Recruiting

Birdums · 10-06-2007, 10:55 PM

Last night, I got out of my car at the local mall, to see a red Prius stopped in the parking lot. The driver called to me "I'm not following you, but I AM following you!". He wanted to know where I found vent visors - the Toyota dealership told him that visors for the Prius do not exist (yeah, they told me that, too). He also wanted to know where my decals came from. So I got to recommend Priuschat, and the Priuschat shop!

He asked about getting good mileage, and said he had heard of some people getting really high numbers, and I got to explain hypermiling a little. I told him to come here and read all about it. He sounded interested, but of course I was on a roll by now, and the poor guy finally just had to go... so I might have scared him off

I sure hope not; I hope he just caught my enthusiasm and will join us. He seemed to really love his little red baby; it was an '06, and looked shiny and new. He thought the convoy of Prii we had in Richmond sounded fun, too, so maybe he's open to the idea of te Prius community, despite scary old me.

Rangerdavid · 10-06-2007, 11:01 PM

It's difficult not to be enthusiastic, isn't it?

daniel · 10-06-2007, 11:09 PM

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I hope you're not as scary as your avatar.

**efusco** · 10-06-2007, 11:12 PM

He started by stalking you and then he ended up being the frightened one...excellent!!

patsparks · 10-07-2007, 04:51 AM

Way to pimp PriusChat You me and da Pri

Neicy · 10-07-2007, 07:21 AM

Funny how you can get on a non-stop roll talking to people isn't it?

**efusco** · 10-07-2007, 08:07 AM

At Hybridfest I was suprised at how engaged the people who stopped by to look at and ask questions about the cars would become. They'd start with something common and almost flip..."What's your gas mileage?, How long will the battery last?, etc.", but once answered and prompted they'd often have many more questions, curiosity would be piqued and they'd hang around 10, 20, 30 minutes or more asking questions and checking things out.
We truely are ambassadors for the Prius and I have no doubt that much of Toyota's success is because of the people here on PC and others like us.

Birdums · 10-07-2007, 06:04 PM

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I hope you're not as scary as your avatar.

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Scarier

10-06-2007, 10:55 PM	#1
Birdums You, me, and da Pri Join Date: May 2007 Location: NC Posts: 124 My Car: 2007 Prius Package: #3 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Last night, I got out of my car at the local mall, to see a red Prius stopped in the parking lot. The driver called to me "I'm not following you, but I AM following you!". He wanted to know where I found vent visors - the Toyota dealership told him that visors for the Prius do not exist (yeah, they told me that, too). He also wanted to know where my decals came from. So I got to recommend Priuschat, and the Priuschat shop! He asked about getting good mileage, and said he had heard of some people getting really high numbers, and I got to explain hypermiling a little. I told him to come here and read all about it. He sounded interested, but of course I was on a roll by now, and the poor guy finally just had to go... so I might have scared him off I sure hope not; I hope he just caught my enthusiasm and will join us. He seemed to really love his little red baby; it was an '06, and looked shiny and new. He thought the convoy of Prii we had in Richmond sounded fun, too, so maybe he's open to the idea of te Prius community, despite scary old me. __________________ 'DuPree' Silver Pine Mica mud guards 35% tint all around window visors clear all-weather mats removed plastic wheel trim rings FireEngineer special EBH

10-07-2007, 08:07 AM	#7
efusco Troll Slayer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Nixa, MO Posts: 12,829 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #9 Nominated 1 Time in 1 Post TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 20	At Hybridfest I was suprised at how engaged the people who stopped by to look at and ask questions about the cars would become. They'd start with something common and almost flip..."What's your gas mileage?, How long will the battery last?, etc.", but once answered and prompted they'd often have many more questions, curiosity would be piqued and they'd hang around 10, 20, 30 minutes or more asking questions and checking things out. We truely are ambassadors for the Prius and I have no doubt that much of Toyota's success is because of the people here on PC and others like us. __________________ Evan E. Fusco, MD Seaside 04BC9/OEM EVb/NAV & auto-BT/XM Radio, CAN-View, Shark Fin, BT Stiff. Plate, Skid Plate & Strut Support

10-06-2007, 11:01 PM	#2
Rangerdavid Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Boone, North Carolina Posts: 1,022 My Car: 2006 Prius Package: #5 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 7	It's difficult not to be enthusiastic, isn't it?

10-06-2007, 11:12 PM	#4
efusco Troll Slayer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Nixa, MO Posts: 12,829 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #9 Nominated 1 Time in 1 Post TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 20	He started by stalking you and then he ended up being the frightened one...excellent!!

10-07-2007, 04:51 AM	#5
patsparks Uneducated bird-brain Aussie Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Adelaide South Australia Posts: 4,425 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: Base Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 11	Way to pimp PriusChat You me and da Pri

10-07-2007, 07:21 AM	#6
Neicy Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Wakefield, MA. Posts: 749 My Car: 2007 Prius Package: G Touring Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 5	Funny how you can get on a non-stop roll talking to people isn't it?