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Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by 3PriusMike, Apr 21, 2020.

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  1. 3PriusMike

    3PriusMike Prius owner since 2000, Tesla M3 2018

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    EVs are the perfect anti-viral cars.
    You exit your house and get in the car, drive around anywhere you need to go--such as grocery store or take out food and return. You plug it in for 10 or 20 minutes and you are already back to full charge and ready for the next day. No contaminated gas pumps to mess with and no maintenance needed for the next 12-18 months while waiting for a vaccine to come out.

    Mike
     
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    bisco cookie crumbler

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    absolutely. and toyota even more so with their quality and reliability.

    i'm doing 8 miles a day 4 days a week, and 17 the other 3 days. the only gas i've used in the last 5 weeks is for the engine to run evey 124 miles(y)
     
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    alanclarkeau Senior Member

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    Or a Hybrid PRIUS - only need to fill about every 1000 km.

    I remember the '70s Oil Crisis. There was a newspaper report which said that a Doctor (back in the days when a lot of calls were House Calls) - got rid of his V8 and bought a Peugeot Diesel as he could get nearly 3 times as much distance out of a fuel-tank.
     
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    Trollbait It's a D&D thing

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    Doesn't Tesla offer a biodefense package with HEPA filter for the S and X?
     
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  6. 3PriusMike

    3PriusMike Prius owner since 2000, Tesla M3 2018

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    Yes, but if you don't let anyone else in your car it will never matter.

    Be a good citizen and just drive alone

    Mike
     
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    So much for car pooling.
     
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    The Electric Me Go Speed Go!

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    You're forgetting the rather famous WW II, home front propaganda poster which exclaimed "When you ride ALONE, you ride with Hitler".
     
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    3PriusMike Prius owner since 2000, Tesla M3 2018

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    Only if the carpool only includes your household.

    :)

    Mike
     
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    Trollbait It's a D&D thing

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    A virus can still slip through the cabin filter in other cars.;)
     
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    Maybe skip the daily take-out food? Try your hand at cooking, making coffee?
     
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    3PriusMike Prius owner since 2000, Tesla M3 2018

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    I guess, while technically possible, however the 6 ft distancing guideline is based on the distance it takes for a droplet in a sneeze large enough to cause an infection to get to someone. How is this going to happen from car to car?
    A sneeze in one car, exhausts to the air and gets in the other car, past a filter into the cabin???
    Time spent worrying about this should have been spent washing hands, perhaps.

    Mike
     
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    Now this is crazy talk... :rolleyes:
     
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    Well, yeah. I was talking to someone in USA recently, she was saying about the disaster of closed restaurants etc wherever she is. And I said that it wouldn't worry me - I've eaten out twice in 12 months, bought only 2, maybe 3 Take-Aways - and don't recall buying a coffee out for over 12 months. She was flabbergasted - it was on a BLOG, and I was amazed, some said that they never cook at home.

    Different culture, no doubt.
     
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    Stretch an N95 over the air inlet. :p
     
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