[ausev] Can you rent a Prius Hybrid here ???

[Carey King]

Dan,

I love your question. I kept wondering this same thing for cabs (in 
terms of reducing the cost of operations by 30%-60% I'd say depending 
upon the replaced/compared car). I asked my girlfriend in New York City 
if she's seen any hybrid cabs. I think she finally saw one after 
looking, but I don't know how many there really are.

Carey

Dan_Lee Vogler wrote:

>Well, after the article in last week's Wednesday newspaper rating the
>Toyota Prius as the number one car in America for MILAGE, RELIABILITY and
>RESALE value,... I then started looking for one.
>
>I don't know about reliability, but the resale value seems to be only about
>$1000 a year depeciation for one in good condition.    WOW !
>
>Next week GF1 & I are going to tour San Antonio's Spanish Missions and the
>2000 acre Toyota Tundra Plant site, which is the most modern automotive
>plant in the world they say.
>
>I want to rent a TOYOTA Prius for the trip to TOYOTA , so to no avail, I
>called every car rental place in the book ( ~ 150 listed ) and got a very
>cold response from most, saying "oH NO, the banks won't those weird POSs
>for us,... call someone else."   I was stunned by more than one negative
>response to my request to rent a Toyota Prius from these uninformed people
>at the rental lots.
>
>Does anyone know where I can rent a TOYOTA PRIUS in or near Austin ??
>There's $50 in it for the right referal by this Saturday the 10th of March.
>
>Dan Lee Vogler
>512-462-9171 
>phev at WireHead.com 
>
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