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Old 06-10-2009, 11:33 AM
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Exclamation Jeremy Clarkson Validates Me
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/dri...ffset=0&page=1

My opinions on hybrids, anyhow.
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Old 06-10-2009, 11:35 AM
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He usually validates what I think too.
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Old 06-10-2009, 11:44 AM
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"which shows leaves growing on a tree when you ease off the throttle"

I want my dashboard to show seals getting clubbed at a rate proportional to throttle input.
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Old 06-10-2009, 11:46 AM
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I concur, also.. yeah. Hybrids do nothing. Electric Vehicles also don't make much sense were the electricity is made by non-renewable energy sources. Hydrogen, or a network of battery swapping stations makes more sense, but in North America we won't see it till the oil wells go dry.

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Old 06-10-2009, 11:51 AM
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God, Jeremy Clarkson cracks me up so much. This is a great article
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"Really, to get an idea of how awful it is, you’d have to sit a dog on a ham slicer. "

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i dont think he likes the insight, im not sure htough i could be wrong
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Hybrids **** me off, especially Prius's, as I live in Berkeley, hippie ville USA, they're ****ing everywhere...

WTF would you pay 30k+ for a POS Prius that gets the same MPG as a Geo metro that costs 1/30th, not only are you not polluting the world with hazmat worthy batteries, but you'd be recycling.

Ecotards make me want to punch babies.

+1 on clubbing seals proportional to throttle.
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lol at ecotards
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Originally Posted by medicSTi
lol at ecotards
srsly. self-righteous hybrid drivers are funny - they aren't doing the environment a favor or anything, because you're still driving a car. It's like, instead of smoking two packs a day, I'll just cut back to 1.5 packs a day - that will surely prevent cancer.
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Originally Posted by Lorry
"Really, to get an idea of how awful it is, you’d have to sit a dog on a ham slicer. "

It's funny because it's not ham.



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I'll go now.
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Old 06-10-2009, 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Yin
srsly. self-righteous hybrid drivers are funny - they aren't doing the environment a favor or anything, because you're still driving a car. It's like, instead of smoking two packs a day, I'll just cut back to 1.5 packs a day - that will surely prevent cancer.
seriously boggles my mind that majority of the people dont get that.
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Old 06-10-2009, 02:39 PM
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lol he said "Toyota Smugmobile"
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Good read. I can't wait for Top Gear to be back.
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I actually like the old school Insight but completely agree with his article.
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