It's sad when someone takes over a good discussion board the way M15
has taken over this one, with off topic posts. Guess I'll be looking
for a moderated board.

I think I have finally gotten to the point where I am going to trade-
in my 2004 Honda CRV for a Prius.
I travel 50+ miles one-way to work each day - the majority of the
drive on an Interstate.

Bought a 2007 about a month ago and was wondering about the gas gauge.
I have gone 400 miles on this tank of gas and the gauge only has one block lit.
I know I am getting 50MPG highway, so I have only used 8 of the 11.9 gallons.
Is this normal for the gas gauge in this car?

Yesterday while driving my 2004 Prius on the Avenue of the Saints
(near Iowa City, Iowa) at around 70 mph, the black plastic splash pan
that covers the underside of the car (pan is around 8 or 10 inches
from front to back and the width of the car - attaches in the front to

Why is the Toyota Prius expensive to insure?  While contemplating a new car
purchase this fact has come to my attention (this is in the USA, I think
I've heard other places the Prius is cheap to insure).
Below you can see the Prius is near the very top of all cars in the general

Our 2006 and 2007 Prius clock are 2 hours ahead.  This is not the LED clock
but the computer's clock, the one that shows cell phone call log times and
the NAV system times.  We already set the correct time zone and daylight
savings.  It seems to me the GMT offset is incorrect but ...

From Wiki:
units - month
13,158 - Oct. 2007
12,494 - Sep. 2007

I live in north Scotland and am seriously thinking of getting a Prius, I had
a test drive and was very impressed. However the weather can be a bit
extreme up here with a lot of rain and some snow in the winter. How does the
Prius stand up to these more extreme conditions? I have ...

We are looking to acquire a 4 door hybrid in the fall, and are now entering
the research phase, prior to the dealership visit phase.
We are long time (30+ years) Honda owners, but hybrids are sufficiently
different to dispense with blind marque loyalty.

One of the problems with USENET have been the trolls. Some groups
adopted moderators and auto-bots . . . something "alt.*" seems to
reject.  In contrast, the web based forums have solved the problem by
using moderators, the very thing for serious discussions. These are the

I'll refurbish it and make some mods but here is my $550, 2001-2003
Prius traction battery:
http://hiwaay.net/~bzwilson/prius/pri_batt_010.jpg
My current battery is performing quite well and has another 12,000 miles

Just curious if the cell packs between the NHW11 and NHW20 have the same
physical dimentions and interfaces. This would allow use of packs from
either vehicle to rebuild battery packs in the future.
Thanks,

Although impacted by the mortgage credit problems, I'm looking forward
to the relative Prius and other, similarly priced vehicle sales in
October. For other reasons, I suspect the Camry hybrid numbers will be
pretty good too.