I Saw Something Ironic Today.

[RWP]

Prius windows should be hermetically sealed.

 

[PSPookie]

Um...no. if I'm cruising at a constant speed in the prius, no matter if its at 20 or 75, I'm getting about 50mpg, and average roughly 47 mpg overall. Not that it gives me the right to litter, but it does keep me away from the gas station, which I appriciate.

. . .what the op fails to realize is that most people who drive a prius only want people to think they're enviromentally aware and are really self important twats. . .

 

[TrooperFarva]

what cracks me up about the prius, is once they are going over 30 MPH, they get the same gas mileage as any other 4 banger...

and a lot of times, you see people hauling ass in them on the freeway, gunning it to pass you etc..

no better gas mileage there at all...

Actually, most gas is consumed under higher load conditions, i.e. accelerating. The electric portion of the car recaptures energy from slowing the car down, that would typically be wasted in the form of heat and noise from the brakes, and reuses it to accelerate the car from a stop. That's why hybrids typically have better gas mileage under the City portion of City / Highway.

People driving them recklessly, that's on them. But the technology is sound.

I drive a truck, just to be clear.

 

[lunarpollen]

Cigarette butts arent exactly enviromentally friendly

So? Most Prius drivers I've known were more concerned with saving money on gas than being environmentally friendly.

But I do have a special place in hell reserved for people who through cigarettes out their vehicle windows. I lost 99% of my life's earthly posessions back in 2004 because of one of those bastards.

 

[SSINTENSE]

More people drive cars than smoke cigarettes.

One car puts much more pollution into the air than one cigarette.

Drivers are worse than smokers.

Well if you add up all the cigarrettes someone smokes in a lifetime....

 

[blendermassacre]

Actually, most gas is consumed under higher load conditions, i.e. accelerating. The electric portion of the car recaptures energy from slowing the car down, that would typically be wasted in the form of heat and noise from the brakes, and reuses it to accelerate the car from a stop. That's why hybrids typically have better gas mileage under the City portion of City / Highway.

People driving them recklessly, that's on them. But the technology is sound.

I drive a truck, just to be clear.

Not only that, but the electric motor runs with the gasoline engine and in "higher load" situations, saving gas.

It's funny when people associate driving a prius with being a hippy. They get confused when I pull up blaring metal in a sleeveless shirt, jeans and boots with my tattoos hanging out. Lots of funny looks.

 

[kesslari]

Wow, I didn't know that saving money on gas makes you an environmentalist reactionary.
I suppose so does playing vintage basses - after all, you're avidly recycling used materials.
So classic bass players who smoke - ironic. Right?

 

[yellofury]

All I know is that the other day I was behind a car with the bumper sticker proclaiming "Licensed Respiratory Therapist"
and the lady was smoking a cigarette

plus my dad's nutritionist
is like 300lbs

 

[GregC]

what the op fails to realize is that most people who drive a prius only want people to think they're enviromentally aware and are really self important twats.

Fascinating. I wonder when you found the time to conduct this massive survey.

 

[ogrossman]

Not all smokers are litterbugs... I put finished butts back in my pack ...

Okay, so now I know of one smoker that isn't a litterbug

 

[Tony In Philly]

So, an environmentalist that's a hypocrite. How rare indeed!

At least she wasn't flying around in a private jet like Al Gore, Prince Charles, what's-his-name from Coldplay, and countless others ad nauseum.

 

[WickedPissah]

Don't know about ironic, but that's pretty funny.

 

[jrthebassguy]

I saw something ironic about an hour ago. My friend on facebook put this as his status update:

"Bon Iver is so much better at night...this is your queue to make fun of my taste in music."


.....my queue, or my cue? I have to wait in line to make fun of his taste in music?

 

[Number27]

Fascinating. I wonder when you found the time to conduct this massive survey.

eh, didn't take long, but the numbers are heavily skewed by all the celebrity owners.

 

[Deluge Of Sound]

Well if you add up all the cigarrettes someone smokes in a lifetime....

And the number of miles people drive, and the amount of time they idle...

 

[blendermassacre]

eh, didn't take long, but the numbers are heavily skewed by all the celebrity owners.

Generalize and attack. What a great form of logic. If I lived in LA I would for sure drive a hybrid, so I could drive in the car pool lane with only one person. There are tons of reasons to buy a prius. My wife thinks it's cute. I think it's cheap. Don't try to put me in a box just because some people are jackasses.

 

[Number27]

Generalize and attack. What a great form of logic. If I lived in LA I would for sure drive a hybrid, so I could drive in the car pool lane with only one person. There are tons of reasons to buy a prius. My wife thinks it's cute. I think it's cheap. Don't try to put me in a box just because some people are jackasses.

hey without generalization we wouldn't have stereotypes.. and then where would we be? (probably stuck in the hov lane behind an asian woman driving a prius at 45mph)

 

[warwick.hoy]

It's not that I'm lumping all Prius owners together as tree huggers,....it's just that I seem to recall the Prius being marketed as an Eco Friendly car.

 

[Bruce Lindfield]

In London - people drive a Prius because you avoid or pay less congestion charge - it's purely economic, nothing to do with your principles!!

 

[L-A]

hey without generalization we wouldn't have stereotypes.. and then where would we be?

It's okay, I find an ideal future scary too.