Re: [MBZ] Prius

2014-09-10 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Noticeable
Weird
Noisey

Two out of three are spelled corectly above


On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes <
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> I believe a lot of the bike folks think that loud is good as it makes them
> more noticable.
> Drivers do not pay enough attention and it is easy to miss a motorcycle.
> I can say that I have heard bikes coming before I have seen them.
>
> Randy who would not want to ride one the noisy ones very far
>
> PS - As you get older, do you find that you have more issues with
> spelling? I am looking at the message above and wondering if "noticable"
> and "noisy" are correct. Wierd.
>
>
> On 09/09/2014 7:00 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
>
>> Man some days it feels like it. Makes you want to swerve over when one
>> sits next to you at a light constantly blipping the throttle.
>>
>> Harley owners are generally a menace. A couple years ago they talked
>> about giving the anti-loud pipe laws here some teeth and the Harley guys
>> were all against it including Angie's Dad. I pointed out that quieting
>> things down was better than getting banned outright but he doesn't
>> understand me.
>> Of course he thinks the Ninja Turtle bikes should be quieted down...
>>
>> -Curt
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Re: [MBZ] Prius

2014-09-10 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Corectly should have a "k"

On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 11:36 AM, Andrew Strasfogel 
wrote:

> Noticeable
> Weird
> Noisey
>
> Two out of three are spelled corectly above
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
>> I believe a lot of the bike folks think that loud is good as it makes
>> them more noticable.
>> Drivers do not pay enough attention and it is easy to miss a motorcycle.
>> I can say that I have heard bikes coming before I have seen them.
>>
>> Randy who would not want to ride one the noisy ones very far
>>
>> PS - As you get older, do you find that you have more issues with
>> spelling? I am looking at the message above and wondering if "noticable"
>> and "noisy" are correct. Wierd.
>>
>>
>> On 09/09/2014 7:00 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
>>
>>> Man some days it feels like it. Makes you want to swerve over when one
>>> sits next to you at a light constantly blipping the throttle.
>>>
>>> Harley owners are generally a menace. A couple years ago they talked
>>> about giving the anti-loud pipe laws here some teeth and the Harley guys
>>> were all against it including Angie's Dad. I pointed out that quieting
>>> things down was better than getting banned outright but he doesn't
>>> understand me.
>>> Of course he thinks the Ninja Turtle bikes should be quieted down...
>>>
>>> -Curt
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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Re: [MBZ] Prius

2014-09-10 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
I believe a lot of the bike folks think that loud is good as it makes 
them more noticable.

Drivers do not pay enough attention and it is easy to miss a motorcycle.
I can say that I have heard bikes coming before I have seen them.

Randy who would not want to ride one the noisy ones very far

PS - As you get older, do you find that you have more issues with 
spelling? I am looking at the message above and wondering if "noticable" 
and "noisy" are correct. Wierd.



On 09/09/2014 7:00 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:

Man some days it feels like it. Makes you want to swerve over when one sits 
next to you at a light constantly blipping the throttle.

Harley owners are generally a menace. A couple years ago they talked about 
giving the anti-loud pipe laws here some teeth and the Harley guys were all 
against it including Angie's Dad. I pointed out that quieting things down was 
better than getting banned outright but he doesn't understand me.
Of course he thinks the Ninja Turtle bikes should be quieted down...

-Curt






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Re: [MBZ] Prius

2014-09-09 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Man some days it feels like it. Makes you want to swerve over when one sits 
next to you at a light constantly blipping the throttle.

Harley owners are generally a menace. A couple years ago they talked about 
giving the anti-loud pipe laws here some teeth and the Harley guys were all 
against it including Angie's Dad. I pointed out that quieting things down was 
better than getting banned outright but he doesn't understand me.
Of course he thinks the Ninja Turtle bikes should be quieted down...

-Curt



 From: Mitch Haley via Mercedes 
To: Mercedes Discussion List  
Sent: Tuesday, September 9, 2014 2:48 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Prius
 

Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
> I had a Kawasaki LTD 454 that was often mistaken for an HD Sportster which is 
> hilarious as it had a transverse inline twin, was liquid cooled and so 
> quiet...

