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MK 2 Prius Project in Car Mechanics Magazine

  • 25-10-2016 8:56pm
    #1
    hoodie6029
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,126 ✭✭✭


    This month's issue has a Prius as the new project car. For anyone interested in getting one it might be worthwhile following. These features usually last 3-4 months.

    This is water. Inspiring speech by David Foster Wallace https://youtu.be/DCbGM4mqEVw?si=GS5uDvegp6Er1EOG



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  • #2
    zilog_jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,638 ✭✭✭zilog_jones


    Some details (but not much) here: http://www.carmechanicsmag.co.uk/home
    Looks like they bought it for £1500 in an auction - I wonder what kind of state it was in at that price?


  • #3
    hoodie6029
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,126 ✭✭✭hoodie6029


    Got the magazine today. Inspecting the hybrid system and finding suppliers for the parts seem to be the main things that are different from a normal project. Hybrid specific safety will be covered as well.

    This is water. Inspiring speech by David Foster Wallace https://youtu.be/DCbGM4mqEVw?si=GS5uDvegp6Er1EOG



  • #4
    The lips
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 484 ✭✭The lips


    I never even knew there was such a magazine-thanks very much....


  • #5
    hoodie6029
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,126 ✭✭✭hoodie6029


    It's a great magazine, been getting it for a few years. I get some good tips and see some very nice tools to add to my wish list in it :)

    This is water. Inspiring speech by David Foster Wallace https://youtu.be/DCbGM4mqEVw?si=GS5uDvegp6Er1EOG



  • #6
    zilog_jones
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,638 ✭✭✭zilog_jones


    I got this magazine over the weekend and although I have found the magazine interesting in general, the feature on the Prius doesn't seem great. Their understanding of the hybrid system sounded pretty poor (they kept saying it had Li-ion batteries among other things), and there didn't seem to be anything wrong with the hybrid system so I'm not sure we'll see anything very Prius-specific in here. They just checked the cell voltages through whatever diagnostics yoke they had (Snap-On?) and they seemed OK. Only big problem so far IIRC is it's throwing some error related to the cat.


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