Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/11/16

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Subject: [Leica] Totally OT: Prius experiences?
From: rsphotoimages at comcast.net (Bob Shaw)
Date: Fri Nov 16 11:32:31 2007
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Phillipe:

For France (and most of the EU), they are shipped with 16-inch wheels 
and front disc brakes.

Want that.  Can't get that on the US model.


Bob


On Nov 16, 2007, at 11:30, Philippe Orlent wrote:

Too ecologic is becoming a moral majority.
Philippe


Op 16-nov-07, om 20:21 heeft Brian Reid het volgende geschreven:

> It's a hugely popular car around here (Northern California). They are 
> *everywhere*.
>
> The car itself seems to be just fine, but a lot of the people who buy 
> them start driving  in a way that infuriates others. Almost every day 
> on the road I see a Prius driver in the leftmost lane driving at 
> exactly the speed limit, with angry drivers honking and waving 
> obscenities as they try to get around it. Last week I saw a big 
> armored pickup truck intentionally rear-end a Prius to try to get it 
> to move out of the fast lane, and no one except the Prius driver was 
> outraged by this. No one stopped.
>
> Newspapers call this phenomenon "Prius Rage". A specialized form of 
> road rage.
>
>
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Replies: Reply from philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent) ([Leica] Totally OT: Prius experiences?)
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Message from leica at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig) ([Leica] Totally OT: Prius experiences?)
Message from rsphotoimages at comcast.net (Bob Shaw) ([Leica] Totally OT: Prius experiences?)
Message from reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid) ([Leica] Totally OT: Prius experiences?)
Message from philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent) ([Leica] Totally OT: Prius experiences?)