Prius

Post by **paul bristol uk** » Sat Aug 23, 2014 11:46 pm

rob quilter wrote:If I ever win the lotto, I'm buying a Prius and putting a Viper V10 in it.

Don't you effing dare a Viper is my must have before I die!

YouTube · Post by **Sailor** » Sun Aug 24, 2014 12:31 am

rob quilter wrote:If I ever win the lotto, I'm buying a Prius and putting a Viper in it.

Careful: it might end up like this:-

(Great paint job!)

Or this?

Post by **Donald** » Sun Aug 24, 2014 6:20 pm

Doggo wrote:
Sailor wrote:
Doggo wrote:We've all fancied a CRZ.....
No we haven't.
OK, some of us (which may or may not be most Donald) fancy a CRZ

I should not presume so, and will duly flagelate myself

I hate the CRZ. Hideous.

Post by **paul bristol uk** » Sun Aug 24, 2014 7:42 pm

Bloody horrible piece of jobby is the nice way of putting it.

'92 Si VTEC · Post by **jjmartin349571** » Sun Aug 24, 2014 7:59 pm

I've driven a 1st gen pre-facelift demonstrator quite a bit - They drive ok but they're not fast. The handling is pretty good however and the hybrid lump means you get low down torque so the power delivery is fairly consistent across the rev range. Definitely not a 'sports' car though. jobby all space inside because the hybrid battery is in the rear end and it's a small car to start with. Would be an ok car for the mrs or something I guess.

Oh and they lose money like mad apparently - I remember my dealer principal didn't like us taking people on test drives in the demo unless we had a good chance of a sale, because he wanted to try and keep the mileage as low as possible for when we inevitably had to sell it. But then again any new motors body lemonade out money in terms of depreciation, I think the concern was that the CR-Z also suffers from a small audience of buyers which exacerbates the issue.

If I had the money for a used CR-Z, I'd go and buy a good condition 2nd gen CR-X VTEC instead

Post by **Doggo** » Sun Aug 24, 2014 8:40 pm

Well, drokk it, I like it, even if it does need more power

'92 Si VTEC · Post by **jjmartin349571** » Sun Aug 24, 2014 8:42 pm

Doggo wrote:

I'm not saying they're bad, I'm just saying I wouldn't buy one if I had the money

Post by **Doggo** » Sun Aug 24, 2014 8:43 pm

On the plus side, if they are depreciating like hell, maybe in a few years I'll be able to pick one up for a song, add FI, tweak the dampers and the brakes and revel in the cute, sexy Hondaness. Having said that, based on what you've said a test drive might put me off anyway...

'92 Si VTEC · Post by **jjmartin349571** » Sun Aug 24, 2014 8:51 pm

Yeah I guess if you look at it that way then you're on to a winner

I do like to buy my cars once they've lost the majority of their value after all

Post by **Doggo** » Sun Aug 24, 2014 8:56 pm

....and lets be honest, eventually you'd probably buy both anyway