1. Attachments are working again! Check out this thread for more details and to report any other bugs.

Salut from Romania.

Discussion in 'International Owners' started by DarkPRIUS, Apr 20, 2008.

Page 1 of 2
  1. DarkPRIUS

    DarkPRIUS FAR EASTERN

    Joined:
    Dec 23, 2007
    16
    1
    0
    Location:
    Botosani,RO
    Vehicle:
    2004 Prius
    everybody! I'm from Romania, Dracula's country.:D
    I'm reading PC from december 2007, since I got my 2004 Prius. I found your comunity very well informed about Prius stuff and in the same time all info I found here was and still is verry helpfull. ;)
    Thanks to all I learned from here, I've started to buy some accessories for my Prius. And the first ones was the EBH and the mud splashguards. Now I have to wait another month till they reach to me, from US. :cool:
    Also I wanted a shark finn antenna, but it seems that my connection in US was unable to order it.:(
    Let me ask you something. Is there a way to make EBH to work with 220 volts? Our powelines here supply this voltage and we have to figure out something to make it work.:confused:
     
    #1 DarkPRIUS, Apr 20, 2008
  2. okiebutnotfrommuskogee

    okiebutnotfrommuskogee Senior Member

    Joined:
    Mar 2, 2007
    1,813
    15
    0
    Location:
    Tulsa, OK
    Vehicle:
    2011 Prius
    Model:
    Two
    Welcome to Priuschat. Sounds like you need a 220 volt to 110 volt transformer to drop the voltage to match that of the EBH.
     
    #2 okiebutnotfrommuskogee, Apr 20, 2008
  3. hobbit

    hobbit Senior Member

    Joined:
    Mar 23, 2005
    4,089
    468
    0
    Location:
    Bahstahn
    Vehicle:
    2004 Prius
    Model:
    N/A
    Someone posted a PDF describing installation of an EU-model
    block heater that runs on 220V, so it's pretty likely that they
    exist for that market. No idea where you'd look, though.
    Dealers will probably deny all knowledge...
    .
    _H*
     
    #3 hobbit, Apr 20, 2008
  4. DarkPRIUS

    DarkPRIUS FAR EASTERN

    Joined:
    Dec 23, 2007
    16
    1
    0
    Location:
    Botosani,RO
    Vehicle:
    2004 Prius
    Thx.
    About transformer, I figured that. But I just wished that it was another way, something constructive. Like an EBH made to work with 220V. Maybe, with the increasing popularity of Prius worldwide, someone will produce one.

    All the best!:)
     
    #4 DarkPRIUS, Apr 20, 2008
  5. DarkPRIUS

    DarkPRIUS FAR EASTERN

    Joined:
    Dec 23, 2007
    16
    1
    0
    Location:
    Botosani,RO
    Vehicle:
    2004 Prius
    hobbit, thanks!
    I'll google for that.

    All the best!:)
     
    #5 DarkPRIUS, Apr 20, 2008
  6. Jon the Chief

    Jon the Chief Jon the Chief

    Joined:
    Oct 13, 2007
    50
    5
    0
    Location:
    Wolverhampton UK
    Vehicle:
    2008 Prius
    This is the post I put up about 220V EBH.

    "I have a last got my hands on a 230v EBH kit, and it is a Toyota Europe Accessory. I found it on the euro web site , www.toyota-tech.eu

    Toyota Euro 230v EBH Install Manual.pdf

    Part number PZ434-G0790-3Z.

    I ordered it Friday and it arrived from Belgium Tuesday.
    It is made in Sweden see:-

    Calix AB

    Jon the Chief"

    Jon the Chief
     
    #6 Jon the Chief, Apr 20, 2008
  7. DarkPRIUS

    DarkPRIUS FAR EASTERN

    Joined:
    Dec 23, 2007
    16
    1
    0
    Location:
    Botosani,RO
    Vehicle:
    2004 Prius
    Thank you, Jon.
    That's another way to install an EBH on Prius. Thing is that I don't like very much making a hole in the front of the car.
    I'll see if I can change the order I made in US for EBH...
     
