"Stimpy" wrote in message
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Paul Williams wrote:



Yup...and you qualify for a 1000 pound government grant too....

...but you then have to drive a Prius




The grant is now £700 and the Prius II drives very, very well. (I'm talking
as someone who is thinking of getting one and not someone who's already
stuck with it!).

The only disadvantage I can think of is there's a waiting list until January
next year to get one.

"JB" wrote in message ...
"Stimpy" wrote in message
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Paul Williams wrote:



Yup...and you qualify for a 1000 pound government grant too....

...but you then have to drive a Prius




The grant is now £700 and the Prius II drives very, very well. (I'm talking
as someone who is thinking of getting one and not someone who's already
stuck with it!).

Very enviromentally sound, looks niceish from the outside but very plasticy
and nasty interior IMO which is a shame as it spoils would could otherwise be
a superb car.

B2003

"Boltar" wrote in message
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The grant is now £700 and the Prius II drives very, very well. (I'm
talking
as someone who is thinking of getting one and not someone who's already
stuck with it!).

Very enviromentally sound, looks niceish from the outside but very
plasticy
and nasty interior IMO which is a shame as it spoils would could otherwise
be
a superb car.

B2003


I guess you pay your money and make your choices but I actually like the
driving area. All the features in the 7" touch screen and a completely
empty dash board. I think it looks cool - although I'm sure it's been done
so they can swing the steering wheel onto the other side for Europe and the
USA!

In message , at
09:24:19 on Thu, 19 Aug 2004, Boltar remarked:
The grant is now £700 and the Prius II drives very, very well. (I'm talking
as someone who is thinking of getting one and not someone who's already
stuck with it!).

Very enviromentally sound

In the same sense that a coke-float made with Diet Coke (but normal
ice-cream) is dietetically sound?
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Roland Perry

Roland Perry wrote in message o.uk...
In message , at
09:24:19 on Thu, 19 Aug 2004, Boltar remarked:
The grant is now £700 and the Prius II drives very, very well. (I'm talking
as someone who is thinking of getting one and not someone who's already
stuck with it!).

Very enviromentally sound

In the same sense that a coke-float made with Diet Coke (but normal
ice-cream) is dietetically sound?

No not really. Theres no wool over the eyes with it as far as I can see. It
gets a genuine 50mpg in town traffic. Whats wrong with that? Plus it uses
a petrol engine rather than some PM10 belching diesel so it doesn't have to
poison the lungs of everyone just to get a low C02 figure either.

B2003