Prius -- not a car for the fragile male ego

[DougSlug]

With the help of my wife (read as "constant ribbing"), I have come to the conclusion that the Prius is a "chick car". Almost all of the other Prius I see on the road here in the Princeton, NJ area are driven by women.

Is that the trend nation wide? Not that there's anything wrong with that...

- Doug

[David]

Myself and one other guy in my dojo drive Prius. Either of us are willing to do a little sparring with anyone that calls our cars "chick" cars.

[DMontster]

I am a male and drive a Prius and my ego is fine. I have seen about 50/50 in SC & NC. Besides all the money you save on gas can be used to by those so called "manly" items. I have also come to the conclusion that those people who constantly put down the car are just jealous.

[galaxee]

DMonster has it right- less gas money spent= more money for power tools.

my husband is all about anything that leaves more money for tools.

[rudiger]

Well, the styling of the G2 Prius is vaguely 'Citroën-esque', i.e., a French car that is definitely not 'macho'. In fact, the Prius has an appearance and profile not unlike that of the current Citroën Xsara Picasso.

I wouldn't exactly call it a 'chick' car (like a New Beetle) but a male driving a G2 Prius is kind of like Richard Dreyfus driving a Citroën 2CV in 1962 in the movie American Graffiti, while all the other males drove (or aspired to driving) V8-powered hotrods of the period.

[Tadashi]

yeah the guys at the office make fun of my Prius as not being manly, but then I remind them I only spent $30 on gas for the month compared to their $100+ then they get very quiet.

[Tempus]

From what I've seen around here on the roads I travel it's at least 75/25 male/female.

At work, encompassing three different office locations, the only female hybrid driver has a HCH. All the Prius owners are male.

On the road, I seem to very rarely see any female Prius drivers.

Every prius owner in my neighborhood is male.

Every prius owner I've met at the dealership is male.

Dunno.

[Ed Vatza]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DougSlug @ May 28 2006, 10:41 AM) [snapback]262020[/snapback]</div>

With the help of my wife (read as "constant ribbing"), I have come to the conclusion that the Prius is a "chick car". Almost all of the other Prius I see on the road here in the Princeton, NJ area are driven by women.

Is that the trend nation wide? Not that there's anything wrong with that...

- Doug
[/b]

Doug, Doug, Doug,

How long have you been married? It's a scam. She is trying to claim the Prius for her own. Be strong my man, be strong!

The great thing about a Prius is that it is a man's car that chicks look good driving. (How's that for walking that fine line!)

[Presto]

I work in the tech industry where all my co-workers are computer geeks. I have never had any mention the Prius as a chick car. I'm going to go with ignorance and jealousy as the main reason people would call it a chick car. It certainly has no comparison with other established chick cars, like a Tracker or Cabriolet.

The quickness of the acceleration also puts a lot of other cars to shame so you can make the naysayers eat your dust.

[routeonedog]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DougSlug @ May 28 2006, 10:41 AM) [snapback]262020[/snapback]</div>

With the help of my wife (read as "constant ribbing"), I have come to the conclusion that the Prius is a "chick car". Almost all of the other Prius I see on the road here in the Princeton, NJ area are driven by women.

Is that the trend nation wide? Not that there's anything wrong with that...

- Doug
[/b]

Actually, I was in town (Princeton) just last week and saw 3 Priuses all driven by women.

But don't let her get to you.

I am constantly hounded by my friends at work. Everytime I take the car in for service
they comment that I had to have the squirrels changed. To top it off, my wife put a picture
of our new dog - a Havanese (small) - on my computer. So I am always getting grief, but I could care less and am having a great time driving the car.

The only reason she is giving you grief is because she wants to drive the car.