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My new hunting vehicle

Discussion in 'The Water Cooler' started by Christine, Aug 25, 2012.

  1. Vito

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    Nice ride. Did it come with a free soccer mom haircut?
     
  2. Christine

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    Germ, the first 6 gallons of gas yielded just over 43 mpg. Mostly open road... and I was sticking the spurs to the hamsters under the hood pretty good. So, it's beating the estimates.

    Yesterday I went up to Chicago and back, hauling Kendall and 115lbs of soybeans. I drove home sans soybeans and Big K... but in a torrential downpour. It was like driving through an 80 mile long puddle. The PriusV cut through the standing water like a champ but I'm sure I took a hit on fuel efficiency. I'll have numbers when I buy gas again.

    Vito, at one point on the drive home, I had another prius behind me and behind it was another eco-weenie toyota. We were our own little convoy rolling through the night.... Sticking together through multiple lane changes and exits. At this rate, I'll be fully assimilated into the clique by the end of next week. ;)
     
  3. Vito

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    You liberals are so cute. When are you going to start house hunting for a condo in Chicago?
     
  4. John Galt

    John Galt Die Hard Bowhunter

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    Did you have any trouble getting the Obama bumper sticker off?
     
  5. Christine

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    I think the Obama sticker comes with the Volt, not the Prius. O's adminstration and Toyota don't seem to like each other very much. :D
     
  6. Christine

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    It would be hard to produce my non-gmo, organically grown soybeans from a condo. :lol:



    Birkenstocks.... maybe.
     
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    Outsorce it to Vietnam or China or Mexico or some place. LOL I still can't get over it... Christine with a yuppy girly ride.
     
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    Put a NRA sticker on that baby and really screw with people's heads
     
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    At least have a maglite hanging from the rear view mirror before we lose all fear of... eeerrrr.... respect for you !! :lol:


    Tim
     
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    Uuuummmm... we would have given you less crap if any at all had you bought it. :p

    Tim
     
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    ROFL thats great. I'd do it Nothing screams tuff more than some NUTTS????
     
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    Knowing Christine, she'd hang a real pair of nuts from her car.

    I just hope they aren't mine.
     
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    Justin, reach down and check, are they still there?
     
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    I dont understand why anyone would put them on any ride!
     
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    A camo steering wheel cover will make that car complete. :tu:
     
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    And maybe a camo wrap job...
     
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    Should have gotten a TDI !
     
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    Doubt your wife would take em out of her mason jar THAT easily.

    Then again, maybe you should ask her?:confused::poke:
     
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    If I go that route, I'll ask Amy for them. ;)

    The TDI is actually a bit smaller, doesn't get better mpgs and has a much lower reliability rating. Tho' it is slightly cheaper, more powerful and not quite as weird looking.
    :)

    TDI and PriusV
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    Ouch!
     

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