Is there a law requiring all Harley owners to remove all the exhaust baffles 
where you live too?

Mitch.




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Re: [MBZ] Prius

2014-09-09 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes
I find that I cannot distinguish between brands of cars sitting next to 
me in traffic unless I can see some symbol. There are often logos in the 
wheel centers.
They all have about the same profile anymore. Wind tunnel testing? or 
just copying each other?


RB

On 09/09/2014 2:56 PM, clay via Mercedes wrote:

I tried to distinguish sedans and found it near impossible to tell a Benz from 
a asian anymore.  Same head and tail ends.

clay

On Sep 9, 2014, at 3:04 AM, John Reames via Mercedes wrote:


Speaking of ID'ing cars... When taking long drives in the wee hours, has anyone 
(else) taken to guessing car make/model etc by the head/tail lights?

It does have some practical purpose... I bet that you learn to spot American 
SUV's (particularly Ford) and American full-size sedans first...


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On Sep 9, 2014, at 3:36, Gerald L Bailey  via Mercedes  
wrote:

Dimitri wrote:
Priapism.

Gerry wrote:
If I buy a Prius I'll put a Mercedes star and a 300D insignia on it so people 
will think it's just another brain fart from Mercedes designers in Germany.  
Few people can identify a car by it's shape.
Gerry
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Re: [MBZ] Prius

2014-09-09 Thread clay via Mercedes
I tried to distinguish sedans and found it near impossible to tell a Benz from 
a asian anymore.  Same head and tail ends.

clay

On Sep 9, 2014, at 3:04 AM, John Reames via Mercedes wrote:

> Speaking of ID'ing cars... When taking long drives in the wee hours, has 
> anyone (else) taken to guessing car make/model etc by the head/tail lights?
> 
> It does have some practical purpose... I bet that you learn to spot American 
> SUV's (particularly Ford) and American full-size sedans first...
> 
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>> On Sep 9, 2014, at 3:36, Gerald L Bailey  via Mercedes 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> Dimitri wrote:
>> Priapism.
>> 
>> Gerry wrote:
>> If I buy a Prius I'll put a Mercedes star and a 300D insignia on it so 
>> people will think it's just another brain fart from Mercedes designers in 
>> Germany.  Few people can identify a car by it's shape. 
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Re: [MBZ] Prius

2014-09-09 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes

Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:

I had a Kawasaki LTD 454 that was often mistaken for an HD Sportster which is 
hilarious as it had a transverse inline twin, was liquid cooled and so quiet...


Is there a law requiring all Harley owners to remove all the exhaust baffles 
where you live too?


Mitch.

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Re: [MBZ] Prius

2014-09-09 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
I had a Kawasaki LTD 454 that was often mistaken for an HD Sportster which is 
hilarious as it had a transverse inline twin, was liquid cooled and so quiet...

-Curt



 From: Randy Bennell via Mercedes 
To: Gerald L Bailey ; Mercedes Discussion List 
 
Sent: Tuesday, September 9, 2014 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Prius
 

Careful, you might get beaten up by MB owners in a parking lot.

I always threatened to put HD logos on my old Goldwing and tell people 
who were clueless that it was HD's experiment with flat water cooled 
engines but I was reluctant to encounter some of the HD folks who might 
not think it was funny.

RB




On 09/09/2014 2:36 AM, Gerald L Bailey via Mercedes wrote:
> Gerry wrote:
> If I buy a Prius I'll put a Mercedes star and a 300D insignia on it so people 
> will think it's just another brain fart from Mercedes designers in Germany.  
> Few people can identify a car by it's shape.
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Re: [MBZ] Prius

2014-09-09 Thread Randy Bennell via Mercedes

Careful, you might get beaten up by MB owners in a parking lot.

I always threatened to put HD logos on my old Goldwing and tell people 
who were clueless that it was HD's experiment with flat water cooled 
engines but I was reluctant to encounter some of the HD folks who might 
not think it was funny.


