My first "oh s**t"

Not a good idea, in my view. You could end up hitting someone who suddenly runs in front of you, or, maybe worse yet, you could give someone a heart attack.

Have you ever been walking along and as you pass behind someone they suddenly turn and walk into you? Only in this case you're in your car. Enjoy the humor of what happened, but don't hunt out trouble.

Say, you're creeping along right behind someone, just getting ready to honk the horn and give them a heart attack, when they suddenly remember something they left behind and they turn and walk right into your car because, hearing nothing, they assumed there was nothing behind them.

People seldom look. People seldom think.

 

I have a tideland #9 on order but I have yet to see a photo of the car with this color. Can you post a photo of your car or do you know of an existing photo of a green prius on this website?
Thanks.

 

Ummmm, when people say 'stealth' mode here, have they also turned off the stereo and the air conditioner?

The AC buzzes quite a bit when running, and the way *I* run my stereo nobody should be surprized I'm approaching...

 

Really a bad idea!! If scared and pissed, they could 1) Kick your car as you go by 2) Key your car as you go by or depending on which city you live in 3) Pull of a 45 and let fly. :guns: :guns: :guns:

 

You can see many tideland images at
http://home.earthlink.net/~jkash1/MyPriusp..._Web/index.html

Jeff

 

I believe what Raenstoirm has written above is what's commonly referred to as a "joke." Webster defines a "joke" as the following:



Main Entry: 1joke
Pronunciation: 'jOk
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin jocus; perhaps akin to Old High German gehan to say, Sanskrit yAcati he asks
1 a : something said or done to provoke laughter; especially : a brief oral narrative with a climactic humorous twist b (1) : the humorous or ridiculous element in something (2) : an instance of jesting : KIDDING <can't take a joke> c : PRACTICAL JOKE d : LAUGHINGSTOCK
2 : something not to be taken seriously : a trifling matter <consider his skiing a joke -- Harold Callender> -- often used in negative construction <it is no joke to be lost in the desert>



Now, I will leave it up to you to find the definition of "sarcasm"

 

Ok the joke over how is the car and how was your tip home and what is your opinion on the car you bought?

 

Also at this site: http://alexkarahalios.home.comcast.net/200.../2004Prius.html

I swear, the Tideland Pearl is a chameleon color -- looks greener in bright sunshine, greyer in overcast weather. Love it!

 

I don't think you could have found a prittier background for taking those photos.

 

Oh, I absolutely LOVE heavily treed properties. Unfortunately, I've been completely unsucessful in owning such a place for myself. I guess that's the breaks though when one has had two properties all but given to them.

My next place though, WILL be heavily treed like yours.

 

Gorgeous!

BTW -- when I first saw this thread's title, and the original poster, I thought "Oh, no! She's just had the car for a day, and someone dinged it!"

 

Although the OP was joking, it does bring up a valid issue.

what does one do when its obvious that pedestrians will not hear you approaching especially when most people tend to walk down the middle of the parking lot aisle unless a car is approaching.

honking the horn might be considered as rude and may illicit a violent response from the pedestrians. Maybe Toyota should install a courtesy horn which isnt loud. or maybe a recording activated like a horn that says, "scuse me while i stealth by you"

just a thought...

 

How about just flashing your lights at them. That should scare the beegeezus out of them without have to nudge them softly with the bumper.

 

Play the JAWS theme.

 

I've just given a quick light tap to the horn if I was concerned with the pedestrians awareness of my presence. It may annoy some of them, but I'd much rather do that, than have 'em step out in my path.

 

I like driving into the parking lot at school in stealth. A couple of times I have surprised a few kids walking in the middle of the parking lot. I love the look of "Where did you come from? I didn't even hear you."

Jeff