Prius-22MPG???

[Nerds laugh at me]

Hey folks, changed the wheels and tires on the ol' Prius recently and noticed a huge drop in my MPG.
I had read of people putting aftermarket wheels and such on their Prius and seeing a hit of about 4 MPG, but this is ridiculous !
Before the car could get a constant 50 + MPG and drove smoothly.
Now the car wobbles and makes all kinds of noise.

[Nerds laugh at me]

Almost forgot ... here's a picture of the ol' wheel set up. They look pretty sharp don't they ? http://www.flickr.com/photos/82006403@N00/753808470/

[MnFocus]

...hook , line 'n sinker ! *groan*

[XFi]

Nice

[Matt Timion]

*hits head*

[Nerds laugh at me]

( Thought you guys might enjoy a good laugh. Enjoy ! )


Now I just hope some guy doesn't hunt me down for messing up his truck in Photoshop. BTW - I had to adjust the car to fit over the frame of the truck, and the truck was facing the wrong way in the picture ...so... the car is actually mounted backwards on the frame.


But who cares - not me.

[Red]

I'd wheel it. Think it could be P&G'ed down the Rubicon?

[Hockey4mnhs]

ya got me!

[Nerds laugh at me]

Originally Posted by Hockey4mnhs

ya got me!

So did it bring a smile to your face, or did it just annoy you ?
I wanted it to be funny.

[CO ZX2]

Originally Posted by Nerds laugh at me

So did it bring a smile to your face, or did it just annoy you ?
I wanted it to be funny.

You're lucky if only the nerds laugh at you.

What a waste of your excellent artistic talent.

Get serious. I believe you can.

[skewbe]

I thought it was cute, articulated a point, and provided an (hopefully) obvious juxtaposition, one of my favorite artistic techniques. I'm planning on showing it to some other people anyway.

[Nerds laugh at me]

( Thanks folks ! )

As far as the title "nerds laugh at me" what that means is that I do things that are so odd that even nerds think I'm wierd.
Perhaps 'nerds pick on me' would have been a better title.

It runs in my family.
Once my grandfather had my grandma hold a home made wind guage out the window of the car while he sped up to 80 mph.
My grandmother held on to it with all her might while my grandfather checked the calibration.
With the huge instrument spinning faster and faster, and pulling back,she couldn't hold onto it any longer and the thing ripped out of her hands and backwards into oncoming traffic.
She was so embarassed of him ... but these are the things that made him unique.

[Raccoonjoe]

Originally Posted by Red

I'd wheel it. Think it could be P&G'ed down the Rubicon?

Hell yea, but good luck on bouncing over some of those ledges and such.....

[Bill in Houston]

Once you account or the larger diameter of the tires, you will probably find that you still getting ~40 mpg. :-)

[The Shark]

where can I get one of those!