I just couldn’t help but think of this south park episode after seeing brian’s comment about not getting “credit” in my backwards little town for being better than everyone else, but in more progressive places I could drive a prius and people might think I’m cool ( I know those aren’t your words, but that’s how they read). I also liked the commentary clip where they mentioned that the early honda hybrids didn’t sell as well as the prius because they looked like regular cars and not hybrids. Now it’s well known from the car threads that I recently bought a BMW, mostly for my own personal pleasure since a few posters here somewhat talked me into it after sharing their experiences, but I will readily admit it, part of it was because it’s an ass magnet. I personally think my selfish motivations are more pure, because I admit them. If someone told me they drive a prius because it’s an ass magnet for young eco chicks and they like women who don’t wear a lot of make up and use that shower razor a little more sparingly, I’d give them a high five. I’d say that I like a different type, I’m good with a couple of tattoos, a more liberal use of the shower razor and implants don’t bother me, therefore my sled is different but the same. Then I’d raise my glass to them for their ingenuity. We bait the hook based on our tastes, fortunately my sled is more fun to actually drive, but to each their own. But when someone gets all condescending about it, I think of that south park episode. I’m not alone. I’m not saying all prius owners are being smug, it’s likely the prius piggington folks are just doing what’s more frugal, that’s our nature. It’s just you are the minority, the rest are doing it for reasons that kinda bug the rest of us. Maybe that’s why I loved the tesla and was excited about the new foucus hybrid, because they looked sexy and fun, yet the hybrid part was just a bonus, driving a hybrid because it’s a hybrid it irritating. But then again you know what they say is the difference between a bmw and a porcupine? With a porcupine, the prick is on the outside.
