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From: Twibil on 20 Jul 2010 23:56
On Jul 20, 6:04 pm, russo...(a)grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto)
wrote:
>
>
> Unless Toyotas attract idiots.  It's not a very likely theory, but
> especially with the Prius, I wouldn't discount it out of hand.  For
> instance, lots of people bought the Prius thinking it would save them
> money over the long run, when even considering the tax break and
> assuming $4.00 gasoline, it would not.  Idiots.

That's odd. I know a number of people who own a Prius, but none of
them have ever said that they bought the car thinking it was going to
save them any money.

Or could it be that you're just making this stuff up as you go along?

(Me? Sarcastic? Yeah, right.)
From: tomorrow on 21 Jul 2010 00:12
On Jul 20, 11:56 pm, Twibil <nowayjo...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 20, 6:04 pm, russo...(a)grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto)
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Unless Toyotas attract idiots.  It's not a very likely theory, but
> > especially with the Prius, I wouldn't discount it out of hand.  For
> > instance, lots of people bought the Prius thinking it would save them
> > money over the long run, when even considering the tax break and
> > assuming $4.00 gasoline, it would not.  Idiots.
>
> That's odd.  I know a number of people who own a Prius, but none of
> them have ever said that they bought the car thinking it was going to
> save them any money.
>
> Or could it be that you're just making this stuff up as you go along?
>
> (Me? Sarcastic? Yeah, right.)

Heh. Most of the people in the Washington DC metro area who bought
Priuses (Priii?) apparently did so in order to be able to camp out as
single occupant vehicles in the HOV lanes, blocking motorcyclists and
car poolers trying to get to work on time!

(Me? Sarcastic? Yeah, right.)
From: S'mee on 21 Jul 2010 01:35
On Jul 20, 9:56 pm, Twibil <nowayjo...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 20, 6:04 pm, russo...(a)grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto)
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Unless Toyotas attract idiots.  It's not a very likely theory, but
> > especially with the Prius, I wouldn't discount it out of hand.  For
> > instance, lots of people bought the Prius thinking it would save them
> > money over the long run, when even considering the tax break and
> > assuming $4.00 gasoline, it would not.  Idiots.
>
> That's odd.  I know a number of people who own a Prius, but none of
> them have ever said that they bought the car thinking it was going to
> save them any money.
>
> Or could it be that you're just making this stuff up as you go along?
>
> (Me? Sarcastic? Yeah, right.)

Really? I've met several right here in a part of the country where
such cars it turns out, are not that practicle and do not get the
advertised milage.

(me literal and sarcastic? yep)
From: The Older Gentleman on 21 Jul 2010 05:56
tomorrow(a)erols.com <tomorrowaterolsdotcom(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

> On Jul 20, 11:56 pm, Twibil <nowayjo...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Jul 20, 6:04 pm, russo...(a)grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto)
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > Unless Toyotas attract idiots. It's not a very likely theory, but
> > > especially with the Prius, I wouldn't discount it out of hand. For
> > > instance, lots of people bought the Prius thinking it would save them
> > > money over the long run, when even considering the tax break and
> > > assuming $4.00 gasoline, it would not. Idiots.
> >
> > That's odd. I know a number of people who own a Prius, but none of
> > them have ever said that they bought the car thinking it was going to
> > save them any money.
> >
> > Or could it be that you're just making this stuff up as you go along?
> >
> > (Me? Sarcastic? Yeah, right.)
>
> Heh. Most of the people in the Washington DC metro area who bought
> Priuses (Priii?) apparently did so in order to be able to camp out as
> single occupant vehicles in the HOV lanes, blocking motorcyclists and
> car poolers trying to get to work on time!
>
> (Me? Sarcastic? Yeah, right.)

People in London buy 'em because they're free into the Congestion Charge
Zone that encompasses much of cental London.

And we call it 'Pious'.


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From: Twibil on 21 Jul 2010 14:18
On Jul 20, 9:12 pm, "tomor...(a)erols.com"
<tomorrowaterolsdot...(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> Heh.   Most of the people in the Washington DC metro area who bought
> Priuses (Priii?) apparently did so in order to be able to camp out as
> single occupant vehicles in the HOV lanes, blocking motorcyclists and
> car poolers trying to get to work on time!

Shrug. That's not the same thing as thinking the cars were going to
save you money. Besides, you can make that same (accurate) lane-
blocking accusation about *any* of the vehicles permitted in the HOV
lanes with single occupants.

They *all* do it, except for the motorcycles.

(Note: California is now in the process of removing the double yellow
lines and making the HOV lanes easily accessible all the time. It
works *wonders* for traffic flow.)

> (Me? Sarcastic? Yeah, right.)

(You, plagerist? Yeah, right.)

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