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Twice the trouble...

Postby aminorjourney » Sat May 24, 2008 7:33 am

Meet Velma...

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As i've recently been offered work further afield than my El can handle I've had to take the plunge and go hybrid. Which means we're now a two-prius household.

No laughing please.

I managed to pick up Velma for an astonishingly cheap £8,500 - which is the cheapest I've ever seen a second hand Second gen for sale through an approved Toyota dealer.

I shall of course be saving up some pennies and making use of these guys as soon as I've earnt enough money from this extra work I'm getting as a consequence of being able to travel further afield...
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Postby MaryRCrumpton » Sat May 24, 2008 9:09 am

Oooooh shiny :-)

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Postby aminorjourney » Sat May 24, 2008 6:38 pm

...at the moment ;)
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Postby MB » Sun May 25, 2008 9:45 am

Well done Nikki! But does this mean curtains for the 'El?

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Postby aminorjourney » Sun May 25, 2008 10:22 am

Probably. I'm going to sell the lithiums and BMS separately. Then its a phev conversion for Velma.
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Postby ChrisB » Mon May 26, 2008 3:10 pm

Ah so this is VELMA..............but why velma :?

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Postby aminorjourney » Mon May 26, 2008 3:15 pm

Her numberplate ends in "VLE" and she's red... and I'm mildly dyslexic, so saw it as "Vel" for Velma....
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Postby ChrisB » Mon May 26, 2008 3:19 pm

Thats cool, we've always named our cars via the number plate normally, we've had cars named .........
Wibbley wobbley
Evette
Kirby

To name just a few :oops:

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Postby qdos » Mon May 26, 2008 8:03 pm

I'm looking for KEL 51 N for my car :wink:


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