Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, was caught doing 104 mph on Interstate 5 earlier this year in his Prius. Yes, your read that right, his Prius. Wozniak claims that he had been to Athens, Moscow, Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich (twice), Zurich, Canada (three times), Columbia, Singapore, Japan and London within the last year which caused him to use kilometers per hour rather than miles per hour. We don’t buy it and neither did the judge. He slapped Wozniak with a $700 fine.
Wozniak was able to hit this tremendous speed (at least for a Prius) on his was to Las Vegas. We’re guessing the section of the I-5 where Wozniak was caught has a downward-sloping gradient and that there was a particularly stiff tail-wind that day. At that speed, the Prius only returns a less-than-green 31-37 mpg. Not that mileage is a huge concern for Wozniak as he is also the proud owner of a Hummer.
Al Gore III still holds the land speed record for a civilian-issued Prius; he was pulled over doing 105 mph.
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08/23, 3:26 PM
posted by:
Bryce
Has anybody taken one to Bonneville?
08/23, 3:39 PM
posted by:
jackjimturkey
Looks like toyota put the wrong rig in NASCAR
08/23, 3:41 PM
posted by:
Mclaren19p
Speeding in a Prius???? Some parts of hell just froze.
08/23, 4:05 PM
posted by:
bran
What a lame excuse.. “use kilometers per hour rather than miles per hour.” I guess its hard to tell the difference between 104 mph and 65 mph.
08/23, 4:38 PM
posted by:
RicardoHead
I think Wozniak uses the same metric mixup in logic when he tells women he has a 9 inch penis, but he really means 9 centimeters.
Not that the ladies care because they want his money, not his body.
08/23, 4:48 PM
posted by:
A4
priuses are for xxxx
08/23, 5:18 PM
posted by:
jackjimturkey
R-head: i’d like to think i have 12 inches, but if I measure …
forget i said that
08/23, 5:51 PM
posted by:
jJayC08
Please, LLN, stop with the opinions… we’re all titled to our opinions, and yes, you guys are the ones who write the articles, but we have comments for that…
08/23, 5:59 PM
posted by:
Fromes
I wonder many miles per gallon a prius is getting going at that speed?
08/23, 6:00 PM
posted by:
Fromes
lol nevermind
08/23, 6:15 PM
posted by:
CTS DRIVER
Al Gore III still holds the land speed record for a civilian-issued Prius; he was pulled over doing 105 mph.
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civilian owned prius? is there a nuclear powered military version?
08/23, 6:41 PM
posted by:
GL1
I guess if your the rainman that kilometers to miles per hour thing might be beliveable. But come to think of it that guy is the poster child for nurds R us so maybe its more believable than we think…
08/23, 6:56 PM
posted by:
1c3d0g
What a sore loser.
08/23, 8:05 PM
posted by:
0GSharK6
He’s got it backward anyway.. if his car was clocking km/h, he would have been doing about 170km/h if he is indeed going 104mph.
08/23, 9:00 PM
posted by:
Veda
105 mph is not even 170 km/h. Piece of xxxx can minivans from Toyota that’s built and sold in third world countries can go up to 160 km/h. I’d expect a smaller Prius to have a top speed in a downward slope of at least 105 mph. The only reason why this is such a big deal is because of the speed limit in US, in countries where there are toll roads without speed limits it’s nothing to brag about.
Try topping my constant 146 mph for 5 minutes on a public toll road in the new Audi TT 2.0T. If I didn’t have the salesman next to me, it would’ve been faster.
08/24, 1:30 AM
posted by:
Commodore
What a xxxxing hypocrite!!!! Drives a xxxxing Prius to “support the environment” and at the same time owns a hummer. You can get more MPG from an aveo than you can with a Prius with that speed.
THIS is only more proof that a lot of people buy Priuses just to obtain a ‘green’ image.
Because of this guy, im considering that buying Apple anymore but then again everything else is Japanese which isn’t very American either. Its like choosing between Chrysler and Suzuki
08/24, 3:31 AM
posted by:
55amg
maybe al gore modded his Prius
08/24, 4:15 AM
posted by:
WEKS
Wow Veda, you’re pretty tough.
08/24, 6:48 AM
posted by:
gilby7
Jimjack; excellent, “looks like Toyota put the wrong rig in NASCAR” Comic genius; pure, simple, and to the point.
08/24, 6:50 AM
posted by:
gilby7
My apologies, bad mis-type on my part, I meant Jackjim.
08/24, 8:28 AM
posted by:
maximus
I have the third fastest Prius ever recorded…I took my mom’s Prius 94 MPH!!! Getting 33MPG at that speed and it seemed able to handle it pretty good.
08/24, 8:33 AM
posted by:
RicardoHead
Sounds like Hot Wheels can beat a Prius.
08/26, 2:01 AM
posted by:
Got Handling?
105mph oh my goodness, the horror! That is a disappointing top speed for a 1.5l car, especially when you consider that it was designed with aerodynamic efficiency in mind and has a second motor.
08/27, 11:52 AM
posted by:
jackjimturkey
veda: bet you scared the crap out of that salesman