I just feel terrible

Can anyone say troll? <_<

 

I have had my car for about 1 year now.... Took me a bit to learn it - when i first got it temps were 35-50f. I woud avg 38-45mpg. Then i got better and my avg was 40-50mpg...

Then summer hit... Yippie, cleaner fuel and warmer engines! I hit 60mpg avg on atleast 2 tanks! (Lot of work and carful driving but i did it) I have 50-55mpg if i drive 'smart' (55-65Mph) 45-50mpg if i drive 'stupid' (70Mph+)

Now back in winter - im seeing 40-50mpg - big thing thats buggin me is the damn bladder, can only get 8-9g in and am only getting like 350-400 miles of a tank! During the summer i was use to 550-600 miles to the tank!

 

I think the troll left.

 

Haa!...I knew I smelled a troll - am I good or what?

besides what everyone mentioned before, especially the financial issues that must be questioned,...and from what I said from the start about so many inconsistencies about the story, here are a few more clues:

Why would you go through so much effort to post a picture of that posed gas guzzler when the subject was about your Prius? The poster could have at least show the Prius "stuck in the mud"

Why would someone with the signature of "Gerty" have a user name of RikRotorhead? I believe what we have here is a Manly-man troll named Rick, who is the proud new owner of an Avalanche that he named Gerty (perhaps after a 6-pack of PBR). The new Dodge Daytona that is referred as her "son" owning is either the new Ram that he couldn't get financing on, or is an older junk Daytona that he traded in for his new Avalanche.

Did anyone notice that certain parts of "Gerty"s post pretty much match the banter of most anti-hybrid folks?...i.e. X amount over sticker, only getting X amount mpg...never make the money back in gas...etc.

The poster was forum savvy in posting pics, using smilies, and such - I doubt a person of whom is portrayed would have easily done such a thing.

And of course, to portray one's self as an emotionally and verbally abused, man-controlled woman is sad. That is the last clue - seems this type of woman is what Rick Roterhead dreams of while driving his manly-man Avalanche.

 

What bothered me most, aside from the B.S. about getting 19 mpg with an Avalanche and only 32 with a Corolla is the claim of having to scrimp and save but they can afford 2700 acres. C'mon. Also, now that I think of it, would an Avalanche be the best choice for a situation like that? I'd think that they'd have a pickup truck.

 

lolz...the incredibly amusing things about this are:

*The man poses as a woman to brag about his manly car and bash the prius
*The "hubby" he describes(actually himself) gets unanimously $hitcanned as a jackass

people are funny

 

In addition, "Gertie" joins Priuschat using her husband's name "Rik" in her screen name to complain about him?

 

You know what's really amazing?? I read the first post from this Prius Envier (is that a word???), and I knew immediately it was a low life troll. As the Prius continues to succeed, more and more posts like this will occur. Jealousy......

 

When we first got our Prius, my wife would get 28-32 mpg. I was worried something was wrong with the car, so I would take it out and get 44-50. Once she got used to driving the right way, she's up to 42. She used to accelerate hard, be on the gas right up until the stop light and never coast.

I just mention that to point out it seem plausible to me someone can get poor mileage...but I think this OP is a fake...

 

Nice sluething Tony! I thought therewas something fishy about this post, but couldn't put my finger on it.

 

Interesting

 

Fare thee well...may the wind always be in your sails...

 

hi anyone out there to answer a question, but it isnt about gas..

 

Looking back at all the responses...only 10 were in the "pro-troll" camp...myself included. But you seem a little sensitive. A lot of posters asked real, legitimate questions and there were many informative responses. In the world of internet forums, there are a lot of rude comments out there and I think you would be sorely mistaken if you thought everyone was nice on any forum...except maybe a quilting forum. If however, you are a troll, then it was a pretty pathetic attempt to lay a guilt trip on everyone...

 

Just wanted to point out for future reference that many ISPs do not have static IP addresses. I have Comcast, and I get a new IP address every time my computer comes on.

 

yes except that every single IP that you've ever gotten comes from a block that is assigned to comcast. its not random!

i still think this person is just trolling, but who cares. lets move on

 

Sorry, ain't buying, re-read your original post.......

 

lolz.... I LOVE how he/she believes "troll" was a judgement of her appearance, of which of course we have no idea !

if you do come back Rik, a "troll" is a newish member of a forum who joins because they are bored and like to poke fun/make trouble...

still, her husband and son sound like jackasses in that orginal post...