First official wave to/from fellow Prius owner

all right! the wave is still alive!

i've actually gotten a surprising number of waves lately... must be the new excited 06 owners like you. either way, i always enjoy an enthusiastic wave.

 

Hi! how much do they charge to tint the whole car? I just wanted to get an idea because we have a church member that has a tinting business and we had 4 of our previous cars tinted there and he only charged us $185 each.

thanks!

 

Today as I was going back to the car from the 99 cents store, I noticed a guy looking at my car. We got to talking, he was also a prius owner and asked me about my average mileage for the car. I told him so far i'm averageing around 48 and he said he's getting around the same. we also talked about the car price, the difference with the 06 vs. 05 models, and life after retirement (i'm only 29, but he's retired). Totally cool! Its nice to meet and get to know fellow prius owners.

 

Too funny.

Were you thinking Planes, Trains & Automobiles?
Neal: He says we're going the wrong way...
Del: Oh, he's drunk. How would he know where we're going?

 

Actually I wave alot, but there are so many Prius here in OC that they probably all wonder what I am up to! Then they see my "HYBRID" sticker on the back and probably figure it out...

 

Psst! Welcome to the subversive Prius movement.

I love waving to fellow Prius drivers and getting a smile and friendly gesture in return. Don't see that on the highway very often.

 

Too many Prius's to count in Santa Cruz, CA at this point, and we're all too cool to wave at each other.

A couple of people actually asked me something about my car recently (first time in the 7 months I've owned the car). It was kind of interesting, but I didn't buy the car to be different, I bought it for much more pragmatic reasons.

So it goes.

-Roger

 

I know, I'm getting more nervous when there are Prius owners on the road than with cell phone users. (well not really yet)

 

I was in San Jose recently. Priuses everywhere. It was great to see all them around.

 

Any Curb Your Enthusiasm fans around here? There was an episode where Larry David got bent out of shape because he passed a Prius driver who didn't return his "Prius Wave." :lol:

 

I, too, had my first wave recently. In Fargo there just weren't many Priuses. Here in Spokane, at least I see one every now and then. So the other day I saw a Prius in my rear view mirror, catching up with me. I eased off to let it catch up and we simultaneously waved enthusiastically at each other. Fun. It was exactly the same color as mine, too, (blue) which made it even better.

Of course, when I drive I have my eyes on the road. I may have missed other times when someone waved at me and I just didn't see.

 

Bill Nye on the HybridCenter.org site says "Of course, hybrid owners aren’t just made up of cool Science Dudes like me. As you’ll see from all my fellow owners, hybrids have hit the mainstream."

This made me think about my current experience with waving to other Prius drivers... Seems like now, the more Prius drivers I see on the road, as I wave to each, the fewer seem to be waving back.

Perhaps the "early adopters" are more likely to wave than mainstreamers -- and are now lost among the mainstreamers?

 

Just had the windows tinted on our 06.
I bought the tint pre-cut on ebay for $50 including shipping.
And, had it installed for $80. It took about an hour since it was cut to fit already.
The best part about this is that I was able to go darker than legal(15% vs. 30%) so it really stands out.
B) Way Cool!!

 

Where'd ya get that sticker?