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April 1, 2008

CarDomain’s New Project Car: We Want Your Input!

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

It’s never too early to start planning for SEMA. We’ve built some cool project cars in the last few years, from the Scion tC to the Focus. But this year we’re going all out: we’re building a Prius hi-riser. Oh, and we’re gonna lose that crappy hybrid drivetrain and get some real power. But we need your input. Hemi or LS1? And what size wheels? Should we use the proven-yet-conservative 26 inch wheels, or just go for it and slap on some 30s? And finally, what paint scheme? We’re thinking CarDomain orange, but we’re open to to any ideas you guys might have.

Prius hi-riser

Comments

GTwildfire
Apr 3, 2008 at 7:02 am

I think the punchline of all April Fools jokes must be resolved on April 1st.
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This is for real, people. Suck it up. We got a lot of work to do.
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God help us.

JO
Apr 3, 2008 at 3:19 am

haha i forgot it was april fools for a minute… u got me

Anonymous
Apr 2, 2008 at 5:35 pm

go with a like electric blue i see the prius as a blue can but the manufacturers use really stupid blues so make it a cool blue with some awseome pin stripes down the side or some decals and call it good.

Stewart
Apr 2, 2008 at 2:58 pm

GTwildfire,
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I have decals on the rear side windows of my RM.
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They read:
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“The Buick Gran Sport Hybrid…
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…It Burns GAS and RUBBER!”
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They always get a laugh at shows and cruise-ins.
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I don’t think Prius guys would laugh ;)
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I also got some other decals that read:
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“Hydrocarbon powered Eco-vehicle”
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I put those on my wifes Denali :)

D
Apr 2, 2008 at 12:37 pm

You should make it into some kind of bad ass diesel monster with a ludicrous amount of torque and run it on 100% biodiesel, now that’d be sweet

scrizz
Apr 2, 2008 at 12:36 pm

ay i think you should get a twin turbo’d LS1 with 30 inch asanti’s and make it a company logo like the gatorade donk…except make the company trojans or budweiser… or greenpeace, seen as its a fake hybrid?

GTwildfire
Apr 2, 2008 at 6:54 am

There is one aspect that’s cool about this one. It’ll be the ultimate thumbing of the nose at elitist Prius owners, and my take on it is that it’ll also be flipping the bird at Hybrids.
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No love lost between me and Hybrids, at least not the hybrids the public is purchasing presently.
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So yeah. I’m behind this. IT’ll probably look silly cause the lines of that car are WAY beyond help, no matter what the graphics and paint chosen.
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Whichever is more thirsty between the Hemi and the LS1… choose that.
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The rims? So sorry but anything beyond 20″ on a passenger car is nothing I would choose. That’s just silly stuff, then again 30 inchers… this car will be silly anyway.
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Hey, in 2010 do us CD’ers a favor, ok? Get a Volt for that year’s contest if they’re available. Or will it be 2011… or 2012… maybe 2013…

Adam
Apr 2, 2008 at 2:26 am

April Fools!

… I hope!

Stewart
Apr 2, 2008 at 1:21 am

Next year, Cardomain can build a twin turbo Yugo. :)

GTwildfire
Apr 2, 2008 at 1:13 am

Oh come on people… a Prius? We’re tuners and motorheads, not miracle workers.
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Is there a progressive curve, year-to-year, cause that would mean next year we could expect something more hideous than this to start from.
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Okay I know… you don’t want to make it easy for us… but… eeew.

bryan
Apr 2, 2008 at 1:12 am

why can’t this be real? it would be so ridiculous!

Stewart
Apr 2, 2008 at 12:07 am

Come on guys!
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Only a lowly LS1 or Hemi?
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Why not go all out and get the LS9 from the new ZR1????
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As for wheels, I’m thinking “Big Foot”….
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Color? Gotta be Cardomain Orange.
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And while we’re at it, lets make Lambo doors, but modify them
to be Gull Wing doors, and then, modify those, to
Suicide Doors, and then do a complete 180, so they
open just like regular doors!
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No one is doing THAT anymore! ;)
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To finish it off, we’ll need the original “Bee-Otch” air freshener
from the Bumblebee Camaro from Transformers.
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That should do it :)

Jeremy
Apr 2, 2008 at 12:07 am

haha…

i hope this is an april fools joke.

retroman
Apr 2, 2008 at 12:00 am

I see your “Cardomain Prius ski lodge” and I raise you a jet engine. It’s the only engine that hasnt been dropped in a Donk. LOL

