Manhood Challenged - Prius

By posting here saying your "manhood" is challenged, wouldn't be chicken and not up to the challenge if you now back down from actually buying a Prius?

It's your own words, not mine! You are pretty much doomed if you do and doomed if you don't.

No more talking, just do it, man!

 

Harsh.

Hey, the guy's loved ones and friends might just be trying to prevent him from making a mistake, even if it is in their own ignorance. I would do the same for one of my buddies if they were about to buy say, a Chrysler Sebring, or any Chrysler for that matter. That wouldn't be based on image obviously in my case, but it is the same. As I said...in their ignorance.

 

I wanna see Michaelvickdog123 and coach81 arm wrestle! My money is on the coach!

 

The new Mustang isn't a terrible car mileage-wise: in 305HP-producing V6 guise, it gets 30mpg on the freeway (significantly lower city). Reliably driftable with some suspension and engine work.

OP (coach): First, I would advise you to form your own opinions. Is a BMW 1/335i out of the question? If you're going to burn gas, you might as well have a good time doing it (as opposed to just being yet another loser being in everyone's way driving a massive SUV/truck).

 

Time for a Change

I feel for you Coach.

Looks like you found the "hot button" word of the month in "manhood."
It's like somebody tossed large, everything pizzas into the locker room
after a tough victory. Half the boys are fighting to get to the pizza. The
other half are raising a ruckus because they want burgers, fries, the
works... super sized too! From the stridency of some of the posts, it
looks like others may have the real issues here.

It looks to me that for reasons known only to you, you have moved
beyond those around you when considering what car to buy. There
are many things that could have got you thinking about a Prius including:
* it pollutes the air hardly at all
* it uses very little regular grade gas and can save you bundles o'
bucks
* it is very reliable
* it says you want to reduce and stop sending your $$ and our national
treasure in the form of young men and women to fight and die if not
directly for oil, than to provide security for those dry, sandy, and
apparently uncaring nearby countries from whom we get oil now.
* you are deeply moved by the environmental damage and economic
disaster caused by the spill in the Gulf
* it says you want a better future for your family and you're willing to
make changes in the way you live to get there... one vehicle at a time

Even one one of these things might be provide enough motivation,
Three or four together can be a compelling case.
So now you want to change things for what you think is the better. But
the folks around you don't understand that you want to move crosswise
to the prevailing current where you live.

I think it's time to start a subtle campaign in your house to introduce
information about the Prius, perhaps a sales brochure. If your boys are
into computers, etc., one might ask a few questions. Then, "Hey, why
don't we go and sit in one?" Your wife may see real value in the added
safety features of the Advanced Technology package. You have to start
somewhere.

It is a good thing one of your vehicles is paid for; minimum cash
outflow and all that. However, it might have been easier if you still had
two car payments. The monthly fuel savings from the Prius vs. the
truck could be quite substantial, maybe $80-$100 a month depending
how you drive and how far you drive. I think everyone in your family
would think a Prius was wonderful it it was making a real contribution
to a trip to Disney Land, say in 2012.
lane: <<-- California, here we come!!
I hope you go undefeated this year. :cheer2:
I hope your information/education campaign about the Prius is so
successful that as a reward, your family demands that you buy one
hurry-up-quick during the upcoming year-end sales events. :rockon:

Light Bedtime Reading

 

Well....ultimately if you are the one who goes to work and brings home the money and you want and have driven the Prius...don't you think your decision overrides everyone else? I know folks gave me a hard time when I said I was looking at the Prius but it was something I had had my eye on for some time and when I drove it I knew it was the car for me....after the first fillup where I averaged 60.4 mpg my husband and everyone else quickly got quiet....they now ask routinely how is the gas mileage? I just laugh when I pull up to the filling station...and oh BTW....they say only white people drive Pri...not anymore.

 

Ask your wife her definition of a "real man" - just to check if she married the right one.

 

I'm 6' 4", 240 lbs and former Marine. Yes, still in excellent shape. The point being - the men that I know, the men that I served with would laugh at this whole thread.

So, I'll take that bet. :rockon:

 

Kind of missed the point.

The point has NOTHING to do with what his wife, or what his buddies are telling him, but has EVERYTHING to do with the poster not being able to make up his own mind, and then having the insecurity to come on here looking for guidance...or whatever?

The decision has already been made. A done deal. What's the point to this thread? His mommie, I mean his wife, has already decided. LOL

 

Come on..lets be honest...

Anyone with two testicles that drives a Prius is at least a metrosexual.

Come on! Admit it...

You watched Marley and Me! ...and even though you thought Jennifer Aniston was hot...you almost cried at the end when the dog died.

You made the paper banners that the Football Team ran through during the pep assemblies...but you never made the team. And you only volunteered to make the banners because it was the only way to get close to the cheerleaders.

Your yearbook is filled with comments from girls like 'Thanks for being a Friend and have a great summer at Band Camp".

You owned Dockers...you still own Dockers....and the idea of wearing sandals with socks isn't at all alien or repugnant to you....

Let quit pretending....let's quit fooling ourselves. Toyota knows the truth. Why else would they keep the Prius locked in an imaginary world of advertising folk music and fairy dust?

Sure we hypermile to the tailgate party...and we overcompensate once we arrive by drinking a few extra domestic beers....it's okay because we will just set the dynamic radar cruise control on the way home and the chances of being pulled over are almost nill.

When the Kracken is released, we are likely to stand back and say "What The Hell is That?" but we aren't going to be the ones to cut the head off Medusa and save the city.

Join me in my limited and stereotypical application of unjustified labels...it's fun..and not at all manly.....

 

Actually this is quite funny, and not entirely untrue. And FWIW I am wearing a pink today.

WTH? I made fun of guys a few years ago for this. Well, it's checked so it has some white. And hell I look good in it.

GOOD HEAVENS why am I wearing a pink shirt? How did this happen?

At least I really liked the movie 300, and not because the guys' abs are showing, at least that wasn't the main reason.

 

The sandals are just icky on my bare feet....must go wax my eyebrows now...

 

If I was any more manly, I'd have to be twins.

 

Grow a pair and buy what you want.

Personally I like riding in a vagina! It is actually a very manly thing to do when you think about it.

 

If you say so, "coach". Bwhahahahahaha

But it's your (mmm, I mean your wife's) choice to make for you, so good luck with that.

That said, I've never met a "man" that looked to a web chat board for reassurances....and that's clearly what you seek. You either get it, or you don't. But that's OK, some folks simply don't get the Prius. Vanity, or as you would say, their manhood, or the image of their manhood keeps them from making a purely objective/logical choice.

My advice: Your wife and buds are clearly concerned with your "manly" image (is there something you aren't telling us, coach? LOL). Therefore, make your wife happy and get a truck. Who knows, maybe after you buy the truck, you'll get "lucky". LMAO.

 

I bought my wife HER Prius (with OUR money) without her even approving it or test driving it! (seriously) How's that for manly?

That is right, I have a pair. My wife can show them to you, she keeps them in a jar on her desk at work.

 

Now that's funny!

 

Anyone know where you can purchase the "F*ck you. I get 50 MPGs! sticker posted on the first page?