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Prius lexicon

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by JackDodge, Dec 17, 2005.

  1. JackDodge

    JackDodge Gold Member

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    I was driving along this afternoon, just getting away from a stoplight, when, for the umpteenth time, some doofus in an SUV just HAD TO GET IN FRONT of me after the light turned green. It happens a lot. At least it does around here. I started thinking 'why DO they DO that?' Are they associated with the American car industry and can't stand to be behind one of those damned Jap cars? Perhaps they have a vague recollection of some recall for Priuses where they'd stall out? Do they think that a Prius is just slow and not, you know, quite street legal? Whatever their reasoning (for lack of a better term), don't you think we should have a name for that kind of driver? Have we reached the point where we should develop our own language; our own terminology? Mai OUI! B)

    My own little term for certain SUV and pickup truck drivers is ASSuv. Now, this doesn't apply to all SUV drivers. Just those who have this stubborn assumption that they always have the right of way. They drive like maniacs and don't really care if you don't like it when they just pull in front of you. After all, they're a lot bigger than you and if you don't believe that the bigger vehicle is entitled to be correct all the time, then you'll die. They drove like that when gasoline was $1.05, they drove like that when it cost $3.50 and they drive like that now. There goes one now, an ASSuv driving an F150. Then you talk to another Prius owner and they ask how it's going and you say, oh, I just encountered another ASSuv. And they say, 'oh yeah, I had two of those this morning'. Anyone else who's eavesdropping doesn't know what you're talking about but you two do. Heh heh heh. :D

    But getting back to the driver who seems, for whatever reason, to get around that Prius, I can't think of a good term. Pridiot? How about the one who is so intent on getting in front of a Prius that they realize a second later after they got in front of you that they didn't notice the large, slow moving dump truck who they're now directly behind and have to get out yet again? :lol:
     
    #1 JackDodge, Dec 17, 2005
  2. tripp

    tripp Which it's a 'ybrid, ain't it?

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    Heh. It never ceases to amaze me how much of a rush so many people are in .... to get to the next red light that won't turn green anytime soon. I'm always getting tailgated by people who seem to want to drive 60 mph until they get within 5 bloody feet of the approaching light. It cracks me up everytime. I don't know what these people are on about but they really seem to be completely oblivious to the road conditions more than a car's length ahead of them. Wankers...
     
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  3. Jack 06

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    Actually, Jack, I like this one. My favorite all-purpose epithet. Not as edgy as sh**head, but I try to show my kids there are less lethal words. (So as not to be a hypocrite, when there are no kids around, I'll use the nuclear option at times.)

    Your example brought back a memory of something that happened 45 years ago that brings a smile.

    I lived near a small city as a kid where the favorite Friday night activity was cruising the main drag from one end of town to the other (about 7 miles). There were about a dozen lights, and many opportunities for little drag races. Drove the police nuts.

    I drove my mom's '54 Chevy Bel Air---Blue Flame 6-cyl. with Powerglide (2-spd!). What a dog! An old person with a walker could outrun it.

    I was in the outside lane, and a kid pulled up abreast at a light, obviously spoiling to "suck me up". VROOM, VROOM! He kept taunting, looking out his window at us. The light changed. He floored it and peeled out---THEN looked ahead at the street, but too late. He rear-ended the last car in the line ahead of him, which he hadn't noticed had not made much progress. At that very moment, a police car eased up in back of me and saw the whole thing. At first I was afraid he was going to pull me over, possibly thinking I had instigated the "race". (To be truthful, I had indicated to the kid, with my face and hands, that I was "willing", even though it was a laughable mismatch.) But no, he changed lanes to tend to the accident. I gently accelerated past the wreck (obviously no injuries) and gave a little wave at my "challenger". Just as I passed him, I saw him look briefly out of the corner of his eye at me.

    "Won that one," I remember saying to my passengers, as drily as I could.

    Just telling it makes me warm all over. :rolleyes: :p
     
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    had one of those assuv's an inch off my bumper at 6 this morning. extra bright driving lites on high. first time i really tromped it. as he faded back i glanced down to see 98 whoa boy . so long assuv!!
     
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    Somebody's signature is a quote from George Carlin that sums this whole thing up. I am not sure but is something like " Why is everyone who drives faster than me is a idiot and everyone who drives slower is a moron" or visa versa. George Carlin has a way of getting to the rout of the human condition, even if he uses these seven words from time to time!
     
    #5 hdrygas, Dec 17, 2005
  6. TonyPSchaefer

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    At first, it was 100% of the time I was getting passed as I creeped to a stoplight. But now I see more people hanging back with me as I creep. It's strange, actually. I'm creeping along, slowing losing speed, waiting anxiously to be passed by every Tom, Dick, and Harry but instead we all creep along until the light turns green and we all slowly accelerate to join the line of traffic that was stopped.

    But let's see,
    1) I was passed by a woman who rode my hatch all the way through a 25-MPH suburb and "passed" me in the left turn lane and slammed on her brakes at the stopsign. Very odd.
    2) I was passed going uphill on a blind hill violating double-yellow stripes traveling 38 in a 35. And yes, just as he whpiped back over into our lane, three cars came over the hill. I saw the look of shear terror in the eyes of the woman in the lead car.

    I can't think of a better name for these people than those already proposed.
     
    #6 TonyPSchaefer, Dec 18, 2005
  7. Rancid13

    Rancid13 Cool Chick with a Black Prius

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    It makes me wonder just where it is they're trying to get to in such a hurry.

    On Friday after work, during my 30-minute commute home, I'm driving down a 2-lane surface street, going 45 in a 40 zone, and I see a white pickup truck a little ways behind me playing lane jockey. He ends up behind me, tailgating me for a good mile or so, as I was going faster than the lane of traffic to our left. As soon as he had a clear lane to pass me on the left, he floored it, veered in front of me and had to stop at the red light seconds afterwards.

    He had one of those "How's My Driving" stickers on the back of the truck with his ID#. I couldn't resist, and immediately pulled out my cell and dialed the # and made a report on his nice person. Got his ID#, license #, and vehicle description to let them know exactly how this buttmunch's driving was.



    Edited to add: I was not in a Prius at the time of the occurance. I'm still a few weeks away from one right now.
     
    #7 Rancid13, Dec 19, 2005
  8. 2Hybrids

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    Hey - if you all think it's bad in a Prius...you should see what these folks do to me when I'm driving that Insight!!!!...I swear my plate must read "please run me over" or something...
     
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  9. JackDodge

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    Or when riding a bicycle. The scarier thought is that they're just so numb from daily living that they just don't even see you and are driving oblivious to anything that isn't too big.
     
    #9 JackDodge, Dec 21, 2005
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