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Why do people chuckle when they see me driving my Prius?
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 9718093:MV8yMjY0MzE1XzM4NDgyNTU1XzRBNjIwNUMz] We bought a used Prius a little over a year ago and I love it. I had been driving an Expedition which is a joke as far as MPG goes. I usually stay within a 30 mile radius (work, chauffeuring kids, errands) and spend about $50 a month on gas. [/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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