    #7 DarkPRIUS, Apr 20, 2008
  8. DarkPRIUS

    DarkPRIUS FAR EASTERN

    Joined:
    Dec 23, 2007
    16
    1
    0
    Location:
    Botosani,RO
    Vehicle:
    2004 Prius
    ....and still, I am proud to be the only one owner of a Prius in my town. :)
     
    #8 DarkPRIUS, Jul 27, 2008
  9. hyo silver

    hyo silver Awaaaaay

    Joined:
    Mar 2, 2005
    15,232
    1,563
    0
    Location:
    off into the sunset
    Vehicle:
    2004 Prius
    Model:
    N/A
    Salut, DarkPRIUS! :)
    What do people there think of your car? Is it considered big or small? What's the price of gas?
     
    #9 hyo silver, Jul 28, 2008
  10. KAR IDEA

    KAR IDEA Member

    Joined:
    Dec 7, 2007
    465
    8
    5
    Location:
    Lake Peekskill, NY USA
    Vehicle:
    2008 Prius
    Model:
    Three Touring
    Salutări! Bine ati venit la Prius chat! Sper să vă savuraţi Prius. Care sunt preţurile de gaze ca în România?

    Imi place Traducere Google! I love google translate! :D

    (Can you tell me if the translator actually works well?)

    Dave
     
    #10 KAR IDEA, Jul 28, 2008
  11. alinica2001

    alinica2001 Member

    Joined:
    Jan 14, 2008
    94
    38
    0
    Location:
    Romania
    Vehicle:
    2017 Prius Prime
    Model:
    Prime Advanced
    Yup! It's working. You said something like " Hi. Welcome to Prius chat! I hope to enjoy your Prius. What are the prices of earth gas like in Romania? " . To answer you question , the price is like 6.8 $ per US gallon :-O . Have a nice day! Alin
     
    #11 alinica2001, Jul 30, 2008
  12. KAR IDEA

    KAR IDEA Member

    Joined:
    Dec 7, 2007
    465
    8
    5
    Location:
    Lake Peekskill, NY USA
    Vehicle:
    2008 Prius
    Model:
    Three Touring
    Oh...Well, at least it kind of got the "idea" right! LOL!

    :alien: You have no idea what it costs to fill ours up! Earth people have it easy...

    Dave
     
    #12 KAR IDEA, Jul 30, 2008
  13. BIGGDOGG

    BIGGDOGG New Member

    Joined:
    Jan 1, 2008
    298
    0
    8
    Location:
    Morristown,NJ
    Vehicle:
    2008 Prius
    I wish Google translate had Lithuanian translation....
     
    #13 BIGGDOGG, Jul 30, 2008
  14. F8L

    F8L Protecting Habitat & AG Lands

    Joined:
    Aug 14, 2006
    19,011
    4,081
    50
    Location:
    Grass Valley, CA.
    Vehicle:
    Other Non-Hybrid
    Model:
    N/A
    Alo DARKPRIUS!

    Welcome to the forum. I'd be all witty and try to reply in Romanian but the only words I learned were from that O-Zone song (or
    )
    . Hahaha

    So my reply would not have looked very suave unless you were a really pretty girl. Then I could have said:

    Alo, Salut, sunt eu, un haiduc,
    Si te rog, iubirea mea, primeste fericirea.
    Alo, alo, sunt eu Picasso,
    Ti-am dat beep, si sunt voinic,
    Dar sa stii nu-ti cer nimic.

    Vrei sa pleci dar nu ma, nu ma iei,
    Nu ma, nu ma iei, nu ma, nu ma, nu ma iei.
    Chipul tau si dragostea din tei,
    Mi-amintesc de ochii tai.

