Maybe the Prius has some good points, but I notice that the people who
drive them seem to be 1) "holier than thou"-looking types (I know, that
is a bad way to put it, but when you look at someone you can usually get
a half-decent read of their personality) with "progressive" stickers on
the bumpers, or 2) rather clueless consumers who heard that it is a good
thing and go pay for it not really analyzing the whole deal, or 3)
status-seekers among their crowd. Your MSFT guy probably fits in at
least 2 of these groups if not all 3. Most of my community probably
fits that profile as well. There is probably a very small percentage who
really understand all the factors, and make the decision. But I also
see a lot of VW TDIs around, and new diesel Benzes for those in that
price range. A lot of old diesel Benzes driven by people like this group!
I think there is a lot of marketing going on these days about fuel
mileage and global climate change and such, that is not reality-based in
many respects. Who knows what the answer is ( a combination of
behaviors and equipment I would think), but somehow I just don't get the
feeling that the Prius is the whole answer. And I wonder too why they
don't make these kinds of cars plug-in hybrids right out of the box to
gain even more efficiencies.
--R
Redghost wrote:
Microscum slave next door just had the sales folks over yesterday to
demonstrate cars at his house. He trades the saturn for a toyota. He
was looking at the camry hybrid, but settled on the prius. He was
strutting his stuff about what a great move he had made. I did not
feel the need to knock him off his pedestal and let him know just
what a fake goodness he had done. Saw him chatting up the other
neighbor with a new diesel VW about what a smooth move the hybrid
was. Fool works for the evil empire, figure he is clueless, so why
waste good breath pointing out his failures
clay
On May 26, 2007, at 5:57 PM, Kevin Kraly wrote:
It's all in the marketing. People are told that their hybrid is
helping the
environment, and that's a good thing to help pollution and be more
"green,"
lots of hipe. I'll just stick with my Diesels.
Kevin in Hillsboro, OR
1983 300SD 267Kmi, Ursula
