This morning, my wife called me from work and said that it was wierd driving this car so slow. She set the cruise control at 68 in her new Prius and said everyone was just flying past her on the way to work. I told her that there was no way that everyone was passing her at that speed but she was adament. I thought to myself that this didn't bode well for her enjoyment or my serenity at home. I asked her if she liked the ride and she said it was smooth and quiet but she hated having everyone pass her. She was also not too happy that she got to work late. She did say that the mileage was good. This evening she called me and asked how do you switch it to miles from kilometers? Oh my God. She drove 32 miles to work at 68 kmh. The speed limit was 65 mph and she was tooling along at about 43 mph. No wonder people were flying by. They were probably all cussing those damned slow-assed hybrids. I love my little blonde sweetheart. She's a really good sport to let me post this and no one laughed harder about it than her.
hehe, thats funny... I play a trick on my gf sometimes as she is driving on the highway. Ill switch it to kmh, and it will say like 130 something and she'll flip for a sec, and they proceed to give me a nice hit on the arm
Sometimes doing 58 mph ain't safe either. I had a friend send me this E-mail: The A.G.C.O.W.N wants you They saw you driving at 55 mph in the right hand lane! They saw you get dusted by grandmothers and old men with handicapped license plates. You probably slow down for the small animals that dart onto the highway too! Go ahead, tell them that you actually go through the EZ-Pass lane at the prescribed 5 mph. What's happened man? You used to routinely blow by me in the Big He-Man Truck. I would look down, see that I was doing a cool 70 mph and think, wow, he is really moving. Now, I have to, sadly, cruise right by you. There you were, head down in the pre-dawn glow, a broken man. Avg. speed 58.2 mph. I nearly slowed down to help you out. Let you draft me. Do anything to lift your spirits. Call me if you want to talk this through. There is help. Don't go through this alone. There is more to life than eeking out that extra 0.5 miles/gallon. 48.3 mpg is good enough. Think of it this way. That 23.4 cents that you saved this week is costing you your manhood. So straighten up and drive right. Put that pedal to the metal. You were the man who once firmly stood for The Right. You proudly proclaimed that one should "never show your house fear". Well, damn it, kick your car's nice person here. Show that thing who's boss. Gun it and let the mileage fall where it may. I don't want to see you go out like this - getting old and pathetic in your Hybrid. Give me something to look up to and be proud of. Or for god's sake, see if you can get the F-150 back! You have to think of the greater good here.
lol... uhh.. uhh.. i've done that. going down a hill once.. and i was speeding up.. wow.. going 108.. wait.. 110.. hmm.. prius doesn't go 110.. lol... other cars were still keeping up with me.. i was confused. lol. it's funny to have this happen.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(finiyon\";p=\"84364)</div> Ha! Your friend is guilty of obsolete 20th Century thinking! No REAL man would say 48.3 mpg is good enough!! :wink:
:lolup: :lolup: Please give her my best, Ray -- she really has a wonderful sense of humor to tell that story. That made my day!
My Prius goes slow as well, and I am a lot calmer driving. I don't care when cars pass me in town, and I have discovered I get there at the same time they do, because I see them passing me, and then me passing them. My last tank was the best I ever had! I am enjoying driving a whole lot more. Driving a Prius is a Zen experence.
That's great! I love putting it in kph for highway driving, it makes 70MPH seem a lot faster when you're going 112 mini-miles PH.
Ahaha! Just don't do that up here in Canuckistan! Doing 50mph in the city instead of 50kmh will get you a big fine! :mrgreen:
Ray, Thanks for that story. Your wife IS a good sport. I have to admit, I laughed out loud (I'm sorry). Real life is better than fiction.
The ol' Km/Mi switcher-oo trick works great when you're traveling with a companion on an open stretch of boring highway. With no other car for comparison, you can flip from Mi to Km and then point out to the other person that it's great to be on the open road driving 120!
Thank you Ray, and your wife for sharing the blonde humor with us!! I am also blonde, and this sounds just like something I would do!! :lol:
