Pre-Use!!

This is a scheduled post just to keep my blog alive.. It's the 15th of September 2009 & in conjunction with the Go Green (organized by LEO Club) week in Monash, Toyota is invited to showcase their hybrid car, Prius (you can pronounce it as pre-use [think this suits the environment thingy] or pre-us.. it's up to you but of course not other silly pronounciation like "purse" or perhaps "peh-rai-us").. The purpose of this is to create an awareness among the students to care more about our environment or you can say brainwash rich Monash students to purchase a Prius next time..

Unfortunately, the Prius that they brought is a 2nd Generation one as there is no 3rd Generation Prius available on this day for showcase..

Since hybrid cars are still new to Malaysians, many gathered to take a look at the car (including myself :D)..

This is the engine of the car - so minimal!! By now you will be thinking if the front part of the car is so short, the car must be spacious right?

Well it is!! At the back of the car, I can sit comfortably albeit I'm a rather tall person (I always have trouble sitting at the backseat [including Vios!!] ESPECIALLY in small cars like Kancil or Kelisa!!!)

Have a human corpse or two to dispose? No worries!! Prius' boot is large enough to fit those corpse(s) [depend of the size] ;P

And this.. is the dashboard! I can say this car have many compartments - too much that you can forgot where you put your stuff!! See that screen in between the air-conditioner? It is touchscreen but sadly it doesn't come with a GPS.. 

A new weird thing about this car is its gear shifting stick (ugh.. whatever you call it).. It looked a little fragile to me.. Look at the video below to see how it use to change the gear (you can turn off this site music temporary but going to the top of the page and click on the pause button):

I apologize for the lousy quality of this video (recorded it using Nokia N82) and us being like jakun cause we really never sit in a hybrid car before!! :P So.. do you wish you have a car like that? Well.. if you are an assassin, I suggest you to get this car.. as you can see and hear in the video, the car runs quietly and according to the guy, a half fuel tank of Prius can get the car moving as far as 300km (I think.. can't remember the facts properly :P).. Hence, besides having a large trunk to dispose the corpse, you will have no worries of running out of fuel! Hahaha.. so lame.. xD

Frankly, I think the 2nd Generation Prius have a flimsy interior as most parts are very plastic-like (not so environmental friendly huh :P) and also the seats are hard and not so good material (try sweating and sitting on it.. you can see your sweat stain there eww..).. I hope the 3rd Generation one won't be the same (perhaps leather seats or something? :P).. Also, the cost of a 3rd Generation Toyota Prius is freaking high as it retails at around RM175k where you can get a 2.4L Toyota Camry.. I think.Malaysians (money minded) are not willing to purchase hybrids car (which targets environmental conscious people) yet as they are to bloody expensive (this includes the Honda Civic hybrid).. Will you buy one?