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Old 12-26-2018, 10:11 AM
 
Location: Lake Norman, NC
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I saw all I needed to see after I read about immature, pickup driving, idiots in Hickory, NC.

That town is the armpit of the Piedmont region and these morons fit right in.
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Old 12-26-2018, 10:42 AM
 
Location: Bel Air, California
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Nothing beats a S10 XTREME done right with a 450hp LS3.
so dreamy... <swoons>
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Old 12-26-2018, 05:00 PM
 
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so dreamy... <swoons>
Chevy screwed up with the Xtreme back in them days. Would have been perfect with at least a 5.3. Most sold were 4 bangers and i was forced into the full size 99 and 03 Lightnings.
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Old 12-26-2018, 08:03 PM
 
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People who drive SuperdupermegaTrucks do not impress me in the least with their driving etiquette.
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Old 12-26-2018, 11:49 PM
 
Location: In Your Head
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Chevy screwed up with ...

diesels, electrics, ignition switches, car designs,
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Old 12-27-2018, 01:43 AM
 
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Other drivers generally treat my hybrid very differently than my pickup truck - almost as if its very existence is threatening to them.
I think a lot of this is paranoia on your part most likely.
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Old 12-27-2018, 07:22 AM
 
Location: Grosse Ile Michigan
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Some EV/Hybrid drivers seem to think their car somehow makes them special and everyone is thinking about them, when in fact, no one cares, few people even notice what type of propulsion system is in any given vehicles. Most Evs do not stand out other than some of them being abnormally ugly. EV/Hybrid drivers who think like this, need to get over themselves. No one cares. It is just an ordinary car. Those who think EV/Hybrid cars make them special, actually are perpetuating a negative stereotype of EV/Hybrid drivers. No one notices/cars when they are out driving, but when they walk around announcing "I drive an EV/Hybrid" as if that is some sort of major accomplishment or statement, it can make people a bit disgusted and prone to generalize about EV/Hybrid drivers in general (hence the nickname "smugmobile" for Prius).

If you are intimidated by pick up trucks, the problem is you not them (there are of course some rare exceptions amont some young kids or immature adults who feel it is necessary to roll coal in a diesel to try to annoy a prius driver, but they are less common than the smug ev/prius drivers who thin they are special. Neither one is common enough to justify a generalization.)
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Old 12-27-2018, 07:30 AM
 
Location: Metro Detroit Michigan
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Some EV/Hybrid drivers seem to think their car somehow makes them special and everyone is thinking about them, when in fact, no one cares, few people even notice what type of propulsion system is in any given vehicles. Most Evs do not stand out other than some of them being abnormally ugly. EV/Hybrid drivers who think like this, need to get over themselves. No one cares. It is just an ordinary car. Those who think EV/Hybrid cars make them special, actually are perpetuating a negative stereotype of EV/Hybrid drivers. No one notices/cars when they are out driving, but when they walk around announcing "I drive an EV/Hybrid" as if that is some sort of major accomplishment or statement, it can make people a bit disgusted and prone to generalize about EV/Hybrid drivers in general (hence the nickname "smugmobile" for Prius).

If you are intimidated by pick up trucks, the problem is you not them (there are of course some rare exceptions amont some young kids or immature adults who feel it is necessary to roll coal in a diesel to try to annoy a prius driver, but they are less common than the smug ev/prius drivers who thin they are special. Neither one is common enough to justify a generalization.)
If certain people get intimidated by pickups how in the hell do they handle driving next to a Semi it must scare the poop out of them then. If you can’t handle pickups stay off the roads.
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Old 12-27-2018, 08:46 AM
 
Location: Riverside Ca
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You mean the group of polluters robbing our children on clean air and a stable ecosystem.
Yeah you should see what natural resources are used and methods it takes to extract and build to build a electric car battery pack. Let’s not talk about the recycling aspect. Or that the overall cost of a electric car is twice a conventional car. Let’s not forget the cost of the batteries not only monetary but the mining. Some really rare mineral elements are used. Please don’t sit there and try and say that electric cars are better for the environment. Yes the tailpipe emissions are nonexistent. But how exactly do you power your car? How clean is that energy?
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Old 12-27-2018, 10:19 AM
 
Location: SoCal
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Some EV/Hybrid drivers seem to think their car somehow makes them special and everyone is thinking about them, when in fact, no one cares, few people even notice what type of propulsion system is in any given vehicles. Most Evs do not stand out other than some of them being abnormally ugly. EV/Hybrid drivers who think like this, need to get over themselves. No one cares. It is just an ordinary car. Those who think EV/Hybrid cars make them special, actually are perpetuating a negative stereotype of EV/Hybrid drivers. No one notices/cars when they are out driving, but when they walk around announcing "I drive an EV/Hybrid" as if that is some sort of major accomplishment or statement, it can make people a bit disgusted and prone to generalize about EV/Hybrid drivers in general (hence the nickname "smugmobile" for Prius).

If you are intimidated by pick up trucks, the problem is you not them (there are of course some rare exceptions amont some young kids or immature adults who feel it is necessary to roll coal in a diesel to try to annoy a prius driver, but they are less common than the smug ev/prius drivers who thin they are special. Neither one is common enough to justify a generalization.)
A major case of projection going on here. Seems like you fit right in with your brothers on the video.
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