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What Do Women Think of Men Driving Priuses?

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    Best Prius/getting-the-girl story yet!
     
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    Not counting my chickens:she hasn't said "Yes" yet.
     
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    Great story earthworm! Good on ya! :kiss: Gives me hope......maybe I shouldn't keep the Prius in the garage all the time. I did run into a woman who works at a business across the street from my office who's kinda hot in Costco about a week ago, and she was quite friendly and asking about my Prius, seemed interested. In the Prius, that is.... She's not married but I'm pretty sure she has a steady boyfriend. Oh well. But, getting back to the initial premise of this thread which has been hijacked numerous times, I definitely would not say that owning/driving a Prius is a negative from the standpoint of "making an impression" on a woman. Other factors are, however, in play.
     
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    Quite a resemblance...maybe George had a secret identity...or Zeus...
     
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    I wish I had a great story about meeting my wife because of my Prius but they weren't around when we met. It is a great story but I'll save it for another time.

    BTW, I thought the desk decoration discussion was interesting enough to start a new thread called "What's on Your Desk?"
     
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    patsparks An Aussie perspective

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    Funny enough I have had far more women ask about the Prius than any other car I have owned. Only smelly men ask about the performance cars. Three times now I have left a party with a woman I didn't know prior to meeting that day, to go for a test drive in the Prius.

    I must add I am married (impressed wife 26 years ago with my Mini) so a test drive of the Prius was all that happened and we returned to the party, however for a single person the ice would have been broken.
     
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    Haven't wanted to say anything in this thread because of its almost comically shallow nature, but here we are (beats doing my taxes):

    As props, magnets or conversation starters go, the Prius is a pretty good one. For straight men, I'd rank it #3. Behind #2 - walking or going to a park with a dog. But far, far behind #1 - walking or going to the park with a baby or toddler.
     
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    Actually, you can combine #1 and #2 by taking a puppy for a walk in the park.

    The ultimate solution would be to combine a puppy with a convertible. Maybe a Porsche convertible and a Min Pin puppy. :car: :love:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/superzap/2359249120/sizes/l/in/pool-39972487@N00/
     
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    The stick is rather small.
     
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    hahahahaha!! That is SO wrong!
     
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    try a Rhodesian Ridgeback puppy at an athletics meet, the reaction is amazing! No I an not athletic.
     
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    The wife thinks it's great, she takes a nap while I drive!
     
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    hyo silver Awaaaaay

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    Attaboy, earthworm! There's hope for us old guys yet.

    I used to take the kids in a snugli or the stroller everywhere I went. NOW you tell me. And I've wanted a dog for ages, but that was so it would take the wife for walkies. I may have to rethink that. :D
     
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    I really don't think any different of a man driving a Prius than any other car. It might be that I see so many (I work in a Toyota building) that I'm desensitized to what car someone drives. What I do notice though is if the car is clean and what mods it has. Then I check out the driver. A great smile goes a long way with me. Now if there was a priuschat sticker on the car too... I'd have to give a :wave: because men who drive Prii and who are also on priuschat... TOTALLY HOT!!!!! :love:
     
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    BAH! You're not old man. :p
     
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    It usually works better with 1 kid. 1 kid can be like flypaper. 2 or more tends to scare them away.
     
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    Yes... long-haired man in Prius is definitely hotter.
    After all, my DH drives the Prius occasionally, and I think he's HOTT. :p

    But, yes... I think that a Prius is a sort of conversation starter.
    I've had men ask me about the Prius at gas stations... and I'm not hot.

    And on the subject of strange objects in cubicles, I once had a stone skull on my desk (freaked out a co-worker.. go figure!)
     
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    1 kid can be a nephew/niece, which makes you a sweet guy. 2 kids is usually a dad, perhaps on visitation weekend, which isn't as attractive. Go figure.

    Puppies are cute, too. I like the puppy idea.
     
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