know. The guy I know would hurl insults and try to shame anyone who ever mentioned speeding over 5mph on public roads, let alone RACING!!! What a reckless hypocrite.LeftieBiker said:I used to street race
Hmmmm, this isn't the LeftieBiker I know. The guy I know would hurl insults and try to shame anyone who ever mentioned speeding over 5mph on public roads, let alone RACING!!! What a reckless hypocrite.
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