Paul Stenquist wrote: > On Jul 25, 2006, at 5:05 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >> >> I just looked under the hood of a Prius. Now there's a complex little >> devil: I think there are more electronics under the hood than there >> is engine by a factor of 10. >> >> Nice car to drive, however.
> A decent "jerk factor" as automotive engineers are fond of saying, > but it certainly runs out of steam in a hurry. Not fun by my standards. > Paul You mean, the charge is too small to be practical? Runs out of power too quickly? A 1.5 litre engine, of 76 hp, in a car weighing almost 2900 lb is not going to be much of a performer, but 580 miles on a tank of gas is not all that bad! Also, performance will depend on how it's geared. Interesting concept. Know the price? keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
