If you could rename the Prius...

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  1. Dweezil

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    What would you call it? This sort of expands upon the Prius Hate thread...

    Sometimes, I think part of the hate comes from the actual name of the car. "Prius". It's sort of a wimpy name for anything but a pretty flower. They should've called it the Electroglide (ala Harley Davidson), or something like that...I guess "Pacemaker" would've been a bad choice... LOL

    What other names could you come up with? Just about anything would be better than "Prius"...well, I can think of a few that are worse...but we're in mixed company here. :D
     
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  2. KK6PD

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    I like the name "Dweezil"...:D

    At least we don't pronounce it like the Brits...PrIus, long I:eek:
     
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    I agree DWEEZIL is :rockon:
     
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    As a response to the Prius-Hater, the perfect name would be
    F-U-2​
    Do you plan to get Toyota to start a renaming project? I am all for it!:cool:
     
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  5. krelborne

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    I call mine "HAL", especially when it's doing something I don't want it to do. "Turn the engine off, HAL." That wouldn't work well as a model name, though.

    How about the Phantom? Well, that's taken. Shade? Specter? I'm thinking that the silence of stealth mode would go well with a ghostly name.
     
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    If you could rename the Prius...

    If I could rename the Prius, I wouldn't be at work right now since I presume that I would have a much better paying job (probably telecommuting) in Aichi, Japan....and I'd (happily) be paying $3.75 for premium gas...which would be required by whichever exotic sports car would be more in keeping with my station as a highly paid automotive executive with the power to rename a car.

    I'd have some underling decide what to call it....or sell the renaming rights on eBay, with a veto option so that it would NOT be some "cutesy" name with an even goofier plural name... :D

    However (comma) we live in an unjust world, so I'll continue to just drive my G3 and keep my non-standard names for this car to myself!!! :)
     
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    It has nothing to do with the name. That's all in your head.
     
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    That's Prius backward.
     
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    As in, it "suirps" gas. LOL!
     
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    how about "WINNING" LOL
     
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    We dont pronounce it like that at all! Jeremy Clarkson is the only Brit I have ever heard that does that. We call it Prius as in "preeous" the same as you do.
     
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    Shouldn't you guys spell it "Prious"? ;)
     
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    Probably but Prius is a Latin word and the Romans had their own weird and wonderful ways of spelling.
     
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    I called it PrIus all the time before Toyota came out with ads that told me otherwise. :)
     
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    "a rose by any other name....."
     
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    ...is a smelly dead flower in a glass of water. :D
     
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    Charlie Sheen would approve. LOL
     
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    Prius is Latin. Nothing about Latin is wimpy.

    EDIT: FWIW, I refer to my car as the Tardis. Seemed fitting for a funny looking blue box filled with awesome technology. :D
     
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    OK, I'll give you that one mate!
    I will admit that I have been on a bit of a Top Gear binge lately. BBC America was having a marathon a couple of weeks ago. I watched 8 episodes on a Sauturday.
    I have not laughed, nor enjoyed a TV show that much in quite a while.
    While I had heard of the show, I never had a chance to watch it!.
    Until now!
    Considering Mr Clarksons taste in cars, which I pretty much agree with, I can see why he dings the Prii! :D
     
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  20. DavidA

    DavidA Prius owner since July 2009

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    Preezil. Either that or Sheen.
     
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