Prius advertising (?????)

norman · 09-03-2004, 11:18 PM

Oh dear, I remember how badly the Commodore Amiga was marketed so many years ago. Please Toyota, don't make the same mistakes.

BobA · 09-04-2004, 12:15 AM

gee-ha...we just got into Gillette Wyoming..'the land of BIG pickups'.. not sure if there is a Toyota dealer in town...pretty sure we're the ONLY Prius in town...we have sure gotten a lot of looks.. came to the kid's house, so haven't had any parking lot Q&A's.. spending the weekend..so am sure we will become the point of conversation at one time or another... saw no Prii on our way here from Denver... did have an Insight come along side the driver hung on our 1/4 panel for a while then came along side, waved and passed us... guess it was a case of ' Prius Envy'..

this was our longest trip..360 miles and the average is 49 mpg... bucked a headwind last 70 miles... flags out at a ranch led me to think the wind was about 15mpg... we set the cruise at 65 and 70 for most of the trip....speed limit in Colorado and Wyoming is 75.. from Douglas Wyoming to Gillette it's 65.. we past our usual gas stop and said that they'd probably have to close as we didn't stop as we always have in the past with the 15mpg truck... LIFE IS GOOD...

More later....Bob

DaveinOlyWA · 09-04-2004, 02:28 AM

oh great!! now we have to deal with remote gas station owners going out of business after we are not forced to stop and pay the 15 cent a gallon premium for their gas.

Jerry P · 09-04-2004, 07:50 AM

Although they don't advertise the Prius, it gets so much press that they don't really need to until they begin sitting on the lots. 'Sierra', the mag put out by the Sierra Club, of which I am a proud member, features a picture of a Prius doing something every month. This month it was shown next to the Republican 18-wheeler used to get out the vote. 'Heidi the Hybrid' is nicely decorated and said to run circles around the GOP behemoth.

09-04-2004, 12:15 AM	#12
BobA Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Denver CO Posts: 728 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #9 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	gee-ha...we just got into Gillette Wyoming..'the land of BIG pickups'.. not sure if there is a Toyota dealer in town...pretty sure we're the ONLY Prius in town...we have sure gotten a lot of looks.. came to the kid's house, so haven't had any parking lot Q&A's.. spending the weekend..so am sure we will become the point of conversation at one time or another... saw no Prii on our way here from Denver... did have an Insight come along side the driver hung on our 1/4 panel for a while then came along side, waved and passed us... guess it was a case of ' Prius Envy'.. this was our longest trip..360 miles and the average is 49 mpg... bucked a headwind last 70 miles... flags out at a ranch led me to think the wind was about 15mpg... we set the cruise at 65 and 70 for most of the trip....speed limit in Colorado and Wyoming is 75.. from Douglas Wyoming to Gillette it's 65.. we past our usual gas stop and said that they'd probably have to close as we didn't stop as we always have in the past with the 15mpg truck... LIFE IS GOOD... More later....Bob __________________ 04BC9... Driftwood Pearl...(Aztec Bronze)... Denver Remember "IT'S WORTH THE WAIT" ... there was a wait in '04!

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09-03-2004, 11:18 PM	#11
norman Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 77 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Oh dear, I remember how badly the Commodore Amiga was marketed so many years ago. Please Toyota, don't make the same mistakes.

09-04-2004, 02:28 AM	#13
DaveinOlyWA Opps !! I Did it Again!! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: South Puget Sound, WA Posts: 9,651 My Car: 2006 Prius Package: #4 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 5	oh great!! now we have to deal with remote gas station owners going out of business after we are not forced to stop and pay the 15 cent a gallon premium for their gas.

09-04-2004, 07:50 AM	#14
Jerry P Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Waterford, PA Posts: 291 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #7 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Although they don't advertise the Prius, it gets so much press that they don't really need to until they begin sitting on the lots. 'Sierra', the mag put out by the Sierra Club, of which I am a proud member, features a picture of a Prius doing something every month. This month it was shown next to the Republican 18-wheeler used to get out the vote. 'Heidi the Hybrid' is nicely decorated and said to run circles around the GOP behemoth.