20070415 Me and my Prius

Bin Laden Hates This Car

I love my Prius

April 15^th, 2007

I love my Prius. But I keep reading that the fact that I own a Prius communicates an awkward message… Or see below: “The problem is what people think of you if you drive one. Everyone assumes you're a pious, self-righteous eco-puritan Democrat…”

Yes, I bought my Prius for environmental reasons. And yes one of the more over-riding reasons I bought the Prius is for “foreign policy reasons” - - in that I hate to give money to folks who want to kill me and fellow Americans… or just as bad – Hugo Chavez of Venezuela (Say NO to Citgo.)

And yes I would rather give my money to the Japanese than the Arabs. And yes – yes, I would buy an American car if it had the reliability of a Japanese car. Been there, done that, and got the t-shirt.

But I bought my Prius even more for the fact that we have a failed domestic policy that facilitates no national mobilization towards energy independence.

And also in the top-ten list as to why I bought my Prius is that I am an “‘early adopter’ gadget freaks”

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Hat tip: Glenn Reynolds’ “Instapundit” - - HOW TO DRIVE A HYBRID without looking P.C. I should try that! - posted at 05:19 PM by Glenn Reynolds: http://instapundit.com/archives2/004171.php

http://littleurbanity.blogspot.com/2007/04/solving-prius-problem.html

Saturday, April 14, 2007

Solving the Prius Problem

“A Little Urbanity”

http://littleurbanity.blogspot.com/2007/04/solving-prius-problem.html

There's a problem with our Prius, but not with its performance. It gives us just what we expected in that department: great gas mileage, good fit and finish, Toyota reliability.

The problem is what people think of you if you drive one. Everyone assumes you're a pious, self-righteous eco-puritan Democrat, which I am not (even though Al Gore can kiss my carbon footprint). We bought our Prius more for foreign policy reasons than environmental ones. […]

Go read the comments at: Solving the Prius Problem

Yes, you will have to wade through some mindless drivel – but it worth it to read some of the comments that are fun, like: “I've got that problem too. Used to drive by the smelly hippies protesting in front of the WAR memorial building in my little electric GEM car and they thought I was one of them collectivists. But the BUSH 04, NRA and PEACE THROUGH SUPERIOR FIREPOWER stickers usually set them straight…”

Or:

“Look at the demographics of Prius buyers. About half "early adopter" gadget freaks-who are largely Republican…”

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