Have you ever had your car spat upon??

You anywhere near a Ford/GM/Chrysler plants?

When Toyota was taking some lumps this past Winter, it was revealing to read the Detroit free Press (online). The HATE expressed by pretty much all of the posters - for foreign made cars - was pretty scary. I wonder whether it's really directed at the hybrid cars, or more generally, at foreign built vehicles. Do Ford Fusion hybrid owners report similar incidents...although with far fewer of them on the road, the frequency will be much less.

 

That's the nut streak in this country. There are nuts on the right and nuts on the left.
Unfortunately, the media only listens to the nuts on the right, maybe because that's where the money is.

 

Which then possibly suggests that your's was an accident, and not intentional?

Back in my youth, I was known to lob a few good ones....and occasionally, was not keenly aware of where my lobs might land.

Personally, while some Prius owners have (no doubt) been the subject of hate, I'm sure many others are just a tad phobic, and bring up the "hate" as soon as they get cut off in traffic, or someone gets too close in traffic. Hard to say what's hate, and what's just rude, or careless behavior?

 

A good read is The High and the Mighty by Keith Bradsher, the marketing of the SUV, esp. by Clotaire Rapaille (he is a GOOD read). I think of the classic Star Trek logic vs emotion....Rapaille calles it "reptillian"....in real life, logic often loses. The new car purchases may not be quite as bloated, but the public still wants a vehicle they will be "respected" and kick-a$$ performance.

With that last thought, you can't reason with a lot of people...if they "think" with their crouch, they are going to buy the lifted 4x4 pickups...but this same mentality goes into rude driving at the Prius and vandalism.

So much of current events is not thinking but feeling, emoting, hating.

I see America declining when so many behave like spoiled brats, just like the Roman Empire many centuries ago.

 

Possible he was a plain old nut, but I have faced the glaring look "of what is that silly white car" from more than one person driving a truck the size of a small apartment building.

 

Only takes one nut.

 

You, of all people, should realize that it's hard to draw any conclusions based on one event.

I was cut off by a black dude today. Should I assume all/many black dudes dislike Prii? I've never seen a black dude in a Prius, so should i assume that hate somehow played a part? NO, I should not. However, if this became a regular thing, then I can start to formulate a theory...

But you're probably right, somebody spit on your Prius because they hate your car. Maybe you cut them off earlier while driving to campus? Whatever.

 

Yup, pretty shocking. One "downfall" of the silent Prius when it is still on, is that passerbys dont realize the car is on and someone is it. The car is silent, therefore it is off, therefore nobody is in it.

And I do feel most of the hate in my area is because of political opinions about it.

 

#1: I wouldn't make too much of it because nobody had the balls to do it while someone was around.
#2: There are only Prius haters because gas is cheap, when gas got close to $5 a gallon I had a whole lot of those haters all of a sudden getting curious and asking me questions about the Prius because they were seriously considering burning their wrecks for insurance money(couldn't sell because no takers).
#3: HOV envy, in my last venture in the HOV lane-the Prius was the dominant species and many in number, this kills the SUV slaves but who cares. They're just a blur out the window as I whiz by.

 

There is no political warfare here in this forum. In fact, we are glad to welcome you, our first Republican Prius owner, to PriusChat!

 

oh this is just great. I've had my Prius for exactly one week and I read this. I live in an ultra conservative, right wing, bush loving who could do no wrong college (Texas A&M) town. I haven't heard of anything afoul, but ya never know

 

Meh, put a gun rack on it and they'll love ya!

 

NO
Still have my hub caps and Toyota symbols as well after 8 months

 

Would some NRA window stickers help protect it in this area?

Sorry, can't lend you mine. I can't safely display them here, but might need them in a place I'll be visiting.

 

LOL, yeah the NRA sticker might help.