I've got that exact same car. I researched a lot of more expensive cars, but none really added anything really worthy of consideration. The only thing the Camry XLE Hybrid lacks is cooled seats.Why would you assume that someone driving a hybrid was dealt a shitty hand in life?
I could afford a much more expensive car than the Camry Hybrid XLE I own currently but a) I drive a lot of miles commuting and b) I hate stopping to fill up every few days.
I have a brand new merc and a battered old volvo, People just happen to turn into dicks when I am driving the merc.
Some people just get jealous.
Sad but true.
Very little difference driving in a BMW or a Hyundai. Though I've had random people rev up while driving up next to me in the BMW for no reason, like while I'm dropping someone off. WTF. And I treat others by how they drive, not what they drive.
What BMW are we talking about? I don't think a non-M 3 or 5 series is going to get you any special attention, they are nice cars but people don't seem to get into the same green eyed frenzy unlike driving something like a M3 or Z4 or similar. All of a sudden nobody wants to let you out at junctions and people actively speed up so you can't change lanes.
Thats my experince anyway.
Funny, I was just going to say that when I'm driving my Prius (70 mile each way commute), people pass or tailgate me, even though I usually cruise at 75+. When I'm in my lifted Jeep, I'll be doing 70 and everyone keeps their distance.
LOL @ moving vagina. I guess you have to be comfortable with your manhood to be in a vagina for hours on a daily basis.
When I see someone driving a German car, I have expect them to try and cut me off or do something stupid or rude. I do think of this, and I drive more defensively. You interpret this as being nice. That's probably the reason other drivers react the way they do.
From your post, you sound like the typical ahole German car driver. I sometimes find myself thinking that when you aholes are cutting people off weaving in and out of lanes, that you wrap your car around a guardrail or somehow otherwise crash your car. Of course I would never want innocents to be hurt. Just you. Does this reply answer your question?
What seems particularly ahole-ish about my post? Does it hurt your preconceptions to know that the majority of the people who work at my company have to do the same thing despite german car drivers being in the minority?
People who have never driven a real truck have no idea of the skill required. A truck cannot maneuver with the agility of a car. Only by driving one, can one understand that turning and breaking requires more time and distance. I always give truck drivers more consideration and distance.
I wish it was as simple as that. No it involves 4 lanes of traffic from 2 different sides with stop signs trying to merge onto a 3 lane road with right of way and a one way thrown in for flavor
People who have never driven a real truck have no idea of the skill required. A truck cannot maneuver with the agility of a car. Only by driving one, can one understand that turning and breaking requires more time and distance. I always give truck drivers more consideration and distance.
What do you have to drive to learn to properly spell braking?
Break
v.
1. To cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently; smash.
Brake
n.
1. A device for slowing or stopping motion, as of a vehicle, especially by contact friction.
2. Something that slows or stops action.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/sc...-production-waste-offset-hybrid-benefits1.htmToyota admits that the production of its lightweight Prius requires more energy and emits more carbon dioxide than the production of its gas-only models [source: Williams]. The major reason is because hybrids like the Prius include more advanced components than a conventional car, including a second electric motor and heavy battery packs.
My daily commute includes a seven mile stretch of two lane rural road w/o paved shoulder. When I drove the Brady wagon, people would make stupidly dangerous maneuvers to get around me on the assumption that I would be a slowpoke. It mattered not that there was a line of twenty cars in front of me, people would risk head-on collisions to pass me. It mattered not that the freeway on-ramp was only a half mile ahead and they would gain nothing by passing me. No risk/benefit analysis at all. "It's a wagon, must pass."
WTF is the Brady wagon? Did it have underinflated tires and cheat to get ahead in traffic?
I'd say ignore him or cut him off in the thread. TheGardener from what I've see lately is just another version of John Connor who flies off the handle and says stupid crap on a whim.
You always overly rate your abilities. Like your the only one has ever operated a rig, but you just want to bust on people. And yes, people do react different to whatever they see around them on the road in general.