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Hybrid Hits Deer; Photo
Topic Started: Nov 4 2005, 06:12 PM (219 Views)
kenny
HOLY CARP!!!
http://greenhybrid.com/discuss/deer-1-hch-0.3872.html
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KlavierBauer
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HOLY CARP!!!
That was horrible ... seeing your name as the last poster Kenny... because initially when I saw the thread it appeared to say:
"Hybrid hits deer Kenny" ...
"I realize you want him to touch you all over and give you babies, but his handling of the PR side really did screw the pooch." - Ivory Thumper
"He said sleepily: "Don't worry mom, my dick is like hot logs in the morning." - Apple

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kenny
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I guess if I'm gonna go via car accident it would be fitting for it to be a hybrid. :lol:
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KlavierBauer
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yeah, but a deer?

That's a horrible way to go.

I can't imagine the ribbing that dear will put up with in the afterlife having been clipped by an environment-saving hybrid of all things.

:)
"I realize you want him to touch you all over and give you babies, but his handling of the PR side really did screw the pooch." - Ivory Thumper
"He said sleepily: "Don't worry mom, my dick is like hot logs in the morning." - Apple

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Dana
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excuse me, but what do u mean by 'hybrid'??
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kenny
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Hybrid car.

I have one and have a big mouth about it.
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Dana
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what makes it a hybrid car?
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kenny
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Hybrid in this case means the car uses gas *and* electricity.
It has a gas engine and an electric motor.

But you never plug it into the wall outlet, never.
Next logical question would be, so where does it get its electricity from?

When a car, or anything, is moving it has what is called kinetic energy.
When you brake a regular car just heats up and wears down the brake pads and this kinetic energy is wasted.

When you brake, or even just ease up on the accelerator, on a hybrid car it connects the spinning wheels to a generator that generates electricity energy.
This energy is stored in a battery.
So instead of wasting the kinetic energy, it is converted to electrical energy every time you slow down.
Then when the light turns green the car takes back some of that stored energy to accelerate.
Smart.

It does other smart things like kill the engine when you are stopped.
Why use gas and make smog when you are stopped?
The engine comes back on instantly as you lift your foot off the brake.

When you are cruising it can shut off all except for one cylinder for even better fuel efficiency.
So with a hybrid you get more miles per gallon.
I am getting over 60 MPG in my hybrid, although I go through a lot of trouble to get it up that high.

Hybrids also have some of the lowest emissions of any gas vehicles on the road.
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The 89th Key
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They said the deer walked away afterwards, so it must not have been a big collision.

If you ask me, it looks like the hybrid hit a fly! :lol:

Just teasin Kenny-boy...
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ivorythumper
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Attacking poor defenseless deer with your cars. And you hybrid drivers call yourself environmentalists! Hah!
The dogma lives loudly within me.
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