Reality Check

[fish_antlers]

Originally Posted by F8L

Cool, way to spew your uninformed opinion within your first post. You can go drown yourself now.

*edit*

That wasn't very nice I apologize.

You may consider it "spewing", but it's the truth... if more people felt the way I did, there'd be far more hybrids on the road.

[F8L]

Originally Posted by fish_antlers

You may consider it "spewing", but it's the truth... if more people felt the way I did, there'd be far more hybrids on the road.

You're right, if more people didn't consider the Prius a "hippy" car more people may buy them. I guess I cannot say you were wrong on your other points since you gave a viewpoint and didn't state any assumed environmental facts. That is why I apologized.

[fish_antlers]

Originally Posted by F8L

You're right, if more people didn't consider the Prius a "hippy" car more people may buy them. I guess I cannot say you were wrong on your other points since you gave a viewpoint and didn't state any assumed environmental facts. That is why I apologized.

no problemo...

I just irks me that owning a cool car (the prius) is constantly overshadowed by people turning it into a political statement...

it;s not a political statement - it's a car, and probably one of the best I've ever owned!

[F8L]

Originally Posted by fish_antlers

no problemo...

I just irks me that owning a cool car (the prius) is constantly overshadowed by people turning it into a political statement...

it;s not a political statement - it's a car, and probably one of the best I've ever owned!

I'm likely to disagree with you politically and on any environmental issue but I completely agree with you here. It is a great car for someone simply looking to save money or someone wanting to do a little better for our health or the environment. IMO a car should not be used to make a statement. Just drive and enjoy the sucker.

[daniel]

Originally Posted by RadGash

Everyone on this board is here PRIMARILY (I assume) because we are concerned about the pollution automobiles spew into our air and have made a big financial commitment to curtail our contribution to this problem. We spew less toxins when we burn less gasoline, and therefore hybrids are currently the only and best automotive avenue available to us to achieve this goal. Yet, we must all still strive to live closer to our place of employment and therefore drive less until electrical, solar, or hydrogen become available and affordable for everyone. The mileage on your Prius will diminish due to the short nature of the trips, yet our current goal should not be so much to get "better gas mileage" as much as to completely get away from the need to burn gasoline, or as much as can be possible. Plan to move close to your place of employment. Take public transportation for occasional long trips if you can. Thanks to everyone who have made the commitment to cut down on gasoline!

Originally Posted by qbee42

I think this is big assumption on your part, and not necessarily correct. There are many reasons that people buy and drive a Prius, the environment being only one. [...]

While it's true that people buy the Prius for many reasons, I wholeheartedly agree with the OP's view that burning less gas overall is what matters, rather than posting high MPG numbers