RB

On 09/09/2014 2:36 AM, Gerald L Bailey via Mercedes wrote:

Gerry wrote:
If I buy a Prius I'll put a Mercedes star and a 300D insignia on it so people 
will think it's just another brain fart from Mercedes designers in Germany.  
Few people can identify a car by it's shape.
Gerry
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Re: [MBZ] Prius

2014-09-09 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes

John Reames via Mercedes wrote:

Speaking of ID'ing cars... When taking long drives in the wee hours, has anyone 
(else) taken to guessing car make/model etc by the head/tail lights?

It does have some practical purpose... I bet that you learn to spot American 
SUV's (particularly Ford) and American full-size sedans first...


Pontiac's checkerboard taillights.
Three bar Mustang taillights.

Mitch

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Re: [MBZ] Prius

2014-09-09 Thread John Reames via Mercedes
Speaking of ID'ing cars... When taking long drives in the wee hours, has anyone 
(else) taken to guessing car make/model etc by the head/tail lights?

It does have some practical purpose... I bet that you learn to spot American 
SUV's (particularly Ford) and American full-size sedans first...


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> On Sep 9, 2014, at 3:36, Gerald L Bailey  via Mercedes 
>  wrote:
> 
> Dimitri wrote:
> Priapism.
> 
> Gerry wrote:
> If I buy a Prius I'll put a Mercedes star and a 300D insignia on it so people 
> will think it's just another brain fart from Mercedes designers in Germany.  
> Few people can identify a car by it's shape. 
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[MBZ] Prius

2014-09-09 Thread Gerald L Bailey via Mercedes
Dimitri wrote:
Priapism.

Gerry wrote:
If I buy a Prius I'll put a Mercedes star and a 300D insignia on it so people 
will think it's just another brain fart from Mercedes designers in Germany.  
Few people can identify a car by it's shape. 
Gerry
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Re: [MBZ] Prius

2011-11-18 Thread Dimitri Seretakis
And why would anyone want to be in a Prius anyway? I call it Priapism:)

Sent from my iPhone

On Nov 18, 2011, at 7:40 PM, relng...@aol.com wrote:

.Written as somebody who has obviously never been in a Prius 
before...

I've had one Prius ride which was a taxi with 140K miles on it. Yes, lots 
room in the back but.

The ride was so hard I wondered if it had wooden wheels and the road noise 
was terrible. And the thing rattled like ten pool balls in a metal garbage 
can. From the back seat the dash was unreadable, all nooks and crannies.

And it's pitiful little headlights...

Not at any price, thank you.

RLE


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Re: [MBZ] Prius

2011-11-18 Thread RELNGSON
> .Written as somebody who has obviously never been in a Prius 
> before...
> 
I've had one Prius ride which was a taxi with 140K miles on it. Yes, lots 
room in the back but.

The ride was so hard I wondered if it had wooden wheels and the road noise 
was terrible. And the thing rattled like ten pool balls in a metal garbage 
can. From the back seat the dash was unreadable, all nooks and crannies.

And it's pitiful little headlights...

Not at any price, thank you.

RLE
> 
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Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes

2010-07-07 Thread Rich Thomas
Those guys are looking for their Darwin Award.  I see them too, and if I 
could slap them around I would.  I can assure you that my cycling 
colleagues and I are way past the age of being invulnerable (or thinking 
we are).  We do not take up the road, though some cyclists seem to think 
they can do that to piss off drivers (here in SC a cyclist does have a 
right, per law, to a whole lane of a road, but it is stupid to annoy 
cars by doing that unless there is some compelling reason).


Yesterday here in Charleston there was some sort of incident down at 
Folly Beach, had traffic backed up for quite a ways.  A truck was making 
a left turn across the 2 lanes of traffic that was backed up, the cars 
were letting him through to do that.  He looks right to make the turn, 
proceeds, and got whacked by an EMT or something, on his motorcycle, who 
was in the wrong lane passing all the stopped traffic to get down to the 
incident.  Motorcyclist said he had his lights and siren on, truck 
driver said the mcycle did not, but the ambulance way back behind the 
mcycle did, such that he did not hear or see the mcycle though he saw 
and heard the ambulance.  Who knows, but the truck driver was quite 
certain, otherwise he said he would not have made the turn.


