tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post3281559341180019029..comments2023-10-24T05:49:04.269-04:00Comments on The Chaliceblog: Become a misanthrope—Get a SmartCarChalicechickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781469958573869914noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-78072848624470299802008-08-12T02:50:00.000-04:002008-08-12T02:50:00.000-04:00It *will* get better, CC. I see more and more Smar...It *will* get better, CC. I see more and more Smart cars on the road (although I do still think of it as "your" car), and it won't be so startling after a while. I had a RAV4 in '97, and it was so unusual to see one that the other drivers and I would wave at each other. Now RAV4s are all over the place.Lisa M. Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14153605453047620881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-52296316446629020912008-08-11T22:52:00.000-04:002008-08-11T22:52:00.000-04:00I got stopped by a cop on Saturday afternoon at Na...I got stopped by a cop on Saturday afternoon at Nantasket Beach and AS I WAS PULLED OVER a girl came up and asked if she could take a picture of my license plate ("WALDEN").<BR/><BR/>Feelin' ya, but you've got it much, much worse.PeaceBanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11431551457505981195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-16614965210971186702008-08-11T14:31:00.000-04:002008-08-11T14:31:00.000-04:00Oh dear.Good thing I'm not innately as misanthropi...Oh dear.<BR/><BR/>Good thing I'm not innately as misanthropic as you, CC, because I reserved an Aptera. And if you're getting annoyed by the contact over a SmartCar, that three-wheeled thing from sometime in the next century is going to be, well... extreme.<BR/><BR/>Maybe printing out business card sized FAQs that you can just hand out would help. What it is, what it runs on, the mileage, the (list) price, etc. When someone approaches you and asks about it, just hand them one. It can even say "I've gotten so tired of talking about my car that I made this. I hope it answers your questions!"ogrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910505029382522110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-26563448627886073822008-08-11T01:37:00.000-04:002008-08-11T01:37:00.000-04:00Hey CC,If you had a crowd people asking you questi...Hey CC,<BR/>If you had a crowd people asking you questions, why didn't you ask one of them to pump up your tire for you? At least that way, although annoying, they would have been useful. :-)<BR/><BR/>Hey Sofia,<BR/>Same here. I've owned a used Dodge Shadow & a used Ford Contour - neither of which are in production any more. When you drive a POS, you tend to blend in. :-)<BR/><BR/>Namaste.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-75100935541669517692008-08-11T00:10:00.000-04:002008-08-11T00:10:00.000-04:00My first car was a Geo Prism, and my second (and c...My first car was a Geo Prism, and my second (and current) car is a Daewoo. So, needless to say, I cannot relate. =)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-6232528229978664682008-08-10T23:36:00.000-04:002008-08-10T23:36:00.000-04:00This is part of why I bought a Civic when I got a ...This is part of why I bought a Civic when I got a hybrid, instead of a Prius, back in 2002 when they were still relatively unusual. A Prius screams, "look at me, I have a hybrid!" With the Civic, you didn't know I had a hybrid unless you saw the back and read the little "hybrid" sign. And even then, I had someone ask about the car about once a week for the first few months I had it. But I wanted more people to buy hybrids, so I was more patient about answering questions.PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381347581328622706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-3472597615711292932008-08-10T20:03:00.000-04:002008-08-10T20:03:00.000-04:00I have to admit that I stopped when I got to the p...I have to admit that I stopped when I got to the part about being in the parking lot at Hardees in Calabash - all those fish places and you stop at Hardees? Glad to hear that it was just a flat tire and not a desire for a thickburger over deep fried perch....Steven Rowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14302958901026684328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-36267713710066630422008-08-10T19:57:00.000-04:002008-08-10T19:57:00.000-04:00I've never been the sort of person with the kind o...I've never been the sort of person with the kind of automobile fixation as is true for so many. Guess that makes me un-American, or something.Comrade Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11393718048145784837noreply@blogger.com