I was out at Jerry’s recently, loading up my old truck with a bunch of lumber to rebuild a fence at one of my rentals. I’d noticed two identical blue Prii buzzing around the lumber yard in tandem, and then caught a glimpse of them with both their rear hatches open, being loaded with lots of cedar fence boards.
After I went in to pay, and then got in line to have my load checked at the gate, the two of them were in front of me, and their loads of lumber were quite visible. But here’s a crop to make that more obvious.
You can sort of see a big stack of fence boards in each one. With their front passenger seats folded down, these Prii swallowed a pretty healthy load, about as much as I had loaded in my pickup.
So the only question is what is the relationship between these two blue Prii. Spouses with the same car? Friends? Neighbors?
Could they still be serving as fleet vehicles for a local business? It looks like they have identification stickers on their left bumper.
“Call 1-800-PriusPickets” 🙂
Those look like Bay Area parking permits, possibly San Francisco or Oakland. I see them around here occasionally and Portland has their own version except theirs is a piece of paper stuck to the rear glass.
Not a pair of cars but one Mercedes: its matronly driver brought eight foot mouldings out from Lowe’s. Maybe she had no bigger car, maybe she wouldn’t be seen in a Dodge Ram pickup or whatever her spouse drove. She loaded her Mercedes with the boards sticking out the front passenger window and the rear driver’s side window, and other items piled on the non- driver’s seats. An alert onlooker notified police, who intercepted her as she drove onto a public street (in California the applicable codes do not apply on private property). Most likely, hubby had to bring his Dodge Ram pickup later.
Wet blanket. Some people ruin all the fun.
. . . or maybe it’s time for some glasses because you might be seeing double? 🙂
You wonder if the Priuii might have become loaded even more had they been willing to let stuff stick out of an open hatch. My Honda Fit is quite the little pickup truck (or minivan, maybe) – probably moreso than a Prius because of the more upright rear roof. But then I don’t get the mileage that a Prius does, either.
I just got a new Fit and with my slow driving and some tail winds got a claimed 50.2 mph on the first 1200 miles, nearly all highway driving That is very close to what my Prius would have gotten under similar conditions.
I use the Fit for home center runs when the gas guzzler pickup is not needed. “Magic Seats” make it easy to carry large potted plants upright.
Hybrids have a fuel mileage advantage in city driving more than highway, just the nature of the technology. I do easily beat the EPA estimates with my manual transmission Fit just by keeping the revs below the 4000rpm i-VTEC “fun zone”.
Nah – they’re Prius drivers – so they’re driving for Uber!
Let me try this comment again, as it appears I got bounced… and yes, I am logged in guys…
My Mustang swallows up all kinds of things, and with it being my biggest vehicle, I use it as a truck quite often. I’ve often gone to the dump with the rear seats folded down and it loaded up with cargo, with the trunk closed.
The guys at the dump will say, “Why would you bring a nice car like this to the dump?” To which I reply of all my cars, it’s best suited for this duty. Plus as a bonus, I don’t have to go thru the scales like the pickups and other trucks do; I can go right to the recycling area!
About the only thing that won’t fit in the rear seats is actual people. ;o)
For what it’s worth I get bounced out of my login all the time. Like NOW.
Of course the middle ground is to tie it to the top of your wagon.
General Motors was a pioneer in offering sedans with the versatility of offering the hauling capacity of a full-sized pickup. 🙂
This first generation Chev Lumina was spotted on the Queen Elizabeth Way (freeway) near Burlington, Ontario carrying a load more suited to a Chev Silverado.
The video has to be seen to be believed. As the recording driver says, “Check this sh*t out.” lol
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/car-charges-1.5138482
That is just a special kind of stupid! If you want me to elaborate, I’m going to have to swear. I’ll let you in on a BIG secret. Most lumber yards deliver. Often free or for a minimal fee.
Hatchbacks are very versatile and offer good utility one of the many reasons I have one, mine also sports a towbar for my trailer which is very handy and possibly better for carrying out sized loads but hey you use what you have.
Going from a Civic to a Prius, my wife loved the versatility of the little hatch back. I was able to fit lumber between the two front seats, if I needed to pick up a 2 x 4 or something on the way home. The car worked in a pinch for hauling, and was way better than the Civic, but for real hauling I didn’t use that car. The load floor wasn’t very heavy duty and it was too easy to damage the interior plastics.
Our Gen2 Prius was great for lumber runs, something I can’t say about current Tacoma with 5’ bed. But I’d rather use the Taco for dump runs with semi-decayed “green waste” or even two muddy mountain bikes.