--R

On 7/7/2010 4:47 PM, WILTON wrote:
Just this morning, I started to make right turn on red (legally, of 
course, after stopping and sure there was no cross traffic) cyclist 
whipped past me on the right and went through the red light; he oughta 
be damned glad I looked back and to the right as I started the turn 
and stopped in time.  He just missed clipping my rt frnt corner and 
kept right on going, never looking back and thanking me for saving his 
a$$.


Wilton

- Original Message - From: "Allan Streib" 
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" 
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 4:26 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes


Around here when the bikes hear a car approaching they bunch up in a 
pack and take up the whole lane.  And just this summer I've seen 
three near-collisions cause by bicyclists blowing thru stop signs.


There are jerks on both sides when it comes to bikes/cars sharing the 
road.


The noise issue for electric cars has been long known; I'm surprised 
Toyota did not anticipate that in their design.  They are hardly the 
first electric car to be designed, produced, sold, or driven.


Allan


On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:14 -0400, "Rich Thomas" 
 wrote:



A group of us was cycling a couple weeks ago, a Pious on battery passed
us too closely (dumbass driver too, imagine that), and no one heard it.
It was sorta scary and surprising, this thing just materialized right
next to us, very close.  It was kind of an Ohsh** moment for all of us.
Usually whoever is in the back of the pack hears a car and hollers 
so we

get over to the right as far as we can, with this thing if someone had
moved over a bit to dodge something on the road, we all probably would
have been knocked down and run over.  I wonder if one could sue Toyota
for something like that, since they are being sued for everything else
now -- knowing that being so quiet is dangerous, yet they have done
nothing about it.

I seem to recall that there was some harsh invective hurled at the
driver, along with certain hand gestures, not that it did any good.

--R



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Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes

2010-07-07 Thread Dieselhead
I like the idea of an automatically advancing card on the spokes.  It 
is simple and some of us  remember the cards on bike spokes, so it 
kind of deflates the pious owners pious ego to some extent.




On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:36 -0400, "WILTON"  wrote:


 BTW, elec vehicle makers are scrambling to "find," build and install
 noise makers on their vehicles to improve low-speed safety for
 pedestrians.


Maybe they should have a sound like a chorus of angels to underscore the
"holier than thou" attitude of most of the owners.


Allan

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Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes

2010-07-07 Thread E M
I think the general thinking is, an understeering car is safer than an
oversteering car, which it is, for the average driver.  Putting the better
tires on the rear, will just accentuate this, in most cases.  However, 30
years ago, such wisdom didn't play into it, they were just dumb. hee hee.

These days, I don't know of any shop that will fit just two snows.

Ed
300E

On 7 July 2010 16:55, Alex Chamberlain  wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 12:58 PM, E M  wrote:
>
> > Like when a bunch of people used to put snows on the rears only,
> > when FWD were making it onto the scene.
> >
> >
> A lot of tire shops will tell you htat if you're only replacing two tires
> on
> your car, regardless of whether it's FWD or RWD, you should put the new
> ones
> (presumably with better traction) on the back.   I guess they are thinking
> it's better you don't die of terminal oversteer.  Snow tires on the back of
> an FWD car might be the consequence of the same reasoning (if there's any
> reasoning at all going on, which I guess in the case of the average driver
> is unlikely).
>
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Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes

2010-07-07 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 12:58 PM, E M  wrote:

> Like when a bunch of people used to put snows on the rears only,
> when FWD were making it onto the scene.
>
>
A lot of tire shops will tell you htat if you're only replacing two tires on
your car, regardless of whether it's FWD or RWD, you should put the new ones
(presumably with better traction) on the back.   I guess they are thinking
it's better you don't die of terminal oversteer.  Snow tires on the back of
an FWD car might be the consequence of the same reasoning (if there's any
reasoning at all going on, which I guess in the case of the average driver
is unlikely).