Jeff
Apr 1, 2008 at 11:51 pm

Ok, so…I know this is probably a joke, and a good one at that. But this could REALLY happen…and it would be ultimate funny….. Go with the LS-1 but straight pipe exhaust, and a set of flame-throwers out the back, with some 24’s and Candy Cardomain Orange(CCO). That would be Awesome….lambo doors on the front, suicide lambo doors on the back, Grizzly Bear interior,only animal that hasen’t been done, with a hardwood floor, and you could call it the “Cardomain Ski-Donk Lodge”, you have the fireplace, hardwood floors, and the bear skin….that is ultimate creativity, and ultimate badd. LOL

Bobby
Apr 1, 2008 at 10:26 pm

wow, if this is for real, this is hilarious! I’d say throw some 26s on it and find a twin turbo Supra motor to throw in to keep it a Toyota. and paint it some ridiculous color with some airbrushing like the rest of the donks. that or theme it after a cereal brand or sports drink! lol

Jack
Apr 1, 2008 at 10:15 pm

I know it’s a joke, but I thought it would be hilarious to put a big motor in a Prius. VW fit a Lambo engine into a GTI so technically it’s possible.

retroman
Apr 1, 2008 at 9:48 pm

Glad this is April Fools, but when I said in the “Is Bling Dead, Dying, or Strong as Ever” post that I wish I could take a Prius, slap 8ft rims on it, and drive down the street playing “White n Nerdy” to show how stupid I think Donks are, I didn’t think you’d make a whole post out of it. You even took it to the next level. :)
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PS If anyone does attempt this, my vote’s on the hemi.

cknarf
Apr 1, 2008 at 9:25 pm

LS1 “18 Flat black,

Rob
Apr 1, 2008 at 8:34 pm

Doug, I assume you’re voting for the LS1?

Doug and Dill
Apr 1, 2008 at 8:31 pm

WOW, thank god this is probably just a April Fool’s… otherwise my page is going bye bye and I’ll spread the word.

chris
Apr 1, 2008 at 8:29 pm

sweet joke.

but i must say an LS1 prius would make the other hybrid drivers shit themselves haha

Phil
Apr 1, 2008 at 7:50 pm

Nice joke,but it would be sweet to fit an LS1 in there (not the donk)

elcamino-dude
Apr 1, 2008 at 7:41 pm

ha ah man i’ve always wanted to put a huge motor in a prius lol,
the only way 2 do it is a blown 454 chevy big block with monster american racing 5 spokes lol

louis
Apr 1, 2008 at 7:33 pm

from april fools day to reality- why don’t you put the hydraulic drivetrain found in the california polytechnical institutes Ford Explorer into one of these instead…

eric
Apr 1, 2008 at 7:33 pm

WOW, This is not only dumb, but its an insult to everyone in LA who drives these freaky little crap boxes. Dont bother with this, its a waste of time and energy. But here’s some input 32″ ASANTI’s I saw @ SEMA this last year. Do that dont stop @ 30″!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

UNKNOWN2U
Apr 1, 2008 at 7:32 pm

GO WITH THE LS1 AND SOME 28″ ON THAT BIATCH AND PAINT IT ORANGE

Bradley
Apr 1, 2008 at 7:20 pm

I doubt if this is real, but if someone was able to drop an LS1 into a Civic (now the Civette), I don’t see why you couldn’t take a Prius and do the same. Call it the Priette. And since you are already “planning” a ridiculous car, might as well shoot for the moon with 30s. And I could see a candy orange paint job.

Highspeedhijinks
Apr 1, 2008 at 7:07 pm

Thank god this is April Fools day or I might have to air mail a can of Sence to you.
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Lets see with the options you’ve given me. Go with a Hemi, paint it green so you can still call it a “Green” vehicle and go with 30’s. We want to be obnoxious dont we.

casey
Apr 1, 2008 at 7:00 pm

please dont

Anonymous
Apr 1, 2008 at 6:58 pm

As a “tree-hugger” I actually think this is hilarious! But I think the reality has actually out done you with the existence of the Cadillac Escalade Hybrid.

Ryan
Apr 1, 2008 at 6:52 pm

Joke, what joke, it car domain, they never joke around!!

Ryan
Apr 1, 2008 at 6:51 pm

26″, 30″ is way too big.

go with the LS1

Anonymous
Apr 1, 2008 at 6:50 pm

Nice April Fool’s joke. Although it would be funny to drop a Hemi or LS1 in a Prius shell just to piss off tree-huggers.

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