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Old 09-14-2008, 01:59 PM
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we thought they put the toyota prius hybrid motor on the tc LOL
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Old 09-14-2008, 03:48 PM
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Well, it would take the motor, batteries, ECU completely swapping the electronics, drive motors, etc to do it.. so no.. I really doubt it It would be more like putting the shell of a tC around a the guts of a prius... and would be one terrible waste of a tC IMO!
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Old 09-14-2008, 05:16 PM
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lolol what a loser whoever this was.
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Originally Posted by yeldak
Originally Posted by tcCAlI
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there is a guy near me with a Viper that did that.
that guy must be stupid. cause cops arent even that stupid.
never underestimate the power of stupid people...
Exactly, look at most the people who posted first.
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Old 09-14-2008, 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by ExpresScion
It's a hybrid, thaaaaaaaanks!
SOOOOOOOO SMUG!!!!
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Old 09-14-2008, 07:41 PM
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Back in the day when I first got my tC (Sept. 'o4), I would go to the gas station and old folk would ask if
my tC was a Prius. Who knows?
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Old 09-14-2008, 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Spicy_McHaggiz
Originally Posted by yeldak
Originally Posted by tcCAlI
Originally Posted by yeldak
there is a guy near me with a Viper that did that.
that guy must be stupid. cause cops arent even that stupid.
never underestimate the power of stupid people...
Exactly, look at most the people who posted first.
enough of your negative posts, you are trying to much. give it a rest man.
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Old 09-14-2008, 08:02 PM
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interesting
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I would think their would be more hype if they produced or if someone made a hybrid tc.
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Old 09-14-2008, 10:38 PM
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wonder if they had a type r sticker also......
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Originally Posted by nycboy21
I would think their would be more hype if they produced or if someone made a hybrid tc.
I think it would be pretty cool since tCs are pretty bad on gas. 350Zs with a v6 power plant making around 300hp average around the same mpg as the tC. Somewhere Toyota messed up.
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Old 09-14-2008, 11:06 PM
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... it was a stupid emblem...

case closed.
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