# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-is-dead/669599/21 "2013-09-25T14:09:36Z")
I saw two Priuses … Prii … Prium … Prien … of those Toyotas recently. One had the licence plate ‘SMUG’ and the other ‘FFFFFF’. They were both white and get great mpg. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-is-dead/669599/22 "2013-09-25T14:17:45Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > In “Power Mode” the car uses the electric engine for torque. It accelerates much faster than you might think. No it doesn’t. I’m a pretty quick thinker. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-is-dead/669599/23 "2013-09-25T16:40:15Z")
A cargo net on a Prius? I don’t get it ---
**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, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-is-dead/669599/24 "2013-09-25T20:10:53Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > A cargo net on a Prius? I don’t get it [Like this](http://www.midatlantictoyotaparts.com/images/products/pt347-03120.jpg). Keeps your groceries from falling over and spilling. (Non-groceries, too.) They also make a floor net so you can put things on the floor of the cargo area and keep it from rolling around. ---
**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, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-is-dead/669599/25 "2013-09-25T20:48:42Z")
> [@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. It’s because only OFs like me can afford them. We drive reasonably. I do drive the speed limit or a little more. My 13 year old, paid for baby can still top 120 mph, but I just don’t do that to her. (Hubby has.) That would be like making me run a mile. I could do it, but at what cost? ---
**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 26, 2013, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-is-dead/669599/26 "2013-09-26T00:18:50Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > It’s because only OFs like me can afford them. We drive reasonably. I do drive the speed limit or a little more. > My 13 year old, paid for baby can still top 120 mph, but I just don’t do that to her. (Hubby has.) That would be like making me run a mile. I could do it, but at what cost? A blown motor? (You, not the car) ---
**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 26, 2013, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-is-dead/669599/27 "2013-09-26T17:17:43Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > 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: The SO drove the car to work Tuesday night, and last night she suggested I get another smart key. She’s a little nervous about only having one. I told her I’d called ToS, and how much they want to reprogram the old one. I called the local dealer (from whom I bought the car) this morning, and they said they can reprogram my old fob for $95. I have an appointment for Tuesday morning. I’ll have to remember to ask them to make a new physical key as well. They also ordered the D-rings for the cargo net. (See [here to see what they are, and how they go on](http://www.vfaq.net/mods/CargoNet.html).) Five dollars and change, and I’ll have to buy an 8 mm or 19/64" drill bit if I don’t have one already. They didn’t have a picture, so I hope it’s the right ‘hardware kit’. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-is-dead/669599/28 "2013-09-26T19:19:25Z")
What’s that? Pope Pius is dead? Thought everybody knew that. ---
**Author:** ![SpeedwayRyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@SpeedwayRyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpeedwayRyan)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-is-dead/669599/29 "2013-09-26T20:07:10Z")
> [@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. A Prius of that vintage does 0-60 in about 10 seconds. My BMW, which is pretty old (1997 M3) does 0-60 in about 6 seconds…some mags claimed mid 5s. My WRX does it even faster than that, in the 4s if you are willing to launch it hard. A new Corvette Stingray with all the bells and whistles is said to do it in 3.8. 10 seconds is an eternity. Are you racing people who don’t know they are racing? [Motor Trend’s slowest cars of 2012](http://wot.motortrend.com/top-10-slowest-0-60-mph-vehicles-motor-trend-tested-in-2012-307101.html/0/#axzz2g1zSZEYM) will let you know what’s in the ballpark. > [@](#): > > Why it’s this slow: The quickest Prius 0-60 mph time we’ve ever recorded is 9.5 seconds. The very first Prius we tested in 1998 needed 13.7 seconds. ---
**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 26, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-is-dead/669599/30 "2013-09-26T20:54:55Z")
> [@SpeedwayRyan](#): > > A Prius of that vintage does 0-60 in about 10 seconds. Whooshed! 😛 ---
**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 26, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-is-dead/669599/31 "2013-09-26T20:59:18Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Whooshed! 😛 A Prius doesn’t go fast enough to make that sound. 😉 ---
**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 26, 2013, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-is-dead/669599/32 "2013-09-26T21:00:34Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > A Prius doesn’t go fast enough to make that sound. 😉 It’s still quick enough to out-accelerate people, the way they drive up here! ---
**Author:** ![SpeedwayRyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@SpeedwayRyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpeedwayRyan)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-is-dead/669599/33 "2013-09-27T17:34:55Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Whooshed! 😛 Sorry, I’ve heard people say far dumber things about cars that weren’t joking, so I took a chance. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-prius-is-dead/669599.md?page=1)