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    Prius Myths and their Rebuttals

    I'm tempted to start a thread asking how many other Prius owners have a 'guilty pleasure' car in their garage too (mine are a Porsche 944 turbo...
    Post by: jweale, Mar 22, 2011 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Main Forum
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    Prius Myths and their Rebuttals

    How would you save money? Well, what if you drive that car for 15 years? I intend to get rid of my* Prius by giving it to my daughter when she...
    Post by: jweale, Mar 22, 2011 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Main Forum
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    Prius Myths and their Rebuttals

    Buying a new car period is usually not the best way to save money. But if you are already set on buying a new car, a Prius has been found to save...
    Post by: jweale, Mar 21, 2011 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Main Forum
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    Prius Myths and their Rebuttals

    Personally, I bought a Prius after driving a Camry into the ground (and beyond - with a couple doors from a junk yard after being t-boned and a...
    Post by: jweale, Mar 21, 2011 in forum: Gen 2 Prius Main Forum
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    Need Owners who are Parents to Contribute to Something Great

    The most tragic cases I've heard of are not negligence, but honest accidents; sleep deprived parents who forgot that they were the ones dropping...
    Post by: jweale, Jun 13, 2009 in forum: Gen 3 Prius Audio and Electronics
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    US Big 3 ask for $34bn dollars...

    I have reviewed actual construction budgets for small and large commercial buildings. The costs do not scale with size (a 10ksf building is NOT...
    Post by: jweale, Dec 4, 2008 in forum: Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News
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    US Big 3 ask for $34bn dollars...

    The cost is in (on average) lower quality sales venues and hungrier (often pushier) salespeople. It's pretty simple economics. If GM sells as many...
    Post by: jweale, Dec 4, 2008 in forum: Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News
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    US Big 3 ask for $34bn dollars...

    Pop quiz: What do the following airlines all have in common: Delta, Northwest, United, UsAirways/America West, Air Canada? Chapter 11 bankruptcy....
    Post by: jweale, Dec 3, 2008 in forum: Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News
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    SUVs plunge toward 'endangered' list

    Just a small point, but SUV's really don't fill a 'needed' niche. Trucks, absolutely. But a truck that can also part time haul a half dozen people...
    Post by: jweale, May 26, 2008 in forum: Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News
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    Ever feel like just getting out of here?

    I've briefly considered moving (and technically have dual USA/UK citizenship), but ultimately I do think the US is the best country for me. What...
    Post by: jweale, Nov 27, 2007 in forum: Fred's House of Pancakes
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    Building an efficient house from the ground up.

    I second (or third?) the importance of getting a good architect. To ground yourself in how they can help, when I was house shopping I found it...
    Post by: jweale, Nov 23, 2007 in forum: Fred's House of Pancakes
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    Building an efficient house from the ground up.

    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(FireEngineer @ Nov 20 2007, 11:15 AM) 541940</div> The above is the biggie. "Super insulate" the shell and use very...
    Post by: jweale, Nov 20, 2007 in forum: Fred's House of Pancakes
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    Judgement Day - Intelligent Design on Trial

    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(fairclge @ Nov 19 2007, 02:21 PM) 541584</div> "Darwin's theory" typically refers to his theory of evolution, which...
    Post by: jweale, Nov 19, 2007 in forum: Fred's House of Pancakes
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    Award Winning Concept?

    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hill @ Oct 18 2007, 10:14 PM) 527572</div> That line is accurate. The EV-1 had great engineering chops, but nowhere...
    Post by: jweale, Oct 19, 2007 in forum: Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News
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    Any suggestions? Going to olympic nat. park in WA for a week.

    If you get as far east as Sequim, I like walking the Dungeness Spit out to the lighthouse. And honestly, if you had gone in July or August it...
    Post by: jweale, Oct 16, 2007 in forum: Fred's House of Pancakes