Violence against Prius at all-time high

That's a damn shame...

Dave

 

it's the same people who buy into all the scary stuff that fell
out of the RNC, and think they have some gawd-given right to
waste as much fuel and other resource as they want because the
rapture is coming anyways so it won't matter long-term and these
people who keep trying to see past the next tent revival are just
not true americans.
.
I've got news for them with regard to where they're headed after
said rapture, but I don't think they want to listen...
.
_H*

 

I bought mine because I'm cheap, and love the techie toys available in the car. In this day and age I suspect a Prius is more a self-defense mechanism against rising gas prices with more people than it is a green play. I also suspect everyone may need to buy something similar sooner or later, we're just slightly ahead of the curve.

So is being cheap, loving techie toys, and maybe not wanting to transfer more of our wealth to our enemies good enough reasons to burn my car...?

 

Yes, you may be the said self proclaimed "cheap" person, you say you are (forgive me, it's late and I'm tired)...but it's not really a "cheap" car, is it. People have been paying a good dollar for these, and etcetera...I guess what I'm saying here is, for the money I paid to acquire our Prius, I'd be fuming mad if someone vandalized mine!

 

Mine is in the garage during the night, but if someone vandalizes it they better hope they aren't in range and have good health insurance, because I don't miss very often. (I did have 1 out of 50 shots go wild during concealed weapon testing, the other 49 were in a tight little group. My wife beat me by one point with a very loose grouping, because none of hers were off the paper. 246 vs. 245...I'll never live it down, but that's okay by me. I got my shots off in about 1/3 to 1/2 the time.)

 

I'll bet this vandalism was done by OPEC trust-fund kids living here in the United States. I park my car inside a gated community at night. Neither my family nor any of my neighbors has ever had a problem with vandalism. I suggest parking your Prius cars inside a garage at night if any of those 18-year old U.A.E. trust fund kids lives near you.


(note: this is pure speculation for entertainment value and has no real basis nor substantive evidence. This is in no way intended to be racist or discriminatory against U.A.E. trust fund kids)

 

Actually, it isn't that expensive, depending on what you were considering... I was considering a small SUV that was going to run me upwards of $35-45,000 (yes, one of the nicer ones), and THAT was going to use premium gas. So I made out like a bandit.

Now, if you compare it to crap cars that have a 5 to 7 year life, yea, it's more expensive, but it sure is built better. My last Toyota lasted 20 years, hopefully this one will do better than the 6 years my Skylark lasted before it was too worn out to sell. Finally got rid of that for $75.

I also would be fuming mad if someone vandalized mine. None of these things were my point...

 

sorry for this offtopic :
ok in america you can carry a gun OK but wy use it?
just beat the crap out of that guy or use a bat,, maybe even call 911
and if thats not working then can you use your gun.

 

Looks like the same incident as discussed here. The car's owner jumps into the discussion in post 16.

 

Have the police looked into whether the owners are gang members: sounds sort of like gang retribution.
Seriously, when I hear or see extreme hypermilers crawling along well below the speed limit on highways, albeit in the right lane, or holding traffic up along city streets below the speed limit, I wonder what ICE drivers think. This is probably the radical fringe expressing those thoughts.
I try for the best mileage I can get without getting honked, fingered or yelled at when there are other cars following me, and go for my best mileage when I'm alone on city streets. So far, 3.8 l/100k, no honks, no fingers and no expletives. Oh, and no vandalism.

 

Hi All,

The LA car attack was not Prius specific. The Arsonist(s) did in several other non-Prius cars. Looks like Edmunds is playing the FUD game here, as they left that bit out.

 

I have a very strong feeling that most/all of these incidents are just random at a vehicle - and maybe towards a Prius because it does stand out a bit. In other words, not directed at the Prius to make a statement.

Beyond that, it's possible that they are directed at the owner, again not at a Prius to make a statement about the car.

Maybe people are nicer or just don't give a hoot in the North East.

Having said that, I do believe Prius Rage exists in a limited form. I've had peeps in trucks or kids in a sports car flipping me the bird on the highway (where I go with the flow of traffic in the right most lane unless I'm in a hurry, in which case I'm leading or keeping up with the fast lane).. Have had a lot of cars and driven hundreds of thousands of miles, and only ever saw that kind of thing when I clearly had done something stupid to deserve it.

 

Three words: SEEK PROFESSIONAL HELP!

 

i wonder if anyone is keeping score to find out which is higher, prius getting vandalized or the amount of SUVs being vandalized by the earth liberation front

 

That article is blowing one event out of proportions.

 

And you know this how? Sounds pretty bigoted to me.

 

Government propaganda has convinced these attackers that, just like Mexicans, gays and blacks ...... Prius owners are bad m'kay. Those dirty, elite, radical-left tree huggers just must be stopped!

If we had leadership without such an incredible vested interest in fosil fuels, the fire would not be getting stoked as much for sure. Until that happens, look for much more of the same.

I do agree, however, that this isn't some kind of epidemic ...... yet.

Of course it takes an idiot to fall for such obvious party rhetoric, but there is NO shortage of this in America.

... Brad

 

i'm going to change the emblems to read chevy and malibu, i cover my harley with a suzuki cover and blacked out the honda on my generator

 

Stuff happens and it is easy to read-in to yesterday's news, 3-4 months ago, today's events. For there to be wide-spread attacks, there usually is some 'call to action'.

To the best of my knowledge, that last time there was a 'politically correct' commercial against a car was 2004. It was the "Club for Growth" commercial and cited ". . . latte-drinking, sushi-eating, Volvo-driving, . . ." To the best of my knowledge, there wasn't a sudden rash of Volvo vehicle attacks. But I don't know, in Alabama we just roll that sushi stuff in a little corn meal and fry it right up or bait a hook.

Bob Wilson