Agreed in full. I have owned a 2001 (series 2) Prius for 2.5 years now and apart from a new set of wiper blades and routine oil and filters it has required nothing spent on it at all - except fuel. I get ~1000kms between fill ups and it returns 20km/lt if driven hard and 22-25 km/lt in normal driving. My best tank mileage was 28 km/lt (see table to decode for non metric drivers). It is now on 103,000 kms total mileage (kilometrage ?) and is in perfect health. Tyre wear is better than normal and it still has the factory brake pads installed with 50% wear remaining. A remarkable car in all respects and an absolute joy to drive. Everything else I drive feels and sounds like an old clunker by comparison.
Conversion from Km/Lt to MPG (US and UK) here - http://www.teaching-english-in-japan.net/conversio n/kilometers_per_liter/
However - no one has mentioned Reynold's Number http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reynolds_number which, regardless of the mass and diameter scaling, will probably be the death of this in efficiency terms. However if there are quantum effects at play (and there may well be at this scale) - then all bets are back on....
Very well put and agreed in total. I am seeing this effect daily. While there is a certain 'snob' value in having the latest plasma / HDD video / PC / Screen - the practical gains are marginal now that we have passed the 10/90 point in so much of this technology. (the last / latest 10% of performance / gain costs 90% more than the first 90%). What is the point, goes the pragmatic refrain, when what we have works well enough. The comparison with the audio world is well made and very relevant. Of course we must move forward and it makes the lower 90% equipment more affordable for the 99.9% who don't need, want or care about the bleeding edge 10%.
Too right - and with the ping times we get in New Zealand you would bleed to death before the surgeon at the other end even knew he had knicked an artery.
Yes but it doesn't show the 22g wires running up his arm to the battery pack on his back. It is guaranteed for life - if it fails it electrocutes you...
The answer to this is the same as I use to cool the flight battery packs for my electric powered model aircraft. You need :
1. A Pringles can or similar that will take the powerpack.
2. A 2" 12 volt case fan (or bigger if you have one)
3. Some electric string (wire:))
Fit the fan to one end of the Pringles can and open up the other end !! When the fan blows - so does the airflow through the can.
Find a suitable DC supply source for the fan, either from the XBOX or somewhere else - anything over 6 volts will be plenty.
Put the powerpack into the Can - Start the fan - forget about it. This enclosed form of fan cooling is quite and remarkably effective.
T
If I had the means I would give you another 2 points for insightful...
Actually what you say (in such a subtle way:)) is true. The best guide to the watchability of a movie (or a TV series) is to look at the torrent lists or fire up edonkey (not that I use it, of course) and see what is popular.
Perhaps the MMs (movie moguls - my small letters) should release their films directly to the downloading community and guage their pop;ularity and get some enthusiasm for their 'product' that way. Certainly you never see a 'crap' movie on the downloading top 10....
Well since you ask... The Prius transmission has only 26 (or so) main moving parts compared to the 200+ of a conventional transmission. The motor is an Atkinson Cycle with max RPM around 4200 and the motor is just turning at fast idle around town - always. A very unusual car to drive initially. There are no gear changes, no reving engines - just a continous push on acceleration. 11 secs to 60 - not at all sluggish and best of all the electrics give lots of torque when you need it. Add the ABS, Traction Control, electric steering, regenerative braking 25kms/lt (50+MPG in US numbers) and a totally quiet ride and it makes a nice car. Maintenance is minimal, change the oil and check the brakes (since they get used so little they can get corroded). I have had a Series 2 (2001) for a couple of years now - and it is a wonderful car. Mine was 2nd hand imported from Japan with 50K kilometers on it. Never missed a beat. Cheap motering for $15.000 US.
Good details here : http://home.earthlink.net/~graham1/MyToyotaPrius/U nderstanding/PowerSplitDevice.htm
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Agreed in full. I have owned a 2001 (series 2) Prius for 2.5 years now and apart from a new set of wiper blades and routine oil and filters it has required nothing spent on it at all - except fuel. I get ~1000kms between fill ups and it returns 20km/lt if driven hard and 22-25 km/lt in normal driving. My best tank mileage was 28 km/lt (see table to decode for non metric drivers). It is now on 103,000 kms total mileage (kilometrage ?) and is in perfect health. Tyre wear is better than normal and it still has the factory brake pads installed with 50% wear remaining. A remarkable car in all respects and an absolute joy to drive. Everything else I drive feels and sounds like an old clunker by comparison. Conversion from Km/Lt to MPG (US and UK) here - http://www.teaching-english-in-japan.net/conversio n/kilometers_per_liter/
However - no one has mentioned Reynold's Number http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reynolds_number which, regardless of the mass and diameter scaling, will probably be the death of this in efficiency terms. However if there are quantum effects at play (and there may well be at this scale) - then all bets are back on ....
Very well put and agreed in total. I am seeing this effect daily. While there is a certain 'snob' value in having the latest plasma / HDD video / PC / Screen - the practical gains are marginal now that we have passed the 10/90 point in so much of this technology. (the last / latest 10% of performance / gain costs 90% more than the first 90%). What is the point, goes the pragmatic refrain, when what we have works well enough. The comparison with the audio world is well made and very relevant. Of course we must move forward and it makes the lower 90% equipment more affordable for the 99.9% who don't need, want or care about the bleeding edge 10%.
Too right - and with the ping times we get in New Zealand you would bleed to death before the surgeon at the other end even knew he had knicked an artery.
Yes but it doesn't show the 22g wires running up his arm to the battery pack on his back. It is guaranteed for life - if it fails it electrocutes you ...
The answer to this is the same as I use to cool the flight battery packs for my electric powered model aircraft. You need : 1. A Pringles can or similar that will take the powerpack. 2. A 2" 12 volt case fan (or bigger if you have one) 3. Some electric string (wire :))
Fit the fan to one end of the Pringles can and open up the other end !! When the fan blows - so does the airflow through the can.
Find a suitable DC supply source for the fan, either from the XBOX or somewhere else - anything over 6 volts will be plenty.
Put the powerpack into the Can - Start the fan - forget about it. This enclosed form of fan cooling is quite and remarkably effective.
T
If I had the means I would give you another 2 points for insightful... Actually what you say (in such a subtle way :)) is true. The best guide to the watchability of a movie (or a TV series) is to look at the torrent lists or fire up edonkey (not that I use it, of course) and see what is popular.
Perhaps the MMs (movie moguls - my small letters) should release their films directly to the downloading community and guage their pop;ularity and get some enthusiasm for their 'product' that way. Certainly you never see a 'crap' movie on the downloading top 10....
Well since you ask... The Prius transmission has only 26 (or so) main moving parts compared to the 200+ of a conventional transmission. The motor is an Atkinson Cycle with max RPM around 4200 and the motor is just turning at fast idle around town - always. A very unusual car to drive initially. There are no gear changes, no reving engines - just a continous push on acceleration. 11 secs to 60 - not at all sluggish and best of all the electrics give lots of torque when you need it. Add the ABS, Traction Control, electric steering, regenerative braking 25kms/lt (50+MPG in US numbers) and a totally quiet ride and it makes a nice car. Maintenance is minimal, change the oil and check the brakes (since they get used so little they can get corroded). I have had a Series 2 (2001) for a couple of years now - and it is a wonderful car. Mine was 2nd hand imported from Japan with 50K kilometers on it. Never missed a beat. Cheap motering for $15.000 US. Good details here : http://home.earthlink.net/~graham1/MyToyotaPrius/U nderstanding/PowerSplitDevice.htm