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Why do people chuckle when they see me driving my Prius?
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[quote:Fred 41631570:MV8yMjY0MzE1XzM4NDgxNjk5X0ZGOTIxNzUz] I'm getting a VIA truck one of these days. 40 mile plugin hybrid, better mileage than a prius. Full electric transmission, like a locomotive. Powers out? You can run your house off it using engine as a generator. Or charge it off your solar array when suns out. Want to get the xtrux, but its a while before its on the market. [/quote]
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I live in Texas which is big pickup truck country. I have a big gas-guzzling SUV for towing the boat or for moving large loads and I recently bought a used Prius. I bought the Prius after talking to a guy at a gas station that drove from Austin to Dallas and back (7 hr drive) on less than 1 tank of gas. While I admit the Prius looks like some kind of a space vehicle it is pretty peppy especially in power mode and of course the gas mileage is fantastic. While a normal week of driving the SUV would cost me $100 in gas, the same would be less than $30 in the Prius. What I don't get is all the people that give me funny looks when I'm driving it as if I was some kind of a hippie vegetarian or something.
I've gotten over 51 MPG and I'm spending about $250 less a month on gas! Why all the strange looks from people?
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