2010 Prius IV eats a 2008 Dodge Turbo Diesel ALIVE

I would hope the dodge could go faster than 89... Is 89 measured from the Prius speedo, because I have used satellite checked speeds and 89 displayed is usually around 87 or 86 actual. But the prius is a fast car. Shame on you for driving as you did, but you were really only half the problem there.

But in all reality most people including myself go over the limit, and triple digits is not too hard to achieve even in a Prius. The only time I have an issue with the Prius power is when I am climbing a long mountain road, and trying to sustain speeds of 85mph+. Once the battery is gone, it takes pedal to the metal to maintain speed. Not too shabby for a lawn mower.

 

You initiated the race, but the Dodge driver ended the race early and won't be crazy as you.

 

How many Doge Ram diesel trucks can a Prius tow? Neither vehicle is suited for drag racing. Foolish and pointless waste of resources.

 

Screw the nay sayers .... Go Go Gadget

 

Yea but one hell of a lot of fun.

Live a little and enjoy life i say!!

Being stingy and pinching penny's all the time is too boring and stressful.

 

When you find yourself arguing with an idiot, the thing to do is back away and let him think he won. I am glad to see the Dodge owner understands this.

 

What an apropos comment coming from someone with the screen name that has the word SLOW in it.

 

I don't know if the Prius had anything to do with it. I see plenty of trucks pull into traffic without sufficient clearance. These drivers believe they are large enough to force everyone else to slam on the brakes to avoid hitting them, and they are right.

I'm tempted to say passing the truck only reinforces that bad behavior, but those kinds of drivers are really a lost cause so screw him and I chuckle at the thought of how upset he probably was. Playing that game incurs risk that I personally would not take, but hey, not everyone is as boring as me.

 

I wonder if this guy is posting on the Dodge Turbo Diesel boards about how he taught that Prius driver a lesson by blowing his sooty exhaust all over his precious, tree hugger mobile....

 

Prius is surprising fast accelerating at highway speed. It is due to instant electric motor response and eCVT superiority (not having to down shift).

 

you go, girl! sometime a mans gotta do what a mans gotta do.:rockon:

 

When idiot trucks do this to me I just pull into a lane beside them and force them to be stuck there and laugh at them as I get 47 MPG and they get 10. These drivers are jerks.

 

ECO mode doesn't change the power output of your Prius. You would have had the same power in Normal or Power modes.

Tom

 

Exactly. Most of those sorts are a "lost cause" as you say, so teaching them a lesson won't help any. I just don't bother anymore, let them think they're great.

 

This is a pathetic thread on more than one level.

 

As an owner of both a 2010 Prius IV and a 2004 Dodge 3500 Cummins Turbo-Diesel truck, allow me to chime in here. My Cummins gets its maximum torque (enough to pull a house off of its foundation) at around 1800rpm (the 08 is even lower getting its max tq at 1500rpm). So, it's not really a top speed type of engine. And, he might have been running with 4.10 gearing - designed for better pulling at the expense of top end speed. All that said, having driven both, the driver of the truck could have easily smoked (in more ways than one) your Prius had he really wanted to. And, he could probably do it while dragging 7000lbs behind him. Unless you're a real masochist, I'd think twice about racing other cars with a Prius.