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Old 04-10-2006, 07:47 PM
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Real Name: Warner
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Hybrids: 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid
Posts: 27
Default Re: You know you're a real hybrid owner when...

You hate when your wife drives it because she lowers the MPG.
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Old 04-15-2006, 05:10 PM
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Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Hybrids: 2006 Escape Hybrid (Titanium Green)
Posts: 17
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381. you talk with your eyes closed. (SouthPark anyone?)
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Old 04-15-2006, 05:50 PM
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Real Name: Mike
Hybrids: 2003 Honda Civic Hybrid
Posts: 474
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382. ...you complain that the vehicle sensors for traffic signals should be placed half a block away, instead of just two carlengths away, so that when coming up to an intersection with no cross-traffic, the light would turn turn from red to green BEFORE you arrived, allowing you to maintain momentum instead of forcing you to brake and immediately re-accelerate!

383. ...likewise you curse every single time a single vehicle going the opposite way through an intersection you're approacing just beats you to the sensor, causing a light you expected to make to turn yellow when you're just far enough away to not make it, forcing you to brake hard enough not to get any regenerative charging, then immediately re-accelerate. (which you notice would not be a problem if the vehicle sensors for traffic lights were placed half a block away...)

384. ...when passengers are present, you rant in detail about #382 and #383 every time, without exception.

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Old 04-19-2006, 11:21 AM
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Real Name: Bob
Location: Huntsville, AL
Hybrids: Prius Classic 03
Posts: 5,160
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385) You have an empty gasoline container on the bicycle rack to keep the tailgaters off your bumper.

386) You have a magnetic stick-on "Slow Vehicle" triangle sign on the trunk to mitigate "road rage" incidents.

Bob Wilson

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Operation Iraqi Oil Freedom:

Automatic, stock, project car.

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Automatic, stock, backup car.
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Old 04-19-2006, 11:28 AM
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Real Name: Alaric
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Posts: 35
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387) You research which car wax a) adds the least amount of weight and b) reduces drag the most, and then spend 17 hours calculating if the added weight is still worth the reduced drag.
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Old 04-19-2006, 12:07 PM
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Location: Huntsville, AL
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388) Your brake lights activate a microwave garage Xmitter in the same frequency band as the local police radar guns.

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Operation Iraqi Oil Freedom:

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Old 04-19-2006, 12:57 PM
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Real Name: Cynthia
Location: Ithaca, NY
Hybrids: '05 FEH AWD, '06 Prius
Posts: 255
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389) You're actually *happy* about going to see your mother-in-law because you will, after all, get to drive 6 hours each way, and not even have to stop to fill the tank until you're halfway back.

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Old 04-19-2006, 01:46 PM
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Real Name: Rich
Location: Michigan
Hybrids: 2006 Ford Escape 4WD
Posts: 1,980
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Quote:
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388) Your brake lights activate a microwave garage Xmitter in the same frequency band as the local police radar guns.
LOL!

3XX. Anytime you get a personal best tank, you start writing a letter to the press, call your dealer, your family, and everyone you know so that they all know about your new best tank yet.

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Old 04-23-2006, 05:39 PM
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Real Name: NS3
Location: CA
Hybrids: 2006 HCH II
Posts: 56
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390 - You lie to your wife and tell her theres no one behind you, when she complains that your driving to slow.

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Stop Global Warming Now...Block the Sun.

57-60mpg in recent tanks.
60mpg@60mph
Burn less foreign oil...get a hybrid.

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Old 04-23-2006, 05:42 PM
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Real Name: NS3
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Hybrids: 2006 HCH II
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391 - You get real excited when you see a 'WIDE LOAD' sign ahead.

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Stop Global Warming Now...Block the Sun.

57-60mpg in recent tanks.
60mpg@60mph
Burn less foreign oil...get a hybrid.

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