Results: Prius vs Jetta

I'm wondering if anyone has changed their mind about the merits of a Prius verus a Jetta after the recent stunts:

• 7,000 mile GreenHuman stunt
• Visit lower 48 states Jetta TDI "Guiness Book of Records"
• "Top Gear" transplants a Jetta TDI into a 1981 Rabbit

In my case, I'm less impressed with the Jetta because it has been insulting. The "Green" drivers assumed we're all eco-nuts who can be fooled by claiming "green" and an automatic transmission is "an option." The Jetta TDI tour was silly because all it takes for a "Guiness Record" is to fill out the form and pay the fee. Worse, the "Top Gear" transplant suggests the current Jetta body is a mileage disaster.

Has anyone found something of value in these stunts that makes the Jetta appealing? I've made the poll anonymous so folks can post what they feel without being held up to criticism. It is a short, 7 day poll.

Bob Wilson

 

I'm always open to suggestions and improvements and would have no problem with this poll being 'frozen' or deleted and a better one started. My question is whether or not the three Jetta TDI stunts have had any success in changing minds in the Prius community. Obviously such a poll might have more commercial merit in non-Prius communities but each stunt would have to be explained, again. I'm just curious if they had any effect in our community.

The only flaw I could see was asking the most negative question first but I'm not sure that reordering them would make it better. But I'm willing to take suggestions or corrections or even a substitute poll.

Thanks,
Bob Wilson

 

Please take my comments as more phegmatic than they may seem.

Ordinarily I would agree but sometimes the presentation destroys the message. Had they plotted something like MPH vs MPG for the Jetta TDI and the Prius, I would have felt much better about the effort. Had they included the fuel receipts, again, I would have felt much better. Had they made even the most rudimentary attempt to present both sets of vehicles and their relative performance, I would have and could have respected the effort.

SPAM that comes in supporting widows, orphans, and charities receive the same treatment as SPAM supporting sex sites, pharmacuiticals and other nonsense. The freedom of the Internet also comes with the sociopaths of SPAM and the Nigerian offers of millions of dollars. Sad to say but GreenHuman brought the same quality of service as SPAM today. They really don't get it.

The GreenHuman video interviews were no better than the informercials that have turned late-night cable into a wasteland. Engineering is not based upon an opinion poll or personal views but upon hard facts and data. They wasted six weeks, at least two drivers, and over $500 to bring us nothing but a little harmless fun.

GreenHumans are free to ignore the poll results and all of our comments. Sociopaths are notorious for being free from consideration of others ... it is the signature by which they are known. But not everyone has that freedom of concious.

So consider what would happen if the results of this poll and our comments were sent to VW USA and VW Germany? Perhaps, just perhaps, they might take another look at these stunts and realize that maybe, just maybe, they want to get away from BS 'head-to-head' Prius stunts and go back to vehicle basics.

I loved the VW "unpimp your ride" series. They had humor and were genuinely entertaining. But these last stunts have been unmitigated disasters. We have five days remaining but preliminary data suggests they have alienated Prius drivers. I notice the VW dealer lots are not filling up with 'trade-in' Prius.

Bob Wilson