Hope this isn't a repost and doesn't belong to someone here on Priuschat. Toyota : Prius:eBay Motors (item 120496199274 end time Dec-01-09 09:57:31 PST) (I'm not trying to help advertise for this guy but his mods are err... nevermind.)
Whoops! Sorry. Also, he's got to be absolutely kidding for that kind of price. I can't tell which package/equipment level he's got but I don't even think that starting price is decent if he restored everything back to stock.
The gen 2 or gen1 were never appealing cars to me...someone has found a way to make th even more so!!!
Gotta love the step on the trailer hitch. I guess that's to reach the rear wing to adjust it for maximum downforce with minimum drag. Obviously the wing mist add 5 MPG. And the scoop. Everyone needs a stick-on, non-functioning scoop.
oh my . . . . well . . . iduno . . . THIS fella seems to have 'em beat ... you know ... with the, "oh my" factor. yep ... now THAT's a spoiler: .
This convinces me that, "Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder" Imagine if the owner were to post on this site - his signature would take a page to list everything that's painted on, glued on, screwed on, or otherwise modified.
If this is the same car that I am thinking of, that owner was not content to just change the exterior appearance. He thought that the engine intake air temp sensor had no value and used a fixed resistor to force the engine ECU to think the air was hot although it may actually be cold - in an effort to improve mpg.
in the other post, i asked what were the round reflectors for.........still wondering. PRIUSROS - a spoiler is supposed to be used for DOWNFORCE. Since the prius is a front wheel drive car, a rear spoiler would not do much except for looks. too much downforce in the rear would cause the front to lift, loosing acceleration. yeah, not for me.
Thanks -- I have really always wondered. In that case, spoilers on any front-wheel drive car doesn't make any sense, does it? And a spoiler like that monstrosity -- I don't see how it serves any purpose at all, even on a rear-wheel drive. Wouldn't it actually cause additional drag?