10 thoughts on “One more reason for Prius owners to be smug.

  1. Smug until the first time you hit ice or other slickness and the rear completely disengages (to keep from blowing the transmission) and you are left helpless in the middle of a road. (Sorry, just got home from dinner with my uncle, who tests electric and hybrid cars for a living, and got to hear his long-winded explanation for why he just bought my aunt an Xterra to drive during the winter instead of her Prius.)

    1. The rear wheels aren't connected to the transmission, so it's hard to see how that would happen. It's a front-wheel drive car. Anyway it's not a problem here, where there's never any ice on the road. So far….It did snow in 1947. You can read about in On the Road, coincidentally.

      1. Maybe it's her model of Prius? I don't know, I dozed off about 10 minutes in. But since he has disassembled and reassembled every model year for the last 5 years, I'm guessing he knew what he's talking about, I just didn't understand it.

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