Seriously. Prius drivers what is wrong with you guys?

I drive my Prius like any other car I've owned. I'm secure in the knowledge that by doing so, I'm still getting better mileage then virtually any other vehicle on the road.

 

Actually, it sounds like you're describing every soccer-mom in a minivan, haudy stay-at-home tennis trophy in the suv, good -ole-boy in the f-150, Rollie flashing entraprenuer in his ultimate-driving-machine, homie in the pimped impala, red-neck teenaged mexican in a 5.0L mustang/camero, and blue-hair in a crown-vic. Too fast, too slow, too inconsiderate and too selfish........everyone on the road.

Point is, prius drivers are just like any others.
Deep down inside, you want a Prius.

 

Sounds to me like you're just noticing the Priuses that behave in those ways. Around here it runs the whole gammit of car types that drive differently- the key word here.

If people choose to get upset and honk, it is their choice to react that way. Other people don't have control over our actions. We do.

 

Hi Ninous26,

I think the point that most Prius drivers would make is that they have woke up. There is no need to get to a light before its green, and in fact its just as uncourtious to screw up the timing of people behind us. If they are going to be using their brakes, and idling, they are going to be wasting gas. Other drivers who like to red light race do not get this. Myself, well, I have driven like this for many many years in many different cars. It started as a way to get around traffic on a 2 lane road with lots of stop lights actually. Not as a way to save gas. On this road there were right turn lanes, which had no traffic, and in my state there is no law against passing on the right. So, by timing into the light, it was easy to dust of 10 or more cars sitting there. For some reason the right turn lanes continued on through the intersction for 100 yards or so. That was a special circumstance that does not exist anymore. Too much traffic, and that road is 4 lanes now.

You apparently have some ex Jetta drivers there with Prius cars. Do not see those around here. But if your sitting at a red light, because you were lousy at timing it, well, a good Prius driver might just wiz past you ine in the right lane as the light goes green.

The one odd thing from a non-Prius driver I do is cruise at 53 on the metropolitan interstate. It does not slow down the portion of the Interstate travel I do, as during rush hour there are places where traffic comes to a dead stop. And I just come coasting up from behind and catch up with all the traffic. The advantage is the mileage is improved from 55 mpg (at 62 mph) to 65 plus mpg (at 50 to 55 mph). The reasons for this are complicated and more than just the air drag redution. A 20 percent improvement in fuel economy on the everyday travel is really nothing to sneeze at, and its not slowing anybody behind me down any worse than prevailing road conditions. Although allot of people drive around me like it is, at least the first time. Until a few days into it, they realize I still right there with them as I leave the highway, even though my speed max was 55 mph, and theres was 75 mph (on a 55 mph limit road).

 

+1million :rockon:

and my GF said that she would NEVER drive a prius...since i got mine, she wants to drive it to work ever chance she gets...and she drives a 2007 lexus gs350 ... hahahahahaha

 

the only person i know who speeds sometimes in prius is myself, never seen anyone else do it.

no wonder my mpg has dropped like a rock

im careful when i do it though, i promise.

 

Maybe there's a bit of bias going on.

Yesterday I was on my way home from the Cape and I was driving at the speed limit or just a couple of miles above (which means I'm driving slower than most cars, unfortunately). I conscientiously drive in the right lane when I know I am going slower than most traffic, but for awhile I was in the middle lane. Suddenly I was impeded by someone in a small SUV who was driving about 40 MPH in the middle lane--no s&&t. Well, who got honked at and flipped off by another driver? Me. Some guy came up behind me and assumed that I was the one slowing things down, even though I was in the same boat as him. I imagine he made that assumption because I was driving a Prius.

 

Oh how delightful. All day today I was thinking to myself, what a wonderful day I have had today, the sun is shining and the birds in the trees are singing. what a beautiful mid winter's day. I've mowed the lawns and finished cleaning the pool yesterday and now I can sit back with a cold beer and check to see what is happening on Prius Chat this afternoon. You know I really hope we get a troll in today, it is so nice having people over but trolls are so much nicer. I especially like the ones who come in saying I'm not here as a troll I just have a question, they are the best trolls.

So I log into PC, 1/4 of that icy beer is already in my tummy and I see my one wish has come true, how wonderful. Welcome to Prius Chat Ninous26, is that your real name? It is truly a privilege to have a troll of your calibre come into PriusChat. We don't get many trolls here so when one calls around we generally all gather around the troll to feed it, like a cookie?

