[MBZ] Prius port holes

2010-07-07 Thread WILTON
'Just saw a Prius with 4 Buick port holes. BTW, elec vehicle makers are scrambling to find, build and install noise makers on their vehicles to improve low-speed safety for pedestrians. A clothes pin and a playing card worked pretty good on our bikes. ; Wilton

Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes

2010-07-07 Thread Rich Thomas
I saw some sh**box the other day with $2000 worth of rims and tires, with *4* portholes on each front fender. I think it really attracted the wimmins, and all the homies thought the driver was fly, too, yo. Word. --R On 7/7/2010 2:36 PM, WILTON wrote: 'Just saw a Prius with 4 Buick port

Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes

2010-07-07 Thread Walt Zarnoch
mallory sonalert's also work wonders... On Jul 7, 2010 3:44 PM, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote: 'Just saw a Prius with 4 Buick port holes. BTW, elec vehicle makers are scrambling to find, build and install noise makers on their vehicles to improve low-speed safety for pedestrians. A clothes

Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes

2010-07-07 Thread E M
A Prius owner almost back into me while walking in a parking lot yesterday, and damn near ran me over. I really do try hard not to think of all Prius owners as idiots, but they're not giving me much to work with. They're always complaining about me wasting all the oil, running my Porsche. Well

Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes

2010-07-07 Thread E M
I waiting for some dork to put portholes in the front fenders of a 911. Only a matter of time, someone will do it, and even worse, think it's cool. hee hee Like when a bunch of people used to put snows on the rears only, when FWD were making it onto the scene. Ed 300E On 7 July 2010 15:49, Rich

Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes

2010-07-07 Thread Dimitri Seretakis
Prius sucks *ss! Those cars annoy me to no end. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 7, 2010, at 3:55 PM, E M pokieba...@gmail.com wrote: A Prius owner almost back into me while walking in a parking lot yesterday, and damn near ran me over. I really do try hard not to think of all Prius owners as

Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes

2010-07-07 Thread Rich Thomas
A group of us was cycling a couple weeks ago, a Pious on battery passed us too closely (dumbass driver too, imagine that), and no one heard it. It was sorta scary and surprising, this thing just materialized right next to us, very close. It was kind of an Ohsh** moment for all of us.

Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes

2010-07-07 Thread Allan Streib
Around here when the bikes hear a car approaching they bunch up in a pack and take up the whole lane. And just this summer I've seen three near-collisions cause by bicyclists blowing thru stop signs. There are jerks on both sides when it comes to bikes/cars sharing the road. The noise issue

Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes

2010-07-07 Thread WILTON
] Prius port holes I saw some sh**box the other day with $2000 worth of rims and tires, with *4* portholes on each front fender. I think it really attracted the wimmins, and all the homies thought the driver was fly, too, yo. Word. --R On 7/7/2010 2:36 PM, WILTON wrote: 'Just saw a Prius with 4

Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes

2010-07-07 Thread Allan Streib
On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:36 -0400, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote: BTW, elec vehicle makers are scrambling to find, build and install noise makers on their vehicles to improve low-speed safety for pedestrians. Maybe they should have a sound like a chorus of angels to underscore the holier than

Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes

2010-07-07 Thread Mitch Haley
WILTON wrote: Driver of the one with 4 port holes on each fender was little bald-headed guy 'bout 65. Probably bought a Pious to overcome latent guilt over driving an Electra 225 in his youth. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to

Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes

2010-07-07 Thread WILTON
...@constructivity.net To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 4:14 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes A group of us was cycling a couple weeks ago, a Pious on battery passed us too closely (dumbass driver too, imagine that), and no one heard it. It was sorta

Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes

2010-07-07 Thread E M
- Original Message - From: Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 3:49 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes I saw some sh**box the other day with $2000 worth of rims and tires, with *4

Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes

2010-07-07 Thread E M
rig a playing card to rub against a tire tread. ;)) Wilton - Original Message - From: Rich Thomas richthomas79td...@constructivity.net To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 4:14 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes A group

Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes

2010-07-07 Thread WILTON
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes Around here when the bikes hear a car approaching they bunch up in a pack and take up the whole lane. And just this summer I've seen three near-collisions cause by bicyclists blowing thru stop signs. There are jerks on both sides when it comes to bikes/cars

Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes

2010-07-07 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 12:58 PM, E M pokieba...@gmail.com wrote: Like when a bunch of people used to put snows on the rears only, when FWD were making it onto the scene. A lot of tire shops will tell you htat if you're only replacing two tires on your car, regardless of whether it's FWD or

Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes

2010-07-07 Thread E M
I think the general thinking is, an understeering car is safer than an oversteering car, which it is, for the average driver. Putting the better tires on the rear, will just accentuate this, in most cases. However, 30 years ago, such wisdom didn't play into it, they were just dumb. hee hee.

Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes

2010-07-07 Thread Dieselhead
I like the idea of an automatically advancing card on the spokes. It is simple and some of us remember the cards on bike spokes, so it kind of deflates the pious owners pious ego to some extent. On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:36 -0400, WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com wrote: BTW, elec vehicle makers

Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes

2010-07-07 Thread Rich Thomas
...@cs.indiana.edu To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 4:26 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Prius port holes Around here when the bikes hear a car approaching they bunch up in a pack and take up the whole lane. And just this summer I've seen three near