California HOV Hybrid Owners Get Nasty
Some critics had a choice in buying their vehicle. Did you choose to buy a gas hog-pig SUV or truck, BMW 300 series [sic], a Mercedes-Benz E-class or a safety-first Volvo? You knew these cars didn’t qualify for the carpool lane because they are environmentally unfriendly. You made a conscious choice to be self-centered and materialistic and now you all are projecting your selfishness upon hybrid owners
I love the smell of entitlement in the morning…
All of you with contempt for hybrid car owners having access to the carpool lane need to take a long look in the mirror. Why should any of us that purchased the qualifying cars and appropriate stickers be booted from the carpool lanes?… Each qualifying car is one fewer in other lanes among the nightmarish morning and evening commutes. Do you mean to tell me that we should be punished for having the financial foresight and environmental compassion for purchasing these luxuries? Why, because we cruise past you as you sit in 35 mph-or-less traffic on the freeways?
Sigh. Here’s the thing: if buying a hybrid is the right thing to do based on your value system, why do you need the bonus perk of a free pass to occupy the HOV lane even though you’re the only one in your Prius? After all, isn’t the HOV hybrid exception really an incentive against carpooling, and therefore, environmental responsibility? [via GreenCarReports.com]
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GM should be praying that California keeps this program going. For a time, used Priuses with stickers were selling for $4,000 more than Priuses without. If you apply that to the Volt, that’s another $4,000 of “subsidy” that brings it closer to the realm of affordability!
Prii are smug, but if they offered a wagon version, and the cost difference was