Alex
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Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes

2010-07-07 Thread WILTON
Just this morning, I started to make right turn on red (legally, of course, 
after stopping and sure there was no cross traffic) cyclist whipped past me 
on the right and went through the red light; he oughta be damned glad I 
looked back and to the right as I started the turn and stopped in time.  He 
just missed clipping my rt frnt corner and kept right on going, never 
looking back and thanking me for saving his a$$.


Wilton

- Original Message - 
From: "Allan Streib" 

To: "Mercedes Discussion List" 
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 4:26 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes


Around here when the bikes hear a car approaching they bunch up in a pack 
and take up the whole lane.  And just this summer I've seen three 
near-collisions cause by bicyclists blowing thru stop signs.


There are jerks on both sides when it comes to bikes/cars sharing the 
road.


The noise issue for electric cars has been long known; I'm surprised 
Toyota did not anticipate that in their design.  They are hardly the first 
electric car to be designed, produced, sold, or driven.


Allan


On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:14 -0400, "Rich Thomas" 
 wrote:



A group of us was cycling a couple weeks ago, a Pious on battery passed
us too closely (dumbass driver too, imagine that), and no one heard it.
It was sorta scary and surprising, this thing just materialized right
next to us, very close.  It was kind of an Ohsh** moment for all of us.
Usually whoever is in the back of the pack hears a car and hollers so we
get over to the right as far as we can, with this thing if someone had
moved over a bit to dodge something on the road, we all probably would
have been knocked down and run over.  I wonder if one could sue Toyota
for something like that, since they are being sued for everything else
now -- knowing that being so quiet is dangerous, yet they have done
nothing about it.

I seem to recall that there was some harsh invective hurled at the
driver, along with certain hand gestures, not that it did any good.

--R



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Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes

2010-07-07 Thread E M
I believe the proper warning is, "zoom zoom, I'm coming through". hee hee.
;-)

Ed
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On 7 July 2010 16:39, WILTON  wrote:

> Knowing that my electric scooter is too quiet, I try to warn people in
> front of me when shopping, "Coming past you on the right/left, etc."  'Guess
> I could rig a playing card to rub against a tire tread.   ;<))
>
> Wilton
>
> - Original Message - From: "Rich Thomas" <
> richthomas79td...@constructivity.net>
> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 4:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes
>
>
>  A group of us was cycling a couple weeks ago, a Pious on battery passed us
>> too closely (dumbass driver too, imagine that), and no one heard it.  It was
>> sorta scary and surprising, this thing just materialized right next to us,
>> very close.  It was kind of an Ohsh** moment for all of us.  Usually whoever
>> is in the back of the pack hears a car and hollers so we get over to the
>> right as far as we can, with this thing if someone had moved over a bit to
>> dodge something on the road, we all probably would have been knocked down
>> and run over.  I wonder if one could sue Toyota for something like that,
>> since they are being sued for everything else now -- knowing that being so
>> quiet is dangerous, yet they have done nothing about it.
>>
>> I seem to recall that there was some harsh invective hurled at the driver,
>> along with certain hand gestures, not that it did any good.
>>
>> --R
>>
>> On 7/7/2010 3:55 PM, E M wrote:
>>
>>> A Prius owner almost back into me while walking in a parking lot
>>> yesterday,
>>> and damn near ran me over.  I really do try hard not to think of all
>>> Prius
>>> owners as idiots, but they're not giving me much to work with.
>>>
>>> They're always complaining about me wasting all the oil, running my
>>> Porsche.  Well they're wasting all the electricity in their "feel good
>>> but
>>> do nothing cars", that I could be using to run my air conditioner.
>>>
>>> Ed
>>> 300E
>>>
>>> On 7 July 2010 14:36, WILTON  wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>  'Just saw a Prius with 4 Buick "port holes."
>>>>
>>>> BTW, elec vehicle makers are scrambling to "find," build and install
>>>> noise
>>>> makers on their vehicles to improve low-speed safety for pedestrians.  A
>>>> clothes pin and a playing card worked pretty good on our bikes.   ;<
>>>>
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Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes

2010-07-07 Thread E M
Guy probably just retired, so he bought a Prius and if off to save the world
(which doesn't need saving), along with Al Gore.

