Toyota Prius: Smart people buy Priuses

It should be noted of course, that -

1. Smart people do a lot of things, not all of which are necessarily
smart, and

2.Therefore, whether or not some smart people do a certain thing
has very little to do with whether or not that thing is a "smart"
thing to do.

Bob M.

In article <f80iph$buf$boi.hp.com>,
"Bob Myers" <invalid> wrote:
 

"If everybody else jumped off of a cliff, would you?"

richard schumacher wrote: 

A lot of smart people bought Edsels too!

Jeff DeWitt

In article <f80iph$buf$boi.hp.com>,
"Bob Myers" <invalid> wrote:
 

True enough. I've even heard that a few smart people voted Republican.

richard schumacher wrote: 

Yesss... and I've heard a lot of folks that thought they were smart who
voted Democrat.

Jeff DeWitt

On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:03:31 -0400, Jeff DeWitt <rr.com>
wrote:
 

I know a lot of smart Republicans who voted for a moron named Bush who
thinks he's the Messiah and will never vote Republican again.

"richard schumacher" <net> wrote in message
news:isp.giganews.com... 




Not true.

"richard schumacher" <net> wrote in message
news:isp.giganews.com... 

Before this continues to veer off into Yet Another Endless
Political Shouting Match, let's get back to the original subject:

Is there any real reason that we believe that buying a Prius (or
more generally, any comparable hybrid) at this stage of the
game is really a "smart" thing to do, or is the current spate
of hybrid-buying really more about image than sensibility?

I'm pretty certain that hybrid drivetrains do show
a good deal of promise; I am, however, far from convinced
that the purchase of a hybrid can actually be justified NOW
on purely rational grounds.

Bob M.