Your Prius Foot in the Relationship Door?

I've had an '01 and now an '04 Prius. I also own a '99 Corvette convertible.

The Prius has gotten me about 3X the play I've gotten with the Vette. In Los Angeles, no less.

 

I hope not! My wife would not like that, no not even a little. Maybe some of the "kids" will respond. Babe/Dude magnet or not? I suspect it would attract a certain set and that would not be bad.

 

Howdy,

I recently attended a party where it was apparently the host's goal to set me up with one of her friends. However, before we met, someone told her friend that I was a gunsmith.

So, when we did meet, she started right in on me about how bad of a person I was. At one point she said “… I bet you even own one of those big pickup trucks…†(I’m skipping the political lecture I received in the interest of just entertaining you folks)

Yes, I said, I do own a F350, crew cab diesel truck and that about as big as you can generally get in most driveways.

Her final words to me were“… I’ve had enough! I’m going to find the guy that arrived in that Prius out there and have an intelligent conversation!â€

Which of course was me.

Shortly after this exchange I called it a night and went home. When I arrived home I had two messages on my answering machine: one from my host (apologetic and faintly amused) and one from her husband (mostly hysterical laughter).

Apparently, our little exchange became the talk of the party when my interlocutor was finally told that the guy who owned the Prius left early after some rude women got on his case about something… I never did hear from the young lady again; I think that I’m relieved!

 

Good story TCD

 

TCD nice avatar, the dogs are refreshing, the cat are nice , but so many.

also: great story.

 

TCD, seems like your host missed the boat, but at least you've got a hilarious story.

I wish I'd been a fly on the wall when the young lady realized that you were the Prius guy.

 

Had it been me, I would have told her that the Prius was mine! :mrgreen: The look on her face should have been priceless.

 

My Prius has become a wonderful Babe Magnet!! 8)

My wife of 45 years immediately said upon first laying eyes on it: "Finally, a car that I can drive!"...and she has, often. Her female cousin, 3 years younger and unmarried, continuously e-mails me...."I wanna drive it, I wanna drive it!!!" She lives 100 miles away, and will see the car in 2 weeks.

Lord Help Me, two gorgeous women fighting over my car...not over me , mind you!

 

Women have big smiles and wave at the Prius, men look curiously, then approach me with questions later. My wife and I enjoy modeling socially responsibility (emissions, sound, resources, fuel economy).

 

Not a girl, but we had a guest at work last spring that was visiting to give a special lecture, and while walking him over to a reception room, he got going about "that ugly hybrid car in the parking lot". I let him ramble on for a bit to make sure the foot was firmly in the mouth before telling him it was mine

And that was the last I heard about ugly hybrids!

(Honestly, I don't care what other people think. I think it's one of the most beautiful cars out there. Some poseur parked a ferrari downtown in Vancouver on Robson street, and I was seriously considering parking my Prius in the spot right infront of him...)

Dave

 

Dear Priushouse Forum,

I've been reading this forum for a long time and always get a kick out of all the stories even though I was sure that they were all made up.

Well all that changed big time for me one day! You see, I was driving my Prius and was waved at by a group of cheerleaders, stewardesses, and French maids...

 

Geez you all are so lucky to have everyday people that are at least a little knowledgable about the Prius... I still have people asking me if I have problems getting around on the WV hills! I took a gal in my class in my Prius (after a date), but before she saw it she said that she would get one when they get bigger... but when she did see it she was shocked that it wasn't a two-seater... but anyways it hasn't led to a relationship

 

Tom, too bad her mouth worked faster than her mind, you two might have had some common ground! Oh well, her loss.

Norm,
I don't have dogs, just the 2 cats. I suppose I could take a picture of the mini dashund next door yapping it's brains out at me and use that. Nah. ;-)

 

Tom, great story... but almost everyone in Reno owns a pickup.. or a slot machine :lol:

Bob Andersen

 

That is a great story TCD

 

I was coming off of a golf course, walking toward my Driftwood '04, when a gaggle of teens passed it first. One of the boys commented: "there's one of those hybrids." One of the girls said "Ewwww--- that looks like a Focus on crack!"

I passed it by and went to my wife's car first.

rpm

 

Not a foot in the door but....

Last night we had the work holiday party. Dropped the three year old off at grandma's so the wife and I could have an evening of fun. We got in the garage and for some reason I wanted to take a quick look at the nav system. While looking at it, we discovered the POI Name functionality. DOH! Haven't had time to read the manual yet. We kept entering friend's addresses and other POI. Kept making jokes like, so what did you guys do last night... we played with the car.

I was embarrassed when the Nav system couldn't find a restaurant we typically go to at lunch. When I entered the name, it was easily found. Must not have had the correct food type or something. If you haven' noticed the POI by name functionality, check it out.