Ed
300E

On 7 July 2010 16:32, WILTON  wrote:

> Driver of the one with 4 "port holes" on each fender was little bald-headed
> guy 'bout 65.
>
> Wilton
>
> - Original Message - From: "Rich Thomas" <
> richthomas79td...@constructivity.net>
> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 3:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes
>
>
>  I saw some sh**box the other day with $2000 worth of rims and tires, with
>> *4* portholes on each front fender.  I think it really attracted the
>> wimmins, and all the homies thought the driver was fly, too, yo.  Word.
>>
>> --R
>>
>>
>> On 7/7/2010 2:36 PM, WILTON wrote:
>>
>>> 'Just saw a Prius with 4 Buick "port holes."
>>>
>>> BTW, elec vehicle makers are scrambling to "find," build and install
>>> noise makers on their vehicles to improve low-speed safety for pedestrians.
>>>  A clothes pin and a playing card worked pretty good on our bikes.   ;<
>>>
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Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes

2010-07-07 Thread WILTON
Knowing that my electric scooter is too quiet, I try to warn people in front 
of me when shopping, "Coming past you on the right/left, etc."  'Guess I 
could rig a playing card to rub against a tire tread.   ;<))


Wilton

- Original Message - 
From: "Rich Thomas" 

To: "Mercedes Discussion List" 
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 4:14 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes


A group of us was cycling a couple weeks ago, a Pious on battery passed us 
too closely (dumbass driver too, imagine that), and no one heard it.  It 
was sorta scary and surprising, this thing just materialized right next to 
us, very close.  It was kind of an Ohsh** moment for all of us.  Usually 
whoever is in the back of the pack hears a car and hollers so we get over 
to the right as far as we can, with this thing if someone had moved over a 
bit to dodge something on the road, we all probably would have been knocked 
down and run over.  I wonder if one could sue Toyota for something like 
that, since they are being sued for everything else now -- knowing that 
being so quiet is dangerous, yet they have done nothing about it.


I seem to recall that there was some harsh invective hurled at the driver, 
along with certain hand gestures, not that it did any good.


--R

On 7/7/2010 3:55 PM, E M wrote:
A Prius owner almost back into me while walking in a parking lot 
yesterday,
and damn near ran me over.  I really do try hard not to think of all 
Prius

owners as idiots, but they're not giving me much to work with.

They're always complaining about me wasting all the oil, running my
Porsche.  Well they're wasting all the electricity in their "feel good 
but

do nothing cars", that I could be using to run my air conditioner.

Ed
300E

On 7 July 2010 14:36, WILTON  wrote:



'Just saw a Prius with 4 Buick "port holes."

BTW, elec vehicle makers are scrambling to "find," build and install 
noise

makers on their vehicles to improve low-speed safety for pedestrians.  A
clothes pin and a playing card worked pretty good on our bikes.   ;<

Wilton
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Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes

2010-07-07 Thread Mitch Haley

WILTON wrote:
Driver of the one with 4 "port holes" on each fender was little 
bald-headed guy 'bout 65.


Probably bought a Pious to overcome latent guilt over driving an Electra 225 in 
his youth.


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Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes

2010-07-07 Thread Allan Streib
On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:36 -0400, "WILTON"  wrote:

> BTW, elec vehicle makers are scrambling to "find," build and install
> noise makers on their vehicles to improve low-speed safety for
> pedestrians.

Maybe they should have a sound like a chorus of angels to underscore the
"holier than thou" attitude of most of the owners.


Allan

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Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes

2010-07-07 Thread WILTON
Driver of the one with 4 "port holes" on each fender was little bald-headed 
guy 'bout 65.


