Prius wave... no longer existent

I would say the wave is dead. The dam is burst and the Prius is mainstream. My office nurse went in to the Toyota dealer on Sunday and got a Prius off the lot. She traded in her SUV that she got a great price on. The Prius is main stream.

 

I got three waves today.

 

In some areas, you wave to anyone and they'll wave back.

I own a Jeep Wrangler, and it's been a long, long standing tradition to wave to fellow jeepers. Motorcylclists wave to one another, too. Those are old traditions that at least imply a particular level of individuality. Having a Prius doesn't imply individuality as much as planetary concern or geekness (or both). Geekness is often competitive. And, environmentalism is something that would deserve a thumbs up rather than a wave.

On the other hand, wave for your benefit and never really look for an acknowledgement. Or/and, wave slowly and with real intent - that is more likely to "force" the other person to wave. My wife loves to wave to other jeepers. She often uses both hands.

 

I didn't get a wave but when i left a hotel parking lot at the same time as another Prius he followed me till i figured i should pull over because he wanted to chat, well we had a nice chat about our Prius's. Hey how do you spell Prius in a plural form? Prius's or Priuses?

 

I would imagine a 'more than one Prius' situation would be a group of Prii. This is my opinion, of course.

I've been given a few waves and smiles. I try to wave to every Prius driver on the road without making a fool of myself and possibly crashing into the fellow beside me. I live in Los Angeles, CA, and there are A LOT of Prii here. It's great. Some Prius folks don't realize there's another Prius nearby until it's too late to wave. Some, I guess, just don't feel it's necessary. I remember when it felt like a club...much like when I had one of the first Miatas and New Beetles. Oh, well.

More Prii on the road, less familiar waves, means a better situation for the world in terms of energy efficiency.

 

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We've been using "Prii" around here. (Really!)

 

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You definitely don't want to use the apostrophe, unless you want to form the possessive. I like "Priuses," but most people on PC seem to like "Prii" (apparently by analogy with "cacti" and because they seem to think it's more fun to say Prii). The usual pluralization of nouns ending in a /s/ sound, however, is to add /es/: gasses, masses, messes, passes, cactuses (yes, that's correct), etc.

 

I remember that when I picked up my then-new Prius back in January the dealer I bought the car from used the plural Prii, which I thought that was pretty cool of him!

- Bill

 

Exuberant Wave

I remember back in Fall 03 when we first got the 04, we were driving with the kids on the Mass Pike....there were very few on the road then and the kids (n=3) were very proud of our unique status.

I told the kids that another Silver Prius was overtaking us, and as they passed, we saw that there were two kids in their car as well. They waved and laughed and "thumbs upped" and smiled and giggled...probably our best Prius moment....the kids take great joy in the car and that's fun.

Always wondered who those folks were...maybe you're out there?

 

Singular: Lexus.
Plural: Lexii?

 

In Latin, prius => priora.

Not very catchy.

 

I too like Prii. But as I have said before, I think a group of Prii in one place . . . like a Gaggle of Geese . . . should be called a “Prissy of Prii.†:wink:

Here in the Sacramento area, I think the Prius Wave is also dead. Waving to seven or eight Prii during just about every short trip gets kind of fatiguing. I have now resigned myself to just smiling in the other Prii’s general direction and giving the all knowing head bow if the other driver looks my way.

As a kid, I would wildly wave at strangers as if I knew them and was trying to get their attention as they were passing bye. I would time the wave so they only had a split second to acknowledge the wave. After waving back they would then have a funny look come over their face as they realized they had no clue who they were waving at. We would have contests while walking home from school to see who would get the most funny faces.

I thought I had the same prank pulled on me a few months ago while driving on the freeway. A car passing me had a passenger who was waving frantically at me as if to acknowledge they knew me. I waved back thinking I would figure out who they were. I then made the confused funny face because I didn’t know who the hell they were. They stopped waving and scowled. Only after they had passed did I understand why they were waving at me. The badge on the back of their car said it was a Honda Accord Hybrid. I felt bad in that I thought they thought I was dis’ing them with my confused look . . . which could also have been construed as a “you’re not worthy†look. They were taking the next exit, so I made sure to speed up and give them a proper hybrid wave. They appreciated it immensely. I guess Accord Hybrid owner are so desperate for “the wave†that they will go inter-species to get their acknowledgment jollies. :|

 

One Prius = Prius
Two Prius = Prius
I don't change it for the plural.

 

Leaving DC yesterday after work a women in an Gen 1 Prius speeds up, honks and gives me and my carpoolers a nice wave and thumbs up. My carpoolers initially thought she was trying to merge in my lane but I noted that this is part of "the club" of Prius owners. :mrgreen:

 

Glad to hear that the Prius Wave is not completely dead yet at least somewhere in this country. Yesterday on my way home from work I saw almost a dozen Prii and not a single one of them waved back at me

 

Here in Minnesota, we get a waveback about 1/3rd of the time. Iv'e noticed up here that the 2/3rds that don't wave, are older folks and/or drivers of the older Prius. Anyone under 40 with a new Prius is still overly excited about their Prius (Like me) and is anxious to wave to others. I'm actually quite surprised by the age distribution of Prius owners in MN. I'd say 2/3 rds of Prius owners I've seen in my area are retired.

 

well.... here i go again asking no begging to get flamed. im only half serious about this but this my theory. many prius folks dont pay enough attention. they are not car guys. they arent necessarily fond of driving in general and may even resent that they need to drive at all. when i had sports cars we always waved, when i had motorcycles we always waved, when we had the same type of car we always waved.but now and please forgive me most prius folks (not all thank goodness) are staring straight ahead. they are not aware enough of their surroundings. ive noticed this ever since i got mine. about 1/3rd or less of the Prii folks have no idea of the vehicles around them. the other day here in nashville it was raining like heck and coming towards me was a prius with no headlights on so this gave me the chance to wave and flash my lights (thus killing 2 birds with 1 stone so to speak) well, no notice no eye contact etc. anyway i notice that people IN GENERAl ( notice not all)who are not car guys and are not thrilled at drving develop slightly rotten little driving habits. anyway pay attention! if you see fred and "smiley" you better wave or ill kick your butt. and if you dont see me thats very bad.
anyway thanks for this thread its something that has been gnawing at me for ayear.

 

I usually say "there go a bunch of Prius cars" or "Prius hybrids" or "Prius vehicles". Now, truly, I wish I DID see more than one at a time! There are only a dozen or so here (combined classic and 04/05s). About 4-5 show up monthly for our hybrid car club gatherings. The Hondas are even fewer, but I'm trying to entice them all to show up, even if the technology isn't quite "Prius-like". Yes, I'm a bonafide Prius snob...and it feels good.