From: Hachiroku ハチロク on
On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:50:36 -0800, Conscience wrote:

> On 2010-02-09 14:46:11 -0800, Hachiroku ハチロク <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> said:
>
>> On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:36:54 -0500, Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
>>
>>> In article <MPG.25db9044907aba53989b8f(a)news.individual.net>,
>>> Elder <carl.robson(a)bouncing-czechs.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> I'll put my Prius against your Toyota whatever.
>>>>>
>>>> IS200, shall we play.
>>>
>>> Yup.
>>
>>
>> Now it gets interesting...
>>
>> The IS200 is a real sports sedan, with a six cylinder engine (or is that
>> just the 250?) while the Prius' electric motor give an advantage from the
>> line.
>>
>> I'm printing up tickets for this one!
>
> You haven't read the parameters of the contest yet, nor who gets to
> pick the route.
>
> Be careful.


Doesn't matter. I'll print up the tickets, charge $5 each, and walk away
with a few bucks...


From: Hachiroku ハチロク on
On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:30:14 +0000, Elder wrote:

>> I bet he won't give it to anyone, since he probably hacked the ECU...
>>
>>
>>
> And didn't bother with the snow leopard upgrade which would have solved
> the runaway problem, but have become incompatible with the brakes.

I looked at this earlier and it didn't register... :)