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Hybrids are far from mainstream, so you are ahead of the game!

Welcome to Prius Chat, I hope you enjoy your Prius as much as I do mine!

 

Did you keep any of your other vehicles?

I tend to think someone so obviously enchanted with lap times and speed, will become disenchanted with the Eco Hybrid car game.

I'm mean you bought Two Prius...that's jumping in with both feet.

But what happens 3 months for now when the itch to "Drive Fast" starts to return?

I think you need a "project" weekend....fast car. Otherwise the pendelum will swing back the other way, and you'll end up Exiting the Hybrid Eco car game as quickly as you entered it.

You can't go cold turkey like that.....

 

Welcome aboard and enjoy the rides. Who drives which one?

 

I haven't become disenchanted with the hybrid gas mileage game. Like the OP I sold off a list of high HP machines when I got my Prius. Getting a high mpg tank is not much different than getting a low ET or high MPH at the drag strip.

 

F8L is exactly right. I have had power and find the Prius gives similar rewards but in other ways. I find myself playing the mpg game even though the difference between 46 mpg and 52 mpg is only a few hundred $ a year.

 

I'm glad the OP has bought two Prius.

But I tend to think someone who keeps the best 1/8 mile times of his previous vehicles? Might just want to keep more than one Pony in the stable.

I mean really, I think commiting to Prius and being "Eco" shouldn't necessarily mean you never race again.

I don't think there is anything wrong with having a "weekend" vehicle or hobby vehicle. It's better than buying a Prius....then having backlash later.

It's just a suggestion, not a knock on being Eco concious or Prius.

 

You hit the nail on the head, man. All the money we spent chasing other, richer, people at the drag strip seems like such a waste in retrospect. Granted there were good times associated with the money. It's still nothing like having invested in a house and/or awesome vacations.

 

That's fine. Enjoy your Prius. Or should I say multiple Prii?

I'm still going to bet, that at some point within the next 12 months you find yourself clicking around Craigslist, looking for some "bargain" vehicle that you can start fixing up and make faster....

 

I'm not sure why you keep insisting this.

It's been 6 years for me and I have not once looked or even considered another race car. I've got almost 20 years of racing in my past!

 

Because this person's FIRST post in Prius Chat, included the 1/8 mile times for his past vehicles....

That suggests to me that conciously or subconciously this person ISN'T past the racing stage.

Why does my suggestion that the OP consider KEEPING his Prius, but also the hobby of racing- bother you so much?

Just because YOU have moved on? Doesn't mean everyone else should.

Could I be wrong? Is it even really any of my business? Yes, I could be wrong...and No ultimately it isn't any of my business.

Trust Me? I'm 45 years old. It's a good age to discover that what you enjoy and dreams you have "change".

I'm NOT insulted if the OP never set's his accelerator foot in a regular ICE vehicle ever again. It's purely up to the OP.

But I think some Prius supporters think it has to be "All or Nothing"....

Reading the OP's original post? Reading not so much between the lines? I just wanted to remind the OP that owning a Prius and going "Eco" doesn't necessarily mean you HAVE to shun every other type of locomotion, even racing for speed, for the rest of your life.

A year from now, The OP could post a thread entitled ECO gone RACER....and I think that would be fine....

 

I think Racer just means he is going to use the Prius cars more for the general commuting. Doesn't mean people will give up their recreational type cars for other times. But it also means less wear and tear on the fun vehicles if they aren't committed to going to work and easier on the pocket fuel wise.

Of course, he will still have to drive it once in a while, but even then, doesn't mean he has to make it become a major money sink either.

 

How to tell when Hypermileing has eclipsed using less gas.

1) You are driving to attend MPG competitions

2) You drive further to use a route that gets higher MPG

3) You buy accessories that cost more than they can ever save you in fuel economy.

4) You consider owning a second car so short trips do not bring down the Prius MPG.

5) You have a Fuelly Sig for your lawnmower

Do you have any of these warning signs? We have a 12 step process to help cure your addiction!

 

You can rent track bikes (motorcycles) as part of some performance riding school programs. So would a "rent-a-dragracer" business model work?