"Oh you need to go out and get you one of these, honey"

you really should.

 

That's what we've been saying all along. In fact, how can you afford not to get a Prius?

 

Come to the green side, both in terms of the earth and $$$

 

Just get one already!

 

I've got my brothers Jeep Wrangler for a little while since he just broke his left ankle a week ago. I think I'm averaging around 12-13 mpg and I am babying this thing, too. It really makes me miss my Prius, especially since my brother says he's getting 56 mpg in it right now. This is actually about what I expected, given his location and the drive. In the mean time, I've probably got 6-8 more weeks of driving "The Monster".

Who wants to dangle a Prius in front of Coach for awhile??

 

Honestly, I have to say "kudos" to Coach. I assume he can afford the gas and operating expense for his Frontier, so why not enjoy it while you got it! Eventually, he'll come out of anesthesia and realize he's been pissing in his pants. Hopefully, he'll say he had a good run.

 

or needs a diaper

 

Too funny!

 

OMG, 12 - 14 mpg! How can anyone be happy with that?
What is a Frontier anyway? Must be a great car as there are not any left over for export.

 

I like to stir up my brother in law, who is a datsun fan that he bought his son a datsun so he would build a closer relationship with his mechanic. (Brother in law is a mechanic)

Glad you have enjoyed building a relationship with your mechanic, but is it time to move on now?

(Toyota never needed to change their name to build a new reputation because their products were crap, like Datsun did...

Scratch mate, scratch ... oh that feels good!

 

2011 Nissan Frontier Truck | Nissan USA Official Site. Haha.

Haha. From the stuff I've seen on TV about Nissan's US history including talking to Mr. Katayama, they apparently used the Datsun name at first in the US because they were afraid they might fail here and thus sully the Nissan name.

[ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datsun]Datsun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame] gives a much more complex story and I don't know how accurate is is.

 

I do have to give you props, Coach, for having the ability to resist the temptation. I'm one of those that suffers from "want it, get it" mentality lol.

I hope you get the issues with the truck sorted out, as it would probably have another 10 years of life left in it, easily. Especially, since I believe I recall you saying you would give it to your son when he starts driving. Well, assuming the son drives appropriately with it!

 

Props to you Coach, you're the coolest truck driver I know.

Regarding the quote, I love that she called you honey.

I'm hoping to someday get to the age where I call everyone "son" and people find it endearing.

Until then, I'll just enjoy all the cool expressions older folks get to use.

Somewhere in this post there is a hidden message for you.

 

Haha cool story Coach. I keep imagining the old lady as the grandma in Happy Gilmore.

Sir, can I trouble you for a glass of warm milk? It helps me go to sleep.

You can trouble me for a warm glass of shut-the-hell-up!
ound:

 

I recently figured out that I've saved just over $1500 in the first 6 months with my Prius vs. the 4runner (16mpg) we traded it in on. We drive about 25k miles per year.... that's serious coin. That's about $250/month. That's more then half the Prius payment.

But bear in mind I had a payment on my truck that was about the same as I have on my Prius. If my truck had been paid off like Coach's is, then the savings of not having a payment far outweigh the extra cost of gas.