Not sure what his little mind was up to. He spewed out three kids in
18 months, had no room in the one car, so had to get his wife a
minivan, he sees two other prius on the block, three hybrid honda, so
maybe he joins the crowd? I have seen an increase the number of
three point star cars in the neighborhood. At least one on each
block within a seven block radius. Not many diesels, but that may
change.
clay
On May 27, 2007, at 9:46 AM, Rich Thomas wrote:
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
