Roadshow: Prius owners drive too slow — or is it too fast?

I sent Gary an email.

 

Pretty funny.

George Carlin had it right: "Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?"

Tom


Edit: While looking for the exact wording of this quote, I found this fun site:
http://digitaldreamdoor.nutsie.com/pages/quotes/george_carlin.html

 

Yes, I noticed that.

 

And where you drive, they do it on the wrong side of the road. That's really scary.

Tom

 

Re: Mr. Roadshow: Prius owners drive too slow — or is it too fast?

Nice find and he deftly handled the 'complaints.'

Bob Wilson

 

Re: Mr. Roadshow: Prius owners drive too slow — or is it too fast?

Yes, as opposed to most of us, who would tell them to "go pound salt..."

Tom

 

Re: Mr. Roadshow: Prius owners drive too slow — or is it too fast?

"Salt"? What am I missing? I thought it was sand.

 

Re: Mr. Roadshow: Prius owners drive too slow — or is it too fast?

We use salt. It hurts a lot more than sand.

Tom

 

Wow! I don't own a Prius yet(mine is on order) but it seems like there is a lot of hate for Prius drivers.

 

There are a lot of knuckle dragging troglodytes out there.

Tom

 

I am sorry to say that I am one of those drivers who complains about both the slow drivers and the fast drivers but I don't put anybody into a certain class. I just think there are bad drivers and good drivers.( Of course I am a good driver)!

 

Well, yes the article was funny. But I'll tell you Pearl ruined my lifelong fun with cars. See, I'm a "car guy". I have always liked fast, powerful cars. Now I just see them for what they are - gas guzzling money wasting pots that urge you to donate money to the police. Sigh. No more droning down the road at the speed limit in a car that can -safely- go three times the speed limit (in absence of other cars). Such as the 93 RX-7 I owned and sold right after I got Pearl.
I'm not "sanctimonious", I just grew up.
Now I "race for efficiency".
I think it's more fun, less worrying, and much less expensive.
Yup, it's -MY- "hybrid premium".

 

I'm going to agree with Mr. Beale. I missed driving fast, big trucks, but now when I go look at a car even for fun, I ask why the engine doesnt shut off. Heck, even when driving our Camry on Saturday night, I was wondering why the engine was still on at the light and why you could feel the gears shifting.

 

Yes.

 

No.

 

More often FUD (Fear Uncertainty and Doubt) as well as echoing nonsense asserted by others. Mostly, I don't worry about it unless someone tries to get in my face. Then I simply offer to take them to lunch and toss the keys to them on the way back and say,"Here, you drive."

That doesn't mean they go out and buy a Prius but at least they tone down the nonsense.

Bob Wilson

 

How many Prius do you suppose we have collectively sold doing just that? People are always amazed when they drive one.

Tom

 

Indeed.