    Then I would start singing....

    Ma-ia-hii
    Ma-ia-huu
    Ma-ia-hoo
    Ma-ia-haha

    Ok, so I bet you hate that song and I'll stop now. My good friend (yes, she is really cute) is from Romania and she hates it when I do that. :D
     
    #14 F8L, Jul 31, 2008
  15. ralucasan

    ralucasan New Member

    Joined:
    Sep 1, 2008
    1
    0
    0
    Location:
    Bucharest, Romania
    Vehicle:
    2008 Prius
    Hei Alin, hey all!
    What about forming our own Romania Prius lovers thread? I'm the happy and proud owner of a 08 Prius with 4440 km on board and I saw some in Bucharest, but very few. Would love to exchange some impressions with others.
    Raluca
     
    #15 ralucasan, Sep 6, 2008
  16. DarkPRIUS

    DarkPRIUS FAR EASTERN

    Joined:
    Dec 23, 2007
    16
    1
    0
    Location:
    Botosani,RO
    Vehicle:
    2004 Prius
    Hello again!
    @Raluca, that was a good idea, since we don't see to much Romanian Prius owners on romanian sites. So we hope to open a Prius dedicated website in Romania. For now I had contact with only another 4 Ro owners. :(

    @F8L, is good that you like O-zone, a Moldavian group who raised up their career in Romania. Aaaaaand, I'm not a girl. :)

    @KAR IDEA, thanks for you wellcome. It was relly nice that you said it in romanian. Even google translated.;)

    For those interested, here is my thread on masini.ro.
    2004 TOYOTA PRIUS EXECUTIVE - Masini.ro Forum. :cool:
    From there you can track another discussions regarding hibrids and another technologies, and general stuff.

    All the best.
     
    #16 DarkPRIUS, Sep 7, 2008
  17. mandrei83

    mandrei83 Member

    Joined:
    May 14, 2009
    139
    32
    0
    Location:
    Stockholm, Sweden
    Vehicle:
    2007 Prius
    Model:
    N/A
    Eeee.. ce de lume pe aici!:D

    I will buy a Toyota Prius in next months, so I'll join the club! :rockon:
    Anyway, all the Americans and the rest of the Europe knows that song, it was renamed as "numa numa song" :p on Youtube..:lock1:

    Mult noroc si sa va bucurati din plin de masinile voastre, vine si a mea in curand!

    Andrei
     
    #17 mandrei83, May 14, 2009
  18. F8L

    F8L Protecting Habitat & AG Lands

    Joined:
    Aug 14, 2006
    19,011
    4,081
    50
    Location:
    Grass Valley, CA.
    Vehicle:
    Other Non-Hybrid
    Model:
    N/A

    Andrei,

    Vă doresc cel mai bun de noroc. Va place masina!

    Prietenul meu cel mai bun român este şi ea o dată cu pauze de prietenul ei, ea este a mea! ;)
     
    #18 F8L, May 27, 2009
  19. DarkPRIUS

    DarkPRIUS FAR EASTERN

    Joined:
    Dec 23, 2007
    16
    1
    0
    Location:
    Botosani,RO
    Vehicle:
    2004 Prius
    Wow, what a translation!!!(messed up ;) by google). But I think it was about having a romanian girlfriend who broke up with her... friend, and now she's yours. Congrats!

    p.s. TIP: Google will translate best if your writing is literally correct. :rockon:
     
    #19 DarkPRIUS, May 28, 2009
  20. F8L

    F8L Protecting Habitat & AG Lands

    Joined:
    Aug 14, 2006
    19,011
    4,081
    50
    Location:
    Grass Valley, CA.
    Vehicle:
    Other Non-Hybrid
    Model:
    N/A

    The gist worked out. ;)

    It works well with Slovak! Hahaha
     
    #20 F8L, May 28, 2009
(You must log in or sign up to post here.)
Page 1 of 2