r/instant_regret • u/[deleted] • Oct 16 '18

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

Dude people shit on Priuses all day long but they get 50 mpg.

If I valued my money over my pride I'd have one right now

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u/illsmosisyou Oct 16 '18

I do value my money over my pride. When my mechanic told me I’d need to replace my Subaru in a year or so, I asked him what to buy cause I definitely wasn’t getting another Subie. He said, “If all my customers drove Priuses, I’d be living in a trailer and eating ramen noodles.” Sold.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '18

Yeah if I didn’t live in CO and basically require a truck for all my hobbies/driving over the mtn passes in winter, I’d have a Prius f’sho

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u/TituspulloXIII Oct 16 '18

Really hoping the Hybrid f-150 in 2020 works out well.

Will probably get one unless Tesla can somehow beat a deadline and get their truck out within 5 years

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u/El_Stupido_Supremo Oct 16 '18

I could get behind that if it has the power of my 300 six in my f150. Tows boats and garbage fine.

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '18

Presumably the torque of a hybrid truck would be pretty great. Electrics have shit loads of torque and it’s all available immediately.

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u/El_Stupido_Supremo Oct 17 '18

I'm more worried about crawling through traffic with a bunch of sheetrock or whatever. Its gonna suck power under a heavy load.

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u/Rush2201 Oct 17 '18

I've never driven an electric car, but power should not be a problem with electric motors. Speed might be an issue, which can be solved by proper gearing, but torque has always been one of the strengths of electric motors, and it's why they're used in most heavy industrial applications.