Yours truly, of course.

http://www.readthehook.com/stories/2...flett.rtf.aspx

 

Nice!

I would have told the ladey... go tow a 12k lb trailer with your prius and then tell me I dont need this thing.

 

That reminds me when I was verbally acosted by an individual who was displeased with my vehicle choice and asked me, "Sir, what kind of vehicle would Jesus drive?" To which I responded, "probably a 13 passenger van!"

 

Is that you and wow that lady has major issues

 

Hey I tow 13,000 with mine and the trailer I tow could fit 3 priues in it

 

I like the fact that u didnt argue with her. That made her even more mad.

 

Wonderful comment! "Judge not lest ye be judged."

I also would have asked her about the Prius that was in a bad accident on the Interstate near Cincinnati, OH a couple of years ago. The car had crushed and the couple was trapped in it. The fire department/EMT's wouldn't use the jaws of life because they couldn't get to the disconnect for the 800v main propulsion battery and there was an electrocution hazard for all concerned. It took them an extra hour to extracate the victims from the vehicle because of this.

What I don't understand is that the tree huggers get their skivvies in a wad with Excursion drivers but pay no attention to pickup and van drivers!

Maybe I need to get a "Proud Member" Sierra Club sticker for the back of my Excursion!

 

Great article. Yeah I bet you agreeing with the lady chapped her *** pretty bad. Got to represent, and you accomplished that nicely.

 

I would never try to justify my ride to anyone. It's nobody business but your own. Tree huggers actual have very little common sense. The best thing about a tree is what can be made with it after it is cut down

 

Great article!!!

I disagree with the stereotypical personas that are associated with the vehicles everyone drives…..

Everyone man who drives a pickup is not an uneducated redneck
Everyone woman who drives a big SUV is not a soccer-mom
Everyone man who drives a Miata convertible is not a fruitcake

But you’ll still have to convince me that everyone who drives a Prius is not an idiot!

 

The reporter who interviewed me and took the picture drives a silver Prius.

She is a very attractive intelligent young lady. I could never call her an idiot.

 

Hahahaha. Steve, that is great. Although now we have a picture of you!

I have had to deal with people yelling at me about my choice of vehicles since I started driving. Either I was driving something extravagent (the 20 year old Jaguar that had no heat or AC and that I paid $1000 for of babysitting money I saved up), or I was killing the planet (driving a pickup truck, Excursion, whatever), or just being an outright jerk (all of the above, especially when I provide New York salutes while driving).

Exactly three years ago, I was filling up my Dodge diesel pickup. Some real nerd pulled up in his VW Jetta TDI. He started pumping his fuel and strutted around, thumbs in his belt loops speaking in as absurd of a manner as possible (although sadly it seemed this is actually how he talked) "Yep, TDI... Turbo Diesel Injection... fuel efficient!" I just kinda gave him a look of "Are you high?" and went back to pumping my fuel.

What was going through my head: "Try towing a 12,000 lb trailer, or even a 6,000 lb trailer with your Jetta, like I do most weekends. Furthermore, try doing what I just did, which was drive 750 miles from Indiana to New Jersey with an enormous wardrobe in the bed of the truck to deliver as a Valentine's Day present to my (at the time) girlfriend." We were fueling up after having driven into Manhattan for a nice dinner - so I was wearing my suit and tie with a glove for pumping the diesel.

What none of these people seem to think about is the amount of pollution that goes into producing a new Prius. You're saving a lot of environmental damage by buying ANY used car vs. a new car and keeping it in service longer. But that's a secret that nobody wants you to know, so don't spread the word too much...

 

Did she like your Excursion? Would she like to go out for a date with a single young guy who drives one?

 

Interesting. A picture of me? Are you sure? A large metropolitan police department in Virginia swears I am a 25 year old, 5'8", 140 pound Hispanic male with thick black hair and no mustache. After a jury trial in mid April of 2008 I can tell you how much they have to pay for thinking this.

 

Sorry, dude! She is so attractive I am quite sure she has guys lined up waiting to date her.