Friday Pimped: Murdered!

I don't think I'll ever find a Prius taken to this extreme again, but would love another shot at it with a real camera....

This Prius has received the full "murdered" look, complete with matte, primer black paint throughout (including logos), matching wheels, and some speedy looking tires.

Despite these "performance" upgrades, I have a suspicion this Prius still gets 48 mpg with the same 1.8L engine and moves with a zoomy 0-60 in.... 9.8 seconds. Vrrrrooom.

Hardly seems worth the expense. But this IS the Land of Prius, and the desire, no, the need to be unique makes it all worthwhile. 

Attempted Pimp-age...

Although this Prius goes the distance, with it's window tint and color-matched matte alloy wheels...

it is an unfortunate victim to the street parking afforded to it adjacent to Oakwood Recreation Center, and therefore has sustained some obvious scars.

Meanwhile, this Prius cant wait to be fully pimped (with roof rack!) as soon as the other two wheels are out from lay-a-way...

And this Corolla, with its window tint and chrome five-stars, is trying desperately hard to fit in next to it's higher-pedigreed siblings in The Land of Prius, and will go so far as to pose in front of progressive architecture in attempt to accomplish this feat.

Whole Foods Prius Binge

There are several places in the Land of Prius that provide Prius viewing opportunities akin to "shooting fish in a barrel", so to speak. Actually, a worthy derivation of that phrase would be "like shooting Prius's in a Whole Foods parking lot". Here is a photo shot quickly with the camera phone.

The percentage of Prius's in this shot? Out of twelve parking spaces, there are five Prius's clearly visible, and you will have to trust me that on the other side of the hulking SUV (obviously not from this neighborhood), there is a sixth. Thats 50% Prius's, and this representative sampling seems to be accurate for the area.