Miley Cyrus dumps the Cayenne for a....
02-03-09, 02:54 PM
#35
Out of Warranty
"The rich are not like you and me . . . " I think that phrase was once applied to Malcolm Forbes, but it is still appropriate to Ms. Cyrus. The neurons don't fire in quite the same way. She's not necessarily wrong, just wired differently. For some folks who regard their transportation appliance more as an environmental statement that a high performance hobby, the Prius is a natural. All of the celebs want to be seen driving one. It's the kind of hair shirt that the guilty rich want to be seen in. That's OK.
Sometimes we automotive enthusiasts lose sight of the fact that for some people, fashion is more important than any other feature of the car, and fashion definitely includes the statement driving a Prius is making. I recall overhearing a conversation back in about 1961 between two sorority sisters coming out of their rather upscale house. OG's may remember plaid wrap skirts with broad black belts and white blouses, penny loafers with bobby socks and a "bubble" hairstyle (you young guys go look at "Hairspray") - it was the sorority "uniform" of the early sixties.
I clearly recall hearing one of the girls complaining to her sister that her daddy was mean, making her drive that old car to college when she wanted that "cute" new car (pointing to an early Pontiac Tempest convertible). A couple of parking spaces down the street the girls got into that "old" car daddy was so uncaring and unfashionable to saddle her with . . . a three-year old Silver Cloud.
Here am I a freshman driving the cheapest, de-contented nine year old Dodge the Trenton plant ever produced . . . and she's unhappy with a Rolls. It could probably be swapped for every Tempest on the lot at the local Austin PonTon shop, but Dad probably wisely held onto the pink slip.
Value is determined by perception. Mr. Forbes probably got that a lot too.
Sometimes we automotive enthusiasts lose sight of the fact that for some people, fashion is more important than any other feature of the car, and fashion definitely includes the statement driving a Prius is making. I recall overhearing a conversation back in about 1961 between two sorority sisters coming out of their rather upscale house. OG's may remember plaid wrap skirts with broad black belts and white blouses, penny loafers with bobby socks and a "bubble" hairstyle (you young guys go look at "Hairspray") - it was the sorority "uniform" of the early sixties.
I clearly recall hearing one of the girls complaining to her sister that her daddy was mean, making her drive that old car to college when she wanted that "cute" new car (pointing to an early Pontiac Tempest convertible). A couple of parking spaces down the street the girls got into that "old" car daddy was so uncaring and unfashionable to saddle her with . . . a three-year old Silver Cloud.
Here am I a freshman driving the cheapest, de-contented nine year old Dodge the Trenton plant ever produced . . . and she's unhappy with a Rolls. It could probably be swapped for every Tempest on the lot at the local Austin PonTon shop, but Dad probably wisely held onto the pink slip.
Value is determined by perception. Mr. Forbes probably got that a lot too.
Last edited by Lil4X; 02-03-09 at 03:03 PM.
02-03-09, 03:39 PM
#36
Lexus Champion
The Prius is just as fashionable as a pair of Ugg boots. I've gotten used to the chunkiness of them.
Honda did make a normal looking hybrid - the Civic and Accord hybrids, but Honda has a lame excuse of a hybrid system - it's basically GM's system on steroids.
I'm soldiering on in a 18 year LS400 that still runs great.
Honda did make a normal looking hybrid - the Civic and Accord hybrids, but Honda has a lame excuse of a hybrid system - it's basically GM's system on steroids.
I'm soldiering on in a 18 year LS400 that still runs great.
02-03-09, 06:15 PM
#37
you can thank adsense for reading hannah montana on these pages and thinking we're all 16 year old girls who just love to know everything about cyrus and wishing we were all like her and like, she drives a prius now and shes so cool!
02-04-09, 01:59 AM
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what an idiot.
'I didn't like it 'cause it was bad for the environment,"
yeah, to make that Prius for you took how much energy to run the factory? If you're a true tree hugger, go get an old turbo diesel Mercedes and beg for old oil or something. I cannot stand these tree hugger wannabes.
'I didn't like it 'cause it was bad for the environment,"
yeah, to make that Prius for you took how much energy to run the factory? If you're a true tree hugger, go get an old turbo diesel Mercedes and beg for old oil or something. I cannot stand these tree hugger wannabes.
Does an H2 really run for 300k miles vs the 80k miles for a Prius?
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