Wilton

- Original Message - 
From: "Rich Thomas" 

To: "Mercedes Discussion List" 
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 3:49 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes


I saw some sh**box the other day with $2000 worth of rims and tires, with 
*4* portholes on each front fender.  I think it really attracted the 
wimmins, and all the homies thought the driver was fly, too, yo.  Word.


--R

On 7/7/2010 2:36 PM, WILTON wrote:

'Just saw a Prius with 4 Buick "port holes."

BTW, elec vehicle makers are scrambling to "find," build and install 
noise makers on their vehicles to improve low-speed safety for 
pedestrians.  A clothes pin and a playing card worked pretty good on our 
bikes.   ;<


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Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes

2010-07-07 Thread Allan Streib
Around here when the bikes hear a car approaching they bunch up in a pack and 
take up the whole lane.  And just this summer I've seen three near-collisions 
cause by bicyclists blowing thru stop signs.

There are jerks on both sides when it comes to bikes/cars sharing the road.

The noise issue for electric cars has been long known; I'm surprised Toyota did 
not anticipate that in their design.  They are hardly the first electric car to 
be designed, produced, sold, or driven.

Allan


On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:14 -0400, "Rich Thomas" 
 wrote:

> A group of us was cycling a couple weeks ago, a Pious on battery passed 
> us too closely (dumbass driver too, imagine that), and no one heard it.  
> It was sorta scary and surprising, this thing just materialized right 
> next to us, very close.  It was kind of an Ohsh** moment for all of us.  
> Usually whoever is in the back of the pack hears a car and hollers so we 
> get over to the right as far as we can, with this thing if someone had 
> moved over a bit to dodge something on the road, we all probably would 
> have been knocked down and run over.  I wonder if one could sue Toyota 
> for something like that, since they are being sued for everything else 
> now -- knowing that being so quiet is dangerous, yet they have done 
> nothing about it.
> 
> I seem to recall that there was some harsh invective hurled at the 
> driver, along with certain hand gestures, not that it did any good.
> 
> --R
> 

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Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes

2010-07-07 Thread Rich Thomas
A group of us was cycling a couple weeks ago, a Pious on battery passed 
us too closely (dumbass driver too, imagine that), and no one heard it.  
It was sorta scary and surprising, this thing just materialized right 
next to us, very close.  It was kind of an Ohsh** moment for all of us.  
Usually whoever is in the back of the pack hears a car and hollers so we 
get over to the right as far as we can, with this thing if someone had 
moved over a bit to dodge something on the road, we all probably would 
have been knocked down and run over.  I wonder if one could sue Toyota 
for something like that, since they are being sued for everything else 
now -- knowing that being so quiet is dangerous, yet they have done 
nothing about it.


I seem to recall that there was some harsh invective hurled at the 
driver, along with certain hand gestures, not that it did any good.


--R

On 7/7/2010 3:55 PM, E M wrote:

A Prius owner almost back into me while walking in a parking lot yesterday,
and damn near ran me over.  I really do try hard not to think of all Prius
owners as idiots, but they're not giving me much to work with.

They're always complaining about me wasting all the oil, running my
Porsche.  Well they're wasting all the electricity in their "feel good but
do nothing cars", that I could be using to run my air conditioner.

Ed
300E

On 7 July 2010 14:36, WILTON  wrote:

   

'Just saw a Prius with 4 Buick "port holes."

BTW, elec vehicle makers are scrambling to "find," build and install noise
makers on their vehicles to improve low-speed safety for pedestrians.  A
clothes pin and a playing card worked pretty good on our bikes.   ;<

Wilton
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Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes

2010-07-07 Thread Dimitri Seretakis
Prius sucks *ss! Those cars annoy me to no end.

Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 7, 2010, at 3:55 PM, E M  wrote:

A Prius owner almost back into me while walking in a parking lot yesterday,
and damn near ran me over.  I really do try hard not to think of all Prius
owners as idiots, but they're not giving me much to work with.

They're always complaining about me wasting all the oil, running my
Porsche.  Well they're wasting all the electricity in their "feel good but
do nothing cars", that I could be using to run my air conditioner.

