Prius victim mentality

You don't live in East Texas. I've hypermiled and driven a small car for years. There are 10 times more large vehicles on the road in Texas than in the North East. Having lived in several parts of the country I can see why (as the guys who cut me off, ride my nice person and flip me off would call you) a "yankee" would think some of us are searching for "victimhood" you don't live in the dirty south. We've got secrets down here and one big one is our hospitality is a passive aggressive front for hate and mistrust of anything "difernt".

Sorry to everybody who was showing passive restraint by not responding to this taunt. I'm just not that kind of guy.

 

I agree about the part that we should not believe people are out to get us.

We should just relax---we are driving more or less the same thing as everyone else.

We should continue this ethic and not make disparaging remarks to or about those who are driving vehicles that are not fuel efficient.

Also, tailgating, aggressive passing, and other behavoir should not be interpreted as insult. I've ridden with people who drive like this. They're often happy, well-meaning, good people who just happen to tailgate and drive aggressively.

We should also take gestures and comments lightly and not personally. It could just be someone having fun. If the need arises to have a discussion, we should allow everyone to have their opinion, acknowlege it, and not be disparaging or confrontational.

I respect freedom of expression, but I'm a little wary about displaying opinionated or political, or environmental stickers. They can bring out unfavorable behaviors, which are not something you want when you're in your car. I like to personalize, but I stopped at a Hawaiian honu turtle and a sticker of Stitch.

 

:huh: This OP has the 'flavor' of a troll.

 

lol. Now we're turning on ourselves. What have the gas prices done?!

brainwashed

If people are tailgating you, breakcheck. If your getting cut off, find your gas peddle and cut them off.

You drive a car too, just because yours is superior in every way to theirs (options, MPG, etc.) dosent mean you have to take $h!t from everyone else. Stand up for yourself insted of going on the internet and crying about it.

 

Marlin,

I agree and disagree with you. Yes there seems to be a lot of these kinds of posts but I completely disagree that there are no people on the highway who show a bit more attitude to Prius drivers. Just like in every day life, if you look like a tree-hugger you will elicite stares or open scorn from NRA members or devout "Neocons" or Raider's fans etc. Do you assume this will not happen on a freeway when people are notoriously at their worst due to annonymity?

If you drive a Prius you ARE generally labeled as "different" by most people. IE they automatically assume you are a tree-huggin', dirt worshiper. That has been my experience anyway.

 

Seriously, there are a lot of "The world is out to get me because I drive a Prius" type of posts on this board.

It's getting quite nauseating.
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so leave then or remain quiet!

 

Do not attribute as malice what can be explained as ignorance.

We want to take offense when someone seems to ignore the rules of polite merging and insists on going ahead of you. It's happened to me twice in the past two weeks. I didn't see either instance in any way related to the type of car I was driving.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(F8L @ May 29 2007, 01:00 PM) [snapback]451502[/snapback]</div>

Hey--I'm a tree hugger AND a Raiders fan! Cut me some slack!

 

"Particularly among the under-a-handful-of-posts crowd."
Ah, yes. That tired old newsgroup idea that, because I'm new here, my opinion counts for less.....<sigh>
Sorry that I only bought my Prius recently. I only recently arrived at a financial place in my life that the Prius was an option.....

 

Don't worry about it.....someone's just in a mid-life crisis.

*runs away really fast, screaming, waving arms in the air*

 

Many people are just bad, careless, jackass drivers. Guess what? Those same people are careless jackasses in person too! You just get the opportunity to see it first hand when you're on the road.

They are not tailgating or cutting you off more than anyone else. Those types of drivers are doing it to everyone on the road, that's just how they are. They act with no regard for anyone else around them.

 

i used to get angry when other people race by me when i had my 05 tacoma with K&N intake Magnaflow exhaust 20 inch wheels getting like 15 MPG the way i used to drive. Now i just laugh when then they are still at the next red light when i roll up getting 51 miles per gallon :lol:

 

hmmm Okay, I'm ready to do some nerve-striking too now. <_<

 

haha, this thread is halarious. People who stand up for themselves vs. whiney pitty people.

And now we go after low posters, bwa ha ha ha.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Marlin @ May 29 2007, 01:58 PM) [snapback]451550[/snapback]</div>

And I find it curious that you've ignored F8L's reasoned & rational response. It appears that, rather than engaging in a dialogue, you'd rather engage in pissing matches.

That may not be the case, but it certainly looks that way.