Toyota Smug

Someone I know bought himself a Toyota Smug, sorry Prius last year, in the hope of saving himself a few quid on road tax. He often wax's lyrical about how great it is to get 60 miles to the gallon (around about the same as a VW Golf Diesel, i have been told) and of course how he is doing his bit for global warming (yawn)

Imagine my amusement, when yesterday he rang in to say his 'Smug' wouldn't start, and he had to take a day off to try and fix it! He has basically paid 23k for an ornament sat outside his house!

Of course, the irony is, is that by charging up his batteries, he will now be contributing to global warming, so he might as well have flown around the world a few times or helped China build another coal powered power station :-)

I offered him my clapped out Megan for 2k, as at least this starts sometimes! He is still considering this generous offer....