In a few political discussions that have broken out on this Board, I have been made aware of the fact that not everyone who owns a Prius is a "liberal tree-hugging environmental-wacko" like myself...In fact, at least a few are about as far from that as I could possibly imagine. Since my main motivations for buying a Prius were the environmental ones (although I now love my car for many other reasons too!), I am curious to hear what other people's motivations for buying the Prius are.
As one particular hypothesis, I did notice that the Prius seems to be "cross--marketed" to people who are "techno-geeks" who would be early-adopters of any new technology. Does this description fit those of you for who environmental concerns were not very important? [I, for one, am closer to being a Luddite than an early-adopter and indeed this is probably one of the only technologies that I have been anywhere near the forefront of.]
As one particular hypothesis, I did notice that the Prius seems to be "cross--marketed" to people who are "techno-geeks" who would be early-adopters of any new technology. Does this description fit those of you for who environmental concerns were not very important? [I, for one, am closer to being a Luddite than an early-adopter and indeed this is probably one of the only technologies that I have been anywhere near the forefront of.]