First Morning Commute in Prius

It also makes slow and go driving easier, because it is like a built in Pulse and Glide. It is one of the nice things about this car, you can now see a "silver lining" in heavy stop and go traffic. Your car is quiet and you aren't wasting as much gas as the other guy.

Reducing your overall speed (top speed) also goes a long way to reducing anger/stress when driving. You no longer view the other drivers as "competitors" or as "being in your way". Set your cruise control (to the speed limit or 1-2 mph below the speed limit), pull over to the right lane and enjoy the fact that you won't have to worry about being nailed for a speeding ticket and having to constantly scan your rear view mirrors for cruisers. This takes a TON of stress out of driving. And it doesn't add any appreciable time to your commute!

 

It is one of the many premium features only come standard in a full hybrid vehicle. You paid for it so just enjoy!

 

Eight months later I still enjoy the relaxing quietness inside the car. I always remind myself how relaxing it is when I get in my wife's non-hybrid car.

Enjoy.

 

I can feel your joy!! I also took delivery on Friday last week and watched my meter go to 60mpg this morning. What a great feeling. I actually sipped my coffee and relaxed as the big 1 driver SUV's around me gulped down the fuel. Enjoy!

 

I call them the lone Behemouth Drivers who Support the Oily Shieks, and not being counted among them is a terrific feeling. When you consider the nations that fund the terrorists who hate, and threaten us most, driving a Prius is making us all Anti-Terrorist activists, taking action against the enemy.

And you're correct, it is easy to relax on the drive in a Prius.

 

i remember it like yesterday, thanksgiving 2004, we were sitting in traffic on the highway headed to my sister in law's for dinner. i said to my wife, imagine if everyone's engine were off like ours. it was an epiphany for her and her next car was the hycam!