From CNN:
"Al Gore III, 24, was arrested early in the morning on July 4 when Orange County Sheriff's deputies pulled him over for allegedly driving 100 mph in his 2006 Toyota Prius."
Of the many thoughts that should have gone through my mind (too bad about the speeding, it's good he wasn't killed, etc.) my real first thought was this:
"Yes! Now the world will know that the Prius is capable of kickass speed. It is NOT just a golf cart with better headlights."
Somewhere, someone in Toyotaworld must have had the same reaction.
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Saturday, July 21, 2007
Friday, February 23, 2007
OT: Prius cult
Late this afternoon, as I was on the treadmill, the ABC news came on and trumpeted a vital piece of information. No, it wasn't that cars don't get the MPG listed on the sticker or even that the Prius doesn't get the 60/51 that it's supposed to get.
Here's the money quote, from a Toyota dealer interviewed in the piece.
Q. "Do you think that people will stop buying the Prius now that the mileage figure has been revised?"
A. "No, it won't stop them; they'll still buy them. Those people are a cult."
Why does this give me the mental image of all of us cult members in our Priuses (Prii?) converging on a village square a la Invasion of the Body Snatchers, dragging our trailers full of compact fluorescent bulbs behind us?
Here's the money quote, from a Toyota dealer interviewed in the piece.
Q. "Do you think that people will stop buying the Prius now that the mileage figure has been revised?"
A. "No, it won't stop them; they'll still buy them. Those people are a cult."
Why does this give me the mental image of all of us cult members in our Priuses (Prii?) converging on a village square a la Invasion of the Body Snatchers, dragging our trailers full of compact fluorescent bulbs behind us?
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