How Do You Think Non-Prius Owners See You?

Squid, I don't fit in any category

 

There are two kinds of people in this world;
those that fit into categories and those that don't.

 

Pssst! Everyone click "Bill Merchant"!

 

if someone doesn't fit any category are they automatically weirdos???

Where the heck is Dracut?

 

Personally, I was driving an SUV because I thought it was cool. It was cool, but then I realized that I was never using the 4 wheel drive, or the trunk, or pretty much the back seat at all. Meanwhile, I was paying close to 50 bucks to fill up my tank. With a 50 mile round trip commute, I was spending more on gas then any other non house related expense. I love the prius for its mpg, and for the safety.

 

Depends. If my husband is driving, then he's a wimp. If I'm driving, I'm either a granola/data cruncher or a weirdo.

Don't know why people in Maryland believe they need an SUV or a truck. They haven't lived on a farm in lord knows how many generations and they don't have 4 kids anymore.

 

the responses i get from other grad students: hey, cool. good idea.

the responses i get from general public: hmm.

but then again, i'm a badass. B) and young. and even kinda cute by most standards

 

I would have to think people see me as a wimp since I'm 6" @ 140lbs. with no tatoos and I don't smoke. Oh and I drive slow now and always use turn sigs. When you say Alt. lifestyle that means gay right? So I can see people thinking I'm a wimpy gay man. Especialy in Hollywierd.

Oh man, Bill's name is on all of your polls.

 

California is also SUV-land. And I also don't know why, other than people seem to like to loom over small cars. And they also have some misguided notion that SUV's are safer than regular cars, so I guess advertising works.

Given that everyone is always telling me that the price of gas will never pay back the extra that I paid to have a hybrid car, I think that they view me as a fanatic weirdo when I tell them that wasn't the only reason that I got the car. It was mainly for low emissions, and the prinicple of using less gas, not whether I'd get back what I paid in dollars from buying less gas.

-Roger

 

"Flat-out weirdo" for me - but I'm afraid it has nothing to do with the Prius! :blink:

 

I had to click on the mac user one, since I do use a mac.

Prii are really common here, so mainly it's being an average person who likes to save on gas.

Amazingly, yes, California is SUV-land, the Bay Area is much better for hummer-spotting than Orange County where hummers are kinda rare, and there are plenty of people who have a BMI of 30+ and seem to live on baloney, white bread, mayo, and cottage cheese. As an Orange Countyian myself, I have to say the Midwest starts at Oxnard lol.

 

I was a Earth Crunchy Mac User type before I was a Prius gas saving eco type! Mac Evangelesta, Chairperson of the Earth Day Committee for the first earth day! Genuine geek. And now Prius Waco.

 

you need to add block heater to your signature

 

You should see all the trucks and SUVs in Texas. I thought Louisiana was bad! There are more Prius owners here too, but they drive just as bad the truckers so they're cancelled out. It's just me & my Prius in a city of terrrrible drivers.