Now I hope you're comfortable, you might be surprised by the people here. Lets see how many of them you can convince to sell their Prius, I would love to place a bet with you, I bet you don't get one person who owns a Prius to sell it and I also bet you don't get one person on a waiting list for a new Prius, you know the lists which are weeks long, I bet you don't encourage even one person to get their deposit back.

OK, sit back, relax and feel free to feel like an idiot when the PriusChat crew are done with you. However it is likely you will go away thinking you won. I wonder what you will use as a gauge of success.

You can't have a Prius, they aren't designed for trolls.

Who forgot to close the screen door?

 

Troll. Early Middle School.

 

You seem to be a very nice person, based on how you write, but you really don't get it. Just because you can afford something (now) doesn't mean you need to have or use it. It is typical of many, although changing IMO, that place themselves first and forget that we're all in this together.
Because you might be running late suggests your timing is off and you're going to be annoyed with any, not just Prius, cars on the road that are in your way.
Perhaps some Prius drivers need to be better drivers regarding road rules but so do all other drivers.
Some people need to be more responsible drivers.

 

I would concur that the original poster is trolling. However, since he seems to communicate fairly effectively, why not engage? :fencing:

Our thoughts go where our awareness goes. Ninous26 has clearly been focusing his awareness on Prii, lately. The result is that Ninous26 sees - as could be expected - a bell curve of driving habits: some Prius owners drive well; some drive slower than most; some drive faster than most; some are polite; others are aggressive. Wow! What a shocker - people are all different!

(Never mind that one's observing of driving habits is a fairly subjective assessment, relative to one's own driving behavior.)

If Ninous26 had been focusing his awareness on VW drivers, he'd be in a different auto forum complaining about the same thing. Same for Smart vehicles, EV1s, and certain Dodge models.

Ninous - perhaps you need a stress-management class? I've been behind slow Cadillacs (particularly in Florida), slow Mustangs, slow Jaguars, and here in NC, slow farm tractors. Take a deep breath and wait to pass. I've also been smothered by speeders in sports cars, SUVs, and 18-wheelers. My revenge is waving kindly as I pass them and the nice policeman who stopped them. I've seen hammerhead moves by young and old, rich and poor, bicycles and autos, Good Humor trucks and hazmat haulers.

Frankly, I think Ninous has a performative contradiction going on here: He clearly submits that 'Prius owners drive oddly,' but then goes on to suggest that some drive fast, some drive slow, some are good, some are bad... and yet every day we see those behaviors regardless of the type or size of vehicle.

Yup. Troll.
:flock:

 

I'm not going to talk about driving patterns because everyone drives differently and the type of car you own is no real indicator of how you will drive.

I will, however, ask you to explore the impact of poor fuel economy on our national security, the health effects of burning fossil fuels, and the overall impact to our economy and the environment in which we really 100%. Just because you can afford to sport a vehicle with poor fuel milage doesn't mean you should. In fact, to those of us who do understand the negative impact poor fuel economy has, people who choose to drive such vehicles look either completely ignorant or VERY selfish and dare I call them America Haters? LOL

So let me ask you this. You think it is discourteous for me to drive at the speed limit or to come to a stop slowly right? Then how should I feel about you contributing a disproportionate amount of smog into the lower atmosphere and contributing to my little girls asthma problem or lung lesions in my mother? So before you start labeling people because their actions do not fit your ideal of courtesy please try and look at the bigger picture and the less noticable details of why they may be driving for that extra 5mpg. It is certainly why I am because fuel prices are not a large factor in my driving changes.

From the NRDC

More info available at the EPA site.

 

You really shouldn't be driving with your eyes closed. It's dangerous.

Bob

 

WHY does anyone who doesn't own one, doesn't want one, and says they don't like them come on a Priuc chat board? Other than to stir things up under the guise of "discussion"?

If it looks like a troll, talks like a troll...

 

Before I had my Prius I always did the speed limit. I was always harassed etc.
Since I have my Prius, I do the speed limit, Still get harassed.
What about my right to drive and obey the law??

 

Around my parts the Prius is the new Buick, Lincoln, or Cadilac for old people. My conclusion is that the person inside would be slow regardless of the vehicle they were driving.

 

Yes ... a well spoken (written) troll.