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Anti-Hybrid, Prius FUD and Misinfo Still Abounds

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by cycledrum, Jan 26, 2013.

  1. PriusGuy32

    PriusGuy32 Prius Driver Extraordinaire

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    Lousy to you but I'd kill for 11 miles of all EV in my Prius!
     
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    mmmodem Senior Taste Tester

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    I like it! That's what I'll say next time.
     
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    Having anti-Prius folks ride with me because I offered to drive started getting them seeing green. Then it's Kool Aid time.;)
     
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    Sigh... more FUD. :( (n) While looking at
    Witness recounts oversized truck striking bridge |
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    , at the bottom, I saw this crap which links to What Toyota Doesn’t Want You to Know About the Prius with garbage like this:

    :rolleyes::mad:
    Who puts out this crap? Big oil? The Big 3?
     

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    bwilson4web BMW i3 and Model 3

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    "Consumer Car Review" is the handle of a notorious, anti-Prius group. The sad thing is they employ a 'content associated service' that for a fee provides 'links' to targeted stories your readers are supposed to have an interest. Of course it is a total marketing fraud meant for content providers who think they need to provide, targeted stories, for some sort of click -through marketing scheme.

    Complaining to us does no good but contacting the web master of the original site . . . well it may have an effect. Let them know this service pushes fraudulent, false links and you are not amused.

    Bob Wilson
     
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    bwilson4web BMW i3 and Model 3

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    Weird, I didn't see an "edit" option:

    "Consumer-Car-Review" is the handle of a notorious, anti-Prius group. The sad thing is they employ a 'content associated service' that for a fee provides 'links' to targeted stories your readers are supposed to have an interest. Of course it is a total marketing fraud meant for content providers who think they need to provide, targeted stories, for some sort of click -through marketing scheme.

    Complaining to us does no good but contacting the web master of the original site . . . well it may have an effect. Let them know this service pushes fraudulent, false links and you are not amused.

    Going back to the original jerks:
    • What Nissan Doesn’t Want You To Know About the Altima
    • What Toyota Doesn’t Want You To Know About the Camry
    • What Honda Doesn’t Want You To Know About the Civic
    • What Jeep Doesn’t Want You To Know About the Grand Cherokee
    • The Least Expensive Cars to Insure
    When you root around their web site, it is obvious they make their money getting you to click on the links in the boundary. As for their car reviews, they hold up the SUV hybrids as being particularly bad . . . right!

    Seriously flawed, they are just another time-wasting, click-leach on the Internet. Did I mention anonymous?

    Bob Wilson