Manufacturers do have a lot ways to control their dealers… but it comes as no surprise that they will still allow those over-inflated figures to still be posted. Toyota is becoming a much more “evil empire” than GM ever was… again their reluctance to slightly tarnish the “awesomeness” of their little hybrid weedwacker is no surprise.

The thing that still gets me the most is how some people think they’re actually helping the environment by driving a prius… they’re all a bunch of ****ing tools and Toyota loves them for it.

Needless to say… it’s about time to start levying a hefty tariff on japanese cars… actually it’s long overdue. What’s fair is fair… they do it to us so why the hell not. Plus any hit to their economy that would cause would be a small price to pay for their years of constant manipulation on the yen.

Also factor in a battery that will do god knows what damage in a landfill ten years from now and the fact that these cars aren’t as fuel efficient as first thought, and you have no reason not to drive a Hummer. At least then you can enjoy the ride and not be seen driving around town in a roller skate that will endanger your entire family to supposedly save a dollar. A dollar that will not be realized for ten years since you over paid for that Prius piece of sh|t!

So, let me see if I have this right Toyota. You don’t save money on gas, and you don’t save the planet, and you drive a car with a horrible driving experience that puts your families life in danger. That’s a lose, lose, lose situation. Oh, what a feeling! Brilliant! Look on the bright side, at least you’re taking jobs away from your fellow Americans, right? You patriot you.

Every time I see a Prius on the road I have to check out the driver, and it’s almost always a 50-year-old America hating hippie community college professor. Yep, there’s the Hillary Clinton bumper sticker, and there’s the Florida Community College of Jacksonville parking decal. Sad!!!! I always give them a quick friendly horn honk, wave from my big gas hog of a Cadillac STS, and punch the gas. What they save in fuel I make a point of burning, just out of spite.

Besides, Prius is Greek for “Sanctomonious Pompous Ass” I hear.

If we are actually having a constructive discussion comparing the advantages of each models, I’d agree. Most of the posts so far in this site has been a single sentence bashing whatever brand they have a vendetta on. Your definition of “inferior” doesn’t hold true for others. There is really no standard for measuring whether one vehicle is better than others except for real world ownership of multiple vehicles.

If this had been a domestic brand’s dealers, say Saturn, doing this with their hybrid Vue, the insults would be blunt. 1115 would be using it as ‘fact’ that imports are superior.

What’s next, Prius commercials advertising the 2007 model and its fuel efficiency when you got 2008s? Or, 2008 models being advertised as 60 MPG cars and then in the bottom you can put little, white, unreadable text that says “*estimates for 2007 model year”..

Everyone saying screw Toyota is only half minded. I’m guessing alot of you nine year olds are just going along with the conversation, making up names like “foreigncarssuck” for people to agree with you and feel importance. Well, listen for a second. Alot of what the Japanese manufacturer are good, I’m not necessarily talking about Toyota but look at Nissan! They have such an amazing design layup, it’s sleek, handsome looking and sells nicely.

It just upsets me when people praise something that is inferior or on par with products that are coming from their own country! There’s nothing wrong with patriotism, but I’ve been seeing alot of anti-patrism lately, I suppose it’s a trend, and partly because the times are changing. But patriotism has little to do with it, I just wanted to mention that because I know the next argument that will come out is probably “just because it’s made in America doesn’t mean it’s good”; I’ll tell you now, go screw yourself!

On the other hand, it’s shady for dealers to post older figures, but it’s not a car manufacturered in 2007; I’m a little blurred on this concept, but does that mean that they can post 2006 figures? If they can, like I mentioned it’s shady, but still legal.

I know my local Ford dealer has still been advertising slightly older figures, on models manufacturered then. Just because it seems this new editor likes to agree or make a case with LLN readers, I’d like to see a simple update, if possible of other figures, if those figures exist (I’m sure they do).

The article discusses the actions of the Toyota dealers, not Toyota the company. The dealers are all independent contractors–Toyota has no control over what they do–and the dealers are the ones advertising the pre-2008 mileage figures on tv and radio.

Having said that, are we really suprised that car dealers will bend, or break, the rules of legitimate business practices to make a buck? No, add this to the long list of bull**** you can’t believe from a car salesman.

When and if Toyota comments, they’ll say that the dealers are provided with the current mileage info., and they have no control over what the dealers do with it. The upshot? Toyota the company will not go out of its way to correct a practice that might net them a few additional Prius sales, especially since Prius sales are down as it is.

Tell your Hollywood buddies about this.

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