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Old 07-19-2009, 12:36 AM
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Originally Posted by turbobenz View Post
Id imagine that a prius puts significantly less stress on a road than other jap boxes. its probably really light and the tires are about half the width of mine.


If they do enact this new level of tax I may just give up and ride my road bike everywhere.
They are actually pretty heavy....their dry curb weight is 2,900 lbs!....add fuel and a few people/some stuff....and its easy to hit 2 tons. So they're not that much lighter than a W123/W124
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