Scary Hybrid Stories

Bah. Scary stories can be found anywhere. It's only natural that publications dig them up just to have a story. Toyota Prius has already been announced to be the all-time most reliable car in long run tests in Europe, and it's also very safe for people inside and outside according to Euro NCAP tests.

The reason why I started to search for a new car and then finally found the prius was my PT Cruiser. It's one piece of sh1t for a car. It's highly unreliable, has lost its punch for a reason not found so far, costs me 2-3k euros a year to repair and I still can't get the doors to work properly. My family has always favored German cars, but based on my dad's and my brothers experiences, I'll pass VWs and BMWs until I hear something really encouraging new information about their quality.

And, oh yeah, my first real life experince of driving a Prius felt like sitting inside an X-Wing. That did it! :mrgreen:

 

Did you notice that the article said "Honda Civic Accord" in one place instead of "Honda Civic Hybrid"?

Whoops!

 

Well, I give the article points: It basically saying that there are (1) hybrid urban legends out there and (2) they're not true.

Definitely not the kind of sensationalist stuff we got a few months ago about the power cables (which this article mentions and debunks.)

 

There is much disinformation. I had someone tell me on hearing that I drove a Prius that "he and been told by a mechanic that there was a major recall on the batteries and they were bursting spinning 'chemicals' that were burning their owners". What are you to do. He got in his Trans Am and drove off. I wait for the day of 5$ a gallon gas. It will be painful but then folks will "get it". Parked today between a F350 and a Expedition and in front of a Escalade at Nordstroms. They will get it. I would bet none of these cars are used for off road or working activities.

 

Actually, as Halloween approaches, I was hoping for some real "Scary Hybrid Stories" -- the "Haunted Prius", the "Black Insight of Death", etc.

(Like the inevitable story of the Prius customer who walks the earth for eternity, waiting for his midnight blue #0 to arrive.... but it never does!!)

Problem is, these cars just aren't old enough to have scary supernatural urban legends yet.

So, I hope some talented individuals will start a new thread (e.g., "Hybrid Tales of Horror!") with some suitable tall tales. (Hint, hint.)

 

Jeff, that one is just TOO easy. There isn't even a 2005 equivalent. If someone has been waiting for that car, it will NEVER show up now! A Halloween horror story has to have SOME amount of unbelievability

 

Ah! You mean like a Hydrogen Fuel Economy by 2006! :mrgreen: