# The Prius is dead. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 24, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-is-dead/669599 "2013-09-24T20:34:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-is-dead/669599/1 "2013-09-24T20:34:33Z")
Long live the Prius! A week and a half ago I wrecked my 2005 Prius. Today I picked up a replacement 2005 Prius from the local Toyota dealer. Squawks: [ul][li]It’s white – my least-favourite colour on this car.[/li][li]Only one key fob. I’ll have to have the spare from the other car re-coded.[/li][li]The shift knob does not operate as smoothly as it should. I’ll have to have them look at it when I take it in for routine maintenance in 5,000 miles.[/li][li]I don’t see top rings to which I can attach a cargo net.[/ul][/li] On the positive side, it’s in better condition than the old one was. It has less than half the miles on it than the other one had. ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-is-dead/669599/2 "2013-09-24T21:16:10Z")
Congrats **JLA** sounds like it all came out allright. I am glad my prediction about insurance payout was wrong. **Capt** ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-is-dead/669599/3 "2013-09-24T22:42:09Z")
Why do I hear “God Save the Queen” in the background? Congrats on the new wheels. You can always take it to Maaco and have a Maac-over. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spiny\_Norman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Spiny\_Norman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiny_Norman)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-is-dead/669599/4 "2013-09-24T23:08:13Z")
Viking Funeral for the old one? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2013, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-is-dead/669599/5 "2013-09-24T23:26:48Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > It’s white – my least-favourite colour on this car. Try to appreciate the [historical precedent](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_auto_racing_colors). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-is-dead/669599/6 "2013-09-25T00:28:15Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Try to appreciate the [historical precedent](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_auto_racing_colors). Interesting. I can tell you that the Prius accelerates faster than BMWs, Mercedes Benzes, and other cars you’d think were fast. They seem to have trouble getting up to freeway speed by the end of the onramp. The Prius can do it. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-is-dead/669599/7 "2013-09-25T01:07:02Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Interesting. I can tell you that the Prius accelerates faster than BMWs, Mercedes Benzes, and other cars you’d think were fast. They seem to have trouble getting up to freeway speed by the end of the onramp. The Prius can do it. Is that why so many Prius drivers try to challenge me when I’m in the 'Vette? I never play. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-is-dead/669599/8 "2013-09-25T01:07:39Z")
[quote=“Johnny\_L.A, post:1, topic:669599”] Squawks: [ul][li]Only one key fob. I’ll have to have the spare from the other car re-coded.[/ul][/li][/QUOTE] Whoops. Toyota of Seattle wants $140 to reprogram the old smart key. :eek: Or I can just buy a new one for $200 plus a $114 programming fee. :eek: :eek: :mad: ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-is-dead/669599/9 "2013-09-25T01:19:21Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Is that why so many Prius drivers try to challenge me when I’m in the 'Vette? I never play. You’re supposed to turn off the engine and just use your battery. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-is-dead/669599/10 "2013-09-25T01:26:29Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Is that why so many Prius drivers try to challenge me when I’m in the 'Vette? I never play. I’ve passed plenty of 'Vettes in the Prius. And I was only doing the speed limit! Honestly, I believed Corvettes could go faster than that. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-is-dead/669599/11 "2013-09-25T01:33:29Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I’ve passed plenty of 'Vettes in the Prius. And I was only doing the speed limit! Honestly, I believed Corvettes could go faster than that. Congrats, copper-top! Still, you know that the best drivers can’t afford 'Vettes and the dreck that can shouldn’t be allowed behind the steering wheel of one. From one coast to the other, certain laws of commuting always seem to apply. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-is-dead/669599/12 "2013-09-25T01:33:37Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Is that why so many Prius drivers try to challenge me when I’m in the 'Vette? I never play. That used to happen to me in the old Porsche. Wtf? Is this some game they came up with on a Prius website? Johnny, did you go from a 911 SC to a Prius? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-is-dead/669599/13 "2013-09-25T01:44:04Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Johnny, did you go from a 911 SC to a Prius? No. I was more into filmmaking at the time, as well as other things. One day I had to take a girl-band from London up to the Hollywood sign for some photographs. We all had to pile into the 911. I began to think I needed something bigger, especially since my 16 mm camera outfit would, in its case, barely fit in the back seat. So I got a Jeep Cherokee. That served me well for nine years, but I had since moved to Washington and I had a job in Seattle 110 miles from my house. Fuel bills were deadly. A friend had a 2005 Prius, and he moved to Canada. Since the car had not been paid for, they lien-holder would not send the title out of the country so he could register it in BC. So he offered to sell it to me for the remainder of the loan in 2008. FWIW, my car history is: 1966, 1977, 1977 MGBs (concurrently), Porsche 924, Chevy Sprint, Porsche 911SC, Jeep, Prius. In the MGB era, there was also a 1948 Willys CJ2A, and a decade ago I had a [1946 Willys CJ2A](http://www.thecj2apage.com/1946_willys_cj2a/jw46.html). Currently I have the Jeep, the ‘new’ Prius, and a 1966 MGB. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-is-dead/669599/14 "2013-09-25T02:25:12Z")
Congrats on the new wheels! > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Interesting. I can tell you that the Prius accelerates faster than BMWs, Mercedes Benzes, and other cars you’d think were fast. They seem to have trouble getting up to freeway speed by the end of the onramp. The Prius can do it. When I got my 335i, one of my BMW friends warned me it had so much more instantaneous power than I was used to…it would be like driving an electric car. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-is-dead/669599/15 "2013-09-25T02:41:22Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > That used to happen to me in the old Porsche. Wtf? Is this some game they came up with on a Prius website? > > Johnny, did you go from a 911 SC to a Prius? In “Power Mode” the car uses the electric engine for torque. It accelerates much faster than you might think. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-is-dead/669599/16 "2013-09-25T03:05:55Z")
Incidentally, I’ve just discovered the Prius had a name. The guy I bought it from called it Penelope. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-is-dead/669599/17 "2013-09-25T03:12:47Z")
R1? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-is-dead/669599/18 "2013-09-25T03:15:08Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > R1? Got one. I don’t know how fast it will accelerate, because I can’t keep the front wheel down when I try. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-is-dead/669599/19 "2013-09-25T03:27:44Z")
I know you do. You didn’t include it in the list. Shame, shame on you! Bad Dog! (Hint: Faster than the Prius) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-is-dead/669599/20 "2013-09-25T14:00:50Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > In the MGB era, there was also a 1948 Willys CJ2A, and a decade ago I had a [1946 Willys CJ2A](http://www.thecj2apage.com/1946_willys_cj2a/jw46.html). My best friend in high school in the 60s had one of those. His father bought it out of Army surplus. My friend had put a newer engine in it (a '53 flathead) and built a wooden cab to put on top, which was heavy enough to make you worry about the thing flipping over. It had the original 16-ply military tires on split rims. We had more fun in that thing, despite the slippy clutch, the fading brakes, the loose steering, and the tendency for the the transmission to pop into neutral when on a serious downhill grade. I’ve loved bobtail jeeps ever since and owned three Wranglers. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-is-dead/669599.md?page=2)