Prius now offered with 'engine noises'

bavarian19 · 08-24-2010, 04:12 PM

http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/24/auto...dex.htm?hpt=C2

flyinb501 · 08-25-2010, 12:07 PM

So lame...

TK-421 · 08-25-2010, 12:42 PM

It's only a matter of time before people start messing with them and put in exotic car sounds. Or orgasm noises.

Sniz · 08-25-2010, 01:14 PM

Skip to 0:40

they should just install this in all prius's

DASHOCKER · 08-25-2010, 01:22 PM

Hybrids are indeed rubbish

Sniz · 08-25-2010, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DASHOCKER

Hybrids are indeed rubbish

ehhhh....I had a 2007 Camry Hybrid which was about as boring as life gets, BUT it was the best financial car i've ever had.

bought it for 31k out the door, put 20k miles on it in 1 year.....sold it for 27k AND got a 5k tax rebate.

I did pretty well on that one.

Boost Gomez · 08-26-2010, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sniz

ehhhh....I had a 2007 Camry Hybrid which was about as boring as life gets, BUT it was the best financial car i've ever had.

bought it for 31k out the door, put 20k miles on it in 1 year.....sold it for 27k AND got a 5k tax rebate.

I did pretty well on that one.

You also lost a year of your life driving a Camry.

hks786 · 08-26-2010, 09:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boost Gomez

You also lost a year of your life driving a Camry.

You will never get that year back. lol

Sniz · 08-27-2010, 08:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boost Gomez

You also lost a year of your life driving a Camry.

Quote:

Originally Posted by hks786

You will never get that year back. lol

so true, it was the year before the 335 came out....I was buying time

techlogik · 08-27-2010, 02:07 PM

Video is hilarious...

ptack · 08-27-2010, 04:16 PM

That's great. Wait till you can chip your own sounds. Someone should make a Pius sound like a NHRA funny car.

BForbes · 08-27-2010, 09:28 PM

Its a good idea but its still strange to me having artificial sounds.

e92_m3 · 08-27-2010, 11:14 PM

That's hilarious!

LOL...

crfine88 · 08-31-2010, 06:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sniz

Skip to 0:40

they should just install this in all prius's

Wow that is awesome

gave me a good laugh anyway.

Bols · 08-31-2010, 11:40 AM

Love the vid

Seriously though, i understand why, but it still sounds so uncredibly lame.

This can only trigger laughs when passing through crowded city streets

ska///235i · 08-31-2010, 08:25 PM

LOL, now I can quit my day job

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sniz

ehhhh....I had a 2007 Camry Hybrid which was about as boring as life gets, BUT it was the best financial car i've ever had.

bought it for 31k out the door, put 20k miles on it in 1 year.....sold it for 27k AND got a 5k tax rebate.

I did pretty well on that one.

Sidh135i · 08-31-2010, 08:38 PM

I remember Clarkson talking about that on Top Gear a while back.

08-24-2010, 04:12 PM	#1
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