Ed
300E

On 7 July 2010 14:36, WILTON  wrote:

'Just saw a Prius with 4 Buick "port holes."

BTW, elec vehicle makers are scrambling to "find," build and install noise
makers on their vehicles to improve low-speed safety for pedestrians.  A
clothes pin and a playing card worked pretty good on our bikes.   ;<

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Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes

2010-07-07 Thread E M
I waiting for some dork to put portholes in the front fenders of a 911.
Only a matter of time, someone will do it, and even worse, think it's cool.
hee hee  Like when a bunch of people used to put snows on the rears only,
when FWD were making it onto the scene.

Ed
300E

On 7 July 2010 15:49, Rich Thomas wrote:

> I saw some sh**box the other day with $2000 worth of rims and tires, with
> *4* portholes on each front fender.  I think it really attracted the
> wimmins, and all the homies thought the driver was fly, too, yo.  Word.
>
> --R
>
> On 7/7/2010 2:36 PM, WILTON wrote:
>
>> 'Just saw a Prius with 4 Buick "port holes."
>>
>> BTW, elec vehicle makers are scrambling to "find," build and install noise
>> makers on their vehicles to improve low-speed safety for pedestrians.  A
>> clothes pin and a playing card worked pretty good on our bikes.   ;<
>>
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Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes

2010-07-07 Thread E M
A Prius owner almost back into me while walking in a parking lot yesterday,
and damn near ran me over.  I really do try hard not to think of all Prius
owners as idiots, but they're not giving me much to work with.

They're always complaining about me wasting all the oil, running my
Porsche.  Well they're wasting all the electricity in their "feel good but
do nothing cars", that I could be using to run my air conditioner.

Ed
300E

On 7 July 2010 14:36, WILTON  wrote:

> 'Just saw a Prius with 4 Buick "port holes."
>
> BTW, elec vehicle makers are scrambling to "find," build and install noise
> makers on their vehicles to improve low-speed safety for pedestrians.  A
> clothes pin and a playing card worked pretty good on our bikes.   ;<
>
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Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes

2010-07-07 Thread Walt Zarnoch
mallory sonalert's also work wonders...

On Jul 7, 2010 3:44 PM, "WILTON"  wrote:

'Just saw a Prius with 4 Buick "port holes."

BTW, elec vehicle makers are scrambling to "find," build and install noise
makers on their vehicles to improve low-speed safety for pedestrians.  A
clothes pin and a playing card worked pretty good on our bikes.   ;<

Wilton
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Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes

2010-07-07 Thread Rich Thomas
I saw some sh**box the other day with $2000 worth of rims and tires, 
with *4* portholes on each front fender.  I think it really attracted 
the wimmins, and all the homies thought the driver was fly, too, yo.  Word.


--R

On 7/7/2010 2:36 PM, WILTON wrote:

'Just saw a Prius with 4 Buick "port holes."

BTW, elec vehicle makers are scrambling to "find," build and install noise makers 
on their vehicles to improve low-speed safety for pedestrians.  A clothes pin and a playing 
card worked pretty good on our bikes.   ;<

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[MBZ] Prius port holes

2010-07-07 Thread WILTON
'Just saw a Prius with 4 Buick "port holes."

BTW, elec vehicle makers are scrambling to "find," build and install noise 
makers on their vehicles to improve low-speed safety for pedestrians.  A 
clothes pin and a playing card worked pretty good on our bikes.   ;<

Wilton
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[MBZ] Prius brakes

2010-03-09 Thread RELNGSON
> ...Makes me wonder why the brakes on a Pious could not stop the car -- 
> the
> gas engine is not that powerful, but perhaps if regen braking is
> generally used in addition to mechanical means and that did not kick in,
> or maybe the pad brakes are wimpy?..
> 
You may be onto something here. Those cars are everywhere around here and 
are usually seen poking along holding up traffic (nowhere to go and all day 
to get there) so it's likely that 6 inch drum brakes all around would be 
adequate.

RLE
> 
> 
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