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Old Aug 2, 2007 | 10:15 AM
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Getting in front of a Prius and belching your 1970s vintage all-American smog-laden emissions-cesspool exhaust all over them? You can see the disgust burning in their eyes...

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Be sure to check future presidential candidates for Gore-ish behaviour before you vote, otherwise the prius adepts might be laughing last.

In Europe, politicians have discovered CO2 as a money milking cow: "Pay more! It saves the environment!!". After which they happily decide to build four cole-burning plants, which equals 6 million extra cars on the road. Ofcourse, our electricity has eco-tax on it too, so it's a win-win-win situation for them.
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I like to try and see the facial expressions in the rear view mirrors of the hybrids and econo boxes I'm behind.....


Human generated global warming,the greatest scam since Y2K
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I like to try and see the facial expressions in the rear view mirrors of the hybrids and econo boxes I'm behind.....


Human generated global warming,the greatest scam since Y2K
That blower whine is liable to shatter a Prius!!
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Getting in front of a Prius and belching your 1970s vintage all-American smog-laden emissions-cesspool exhaust all over them? You can see the disgust burning in their eyes...

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Old Aug 2, 2007 | 01:32 PM
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Between that & pulling up next to ricers & watching them roll-up their windows to hear their stereo over my sidepipes... My car is a blast to drive!!!
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Old Aug 2, 2007 | 01:37 PM
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My '80 with the stock emissions crap is probably running as cleanly as any Prius, so I'm not belching anything on them.

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Every time I see hippy, greenpeace kids preaching on the street I want to stop and wax poetic about my "1970s vintage all-American smog-laden emissions-cesspool exhaust". Do you think they would find it offensive that I get maybe 10mpg and that I only drive it only for kicks with no particular destination?
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Originally Posted by Brooklinite
Every time I see hippy, greenpeace kids preaching on the street I want to stop and wax poetic about my "1970s vintage all-American smog-laden emissions-cesspool exhaust". Do you think they would find it offensive that I get maybe 10mpg and that I only drive it only for kicks with no particular destination?
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human generated global warming is such BS, and i love how everyone is trying to cash in on it
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My wife is one of those eco-friendly people, and it makes me smile when I pull my vette in next to her prius in our garage. Hey, if I can have whatever car I want, she can too.
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When my wife drives our '71 around town, I always ask her if she feels bad because all these people are driving around in their econocrackerboxes...............she just smiles. (This is a woman who takes a break just to go out to the garage to smell the car)!
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You know, there's a place for threads like this....


...it's called PR&C.


...and if your '74 is belching that much smog, you need a tune-up.

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Speaking of Al Gore and Prius, I about had a duck when I saw the story this week about his son getting pulled over in his Toyota Prius for doing 100 MPH on the freeway, and getting busted for drugs etc (besides the speeding ticket).

Ah yes, he was high and speeding, but since he was driving a "greenie weenie" he thought it was OK...

If I see a prius pull up behind me, I drop it in neutral and rev it up a few times just to irritate them. I do appreciate them saving all that gas so I can put it in my Vette!!!
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I just use a "carbon credit" account and I feel all warm and fuzzy inside..hell, no one's checking - remember nuke the whales?
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Getting in front of a Prius and belching your 1970s vintage all-American smog-laden emissions-cesspool exhaust all over them? You can see the disgust burning in their eyes...



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It'll be awhile 'til the vette's on the road; meanwhile, I give 'em a nice black dose of PowerStroke diesel.
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