Waiting List Guy Needs Emotional Support

You'll have the last laugh as the cost of gasoline goes up and up and your friends are complaining and going broke filling up those gas hogs.

Remember to be kind to those less fortunate in the area of common sense. They will need it when prices reach $3.00 or more.

 

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Odd. Many think I am the ubber conservative and I know quite a few of them but the obsession with zero to sixty bit has never come up in conversation in my life except as a poke at Cadillac's recent ads and the discussions of this forum.

As far as Horsepower is concerned, it is more than adequate. Sniff around here long enough and you can see where people "race" on the roads with the Prius, even I have done a bit of that since the car turns out a pretty respectable performance and the pleasure of getting up to speed quickly isn't robbed by blowing the fuel out of the tank.

Do not forget that the acceleration is not ICE dependent, the Prius taps that battery and the electric motor combines its force to move the car forward in rapid acceleration.

Forget them, you will have more fun with this car than you have had in any motoring experience in a long time.

 

I just got my gasoline bill for last month. $62.40
now just sit back and have a coffee or your fav. beverage and think what they'll say when you tell them your new car uses about $60 a month in gas and still gets you where your going faster than your GEO and in better style and comfort. The first time you smoke'm at a stop light and they'll shut right up.

 

ScottW,

To quote Richard Feynman "what do you care what other people think?" I think you should sit back, relax, enjoy a cold beverage of you choice, confident that you have chosen the right car for you. I think you're really going to enjoy your Prius. I know that mine has changed the way I think about cars. Not everybody gets it. Not everybody gets Miles Davis either. That's their loss, not yours.

 

As someone once did not say, "Let them eat cake."

If they still live in that dream world where their drive to work is similar to all the stupid car commercials where they have the winding road completely to themselves with no traffic, no stop and go for miles, and so on - then yeah, they have fun with their 0-60 times.

But if you live in the real world where there's always backed up traffic and you're lucky to even see 60mph during your commute, then you've seen the light.

Besides, with a CVT (variable transmission), when their cars are auto or manually shifting gears, your will just continue to speed up.

I love seeing H2s trying to pass me. Sure I'm a dick about it, but I take the temp. hit to mileage to make sure they have to use half their gas tank to pass me if at all.

-m.

 

It's a bit disheartening when you pull up in your brand new Prius...the highest tech vehicle presently on earth which also has a lots of power and lots of room not to mention the highest gas mileage vehicle in the U.S. and your friends look at you and say, "That's cute, my grandmother would love to have a car like that."

They just don't get it and there is absolutely no way they will. If they aren't a high tech sort of person they will never get it. Not any time soon anyway.

I live relatively close to work and fill my Prius up every 3.5 weeks or so with 8.5 gallons of gas (400 miles). Once a month I'll mention to my fellow workers that I just spent my monthly $17.50 for a fill up...then I walk away. :wink:

 

I don't think it has anything to do with being conservative. I am conservative but I am not stupid (PhD) and am pleased with my Prius.

I am also a old retired navy pilot. This is the first car that I have had to sit down and study how everything works (I have the BC, nav pkg). It is not unlike checking out in a new airplane and having to study the scoundrel before taking it up the first time. In some ways, it even feels like a small but very good plane.

Not to gloat, but I got my Prius 24 hrs after ordering it from the dealer in WA state -- at MRSP. I think, if one is willing to look beyond local dealers, one can be found. Of course, since the gas price just jumped a LOT, that may no longer be true either.

Good luck. Study your NATOPS (oops, I mean owners) manual and enjoy. P.S. I got 50 mpg on my first tank of gas and 48 on the second as I was messing around a bit more as I got used to the thing.

 

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There's a relevant addition to Plato's famous parable of the cave. When the man first got out into the sunlight, its brightness hurt his eyes: That is, his first reaction upon encountering the truth was discomfort. Many people who don't understand the Prius behave the way they do because, unconsciously, they can't accept what it would mean to their value systems if they DID understand the Prius. It's not just a different car - it's a challenge to their very idea of what a car-owner's priorities could be, and possibly should be.

It will be easier for you when you have your car. After driving around in a Prius, even naysayers are left grasping for arguments against it.

 

I imagine many others on this site have friends and family that just don't 'get it' as well. I too, not very long ago, was more impressed with horsepower and speed performance data then just about any other component of a car. In fact, until recently, I had my heart set on something with a 'Hemi'. I currently own a 1997 GMC pick up, as I too am waiting for my Prius to arrive. Ever since I bought the vehicle, five years ago, I have never complained about my mileage or what it cost to fill. I knew what I was buying, and I could afford the gas. I can still afford the gas, and would continue to not complain about the mileage, however, I felt that it time for me to do my part for the environment. If it were just about dollars or high mileage I would likely be looking at a Golf TDI. Great mileage, cost, and longevity. But not nearly as good emmisions.
Anyway, feel good about your decision. You should feel proud that you've at least done something positive for the environment...and your kids. I know I do.
Can't wait to start driving mine too.