Where's your side Hybrid bage at?
#11
11-20-2007, 04:45 AM
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Re: Where's your side Hybrid bage at?
So if I get the word HYBRID spelled out, maybe people then will notice!
I mean anybody that knows anything knows right away mine is a Hybrid by the color, but outside this forum, how many people is that? I bet 1/2, maybe more, or Ford's salespeople (PC) couldn't even tell you Ice Blue is a Hybrid exclusive color.
I catch myself looking at some other cars, is that a civic, acura, etc Hybrid or not? The Prius is the only one so far that you know just because of the car.
That's the Prius advantage.
Part of owning a hybrid, is the image. And only the Prius has that image.
Even Ford itself, is running a TV commercial poking fun at this. The kid wants to know why they didn't own a hybrid, just like the other kid's parents do. The kid wasn't even aware that their Escape was a hybrid, until his father carefully explained it to him. While the father fakes not knowing what a "hybrid-hybrid" is, the truth is that a Prius, and only a Prius, is a "hybrid-hybrid".
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11-20-2007, 12:06 PM
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Re: Where's your side Hybrid bage at?
The reason I said in my first post, should be, is i bought from somone on ebay, but off ebay. But i did get them today. Installed at dusk so no pictures yet. With the wife's opnion (after rolling eyes for the fact I purchased anyway) They got installed on the lower door, above the Escape plate. I was hoping to install up near the leaf, and while there was plenty of flat room, it didn't work out right, in my opnion. if I followed the line in the fender, it would go up hill. if I installed level, then that line would make it look crooked. And it just seemed out of place with a large hybrid, and small leaf.
Pics soon.
Now I need rear mudflaps, hopefully the new molded ones, and a chrome bug shield, if/when they become available.
Installed at dusk so no pictures yet. With the wife's opnion (after rolling eyes for the fact I purchased anyway) They got installed on the lower door, above the Escape plate. I was hoping to install up near the leaf, and while there was plenty of flat room, it didn't work out right, in my opnion. if I followed the line in the fender, it would go up hill. if I installed level, then that line would make it look crooked. And it just seemed out of place with a large hybrid, and small leaf.Pics soon.
Now I need rear mudflaps, hopefully the new molded ones, and a chrome bug shield, if/when they become available.
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11-20-2007, 12:22 PM
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Re: Where's your side Hybrid bage at?
Yea, you could put "hybrid" in neon, and few would notice that you have nothing more than a typical, regular, gas-guzzling Escape.
That's the Prius advantage.
Part of owning a hybrid, is the image. And only the Prius has that image.
Even Ford itself, is running a TV commercial poking fun at this. The kid wants to know why they didn't own a hybrid, just like the other kid's parents do. The kid wasn't even aware that their Escape was a hybrid, until his father carefully explained it to him. While the father fakes not knowing what a "hybrid-hybrid" is, the truth is that a Prius, and only a Prius, is a "hybrid-hybrid".
That's the Prius advantage.
Part of owning a hybrid, is the image. And only the Prius has that image.
Even Ford itself, is running a TV commercial poking fun at this. The kid wants to know why they didn't own a hybrid, just like the other kid's parents do. The kid wasn't even aware that their Escape was a hybrid, until his father carefully explained it to him. While the father fakes not knowing what a "hybrid-hybrid" is, the truth is that a Prius, and only a Prius, is a "hybrid-hybrid".
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11-20-2007, 12:26 PM
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Re: Where's your side Hybrid bage at?
I've thought about a bug shield as well, but am leery about the effect on gas mileage. It saved my hood/windshield on my last vehicle, and if you are taking the plunge, I'm sure the forum would appreciate a controlled mpg test. In the pacific northwest, winters destroy windshields from gravel on the roadways after a measley half inch of snow (can you tell I'm from the midwest?).
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11-20-2007, 12:50 PM
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Re: Where's your side Hybrid bage at?
If someone asked, I doubt my 9yo even knows we own a "Mercury" or a "Mariner". He knows it only as "the hybrid".
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11-20-2007, 04:46 PM
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Re: Where's your side Hybrid bage at?
I still want a big cling graphic (no adhesive for me) reproduction of the leaf and road logo, for my rear window. There's a pic of someone's FEH (dealership probably) on one of the FEH related Yahoo groups... don't have URL at the ready right now.
My hubby and I have actually been in discussions about hybrid-hybrids vs. my "stealth" (FEH) hybrid. My hubby may adopt my FEH and I may get a Prius when it comes time to replace his 2001 F-150 Supercrew 4x4 (total environment-killer, yeah, bring out the pitchforks...hehe) He originally wanted to replace his truck with a Mariner Hybrid so the only change is I could unstealth. I've only had peds notice I'm in a hybrid and that's when we're at state parks... folks in parking lots are in their own world and don't even know I am there.
My hubby and I have actually been in discussions about hybrid-hybrids vs. my "stealth" (FEH) hybrid. My hubby may adopt my FEH and I may get a Prius when it comes time to replace his 2001 F-150 Supercrew 4x4 (total environment-killer, yeah, bring out the pitchforks...hehe) He originally wanted to replace his truck with a Mariner Hybrid so the only change is I could unstealth. I've only had peds notice I'm in a hybrid and that's when we're at state parks... folks in parking lots are in their own world and don't even know I am there.
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11-21-2007, 04:10 AM
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Re: Where's your side Hybrid bage at?
If anybody likes the green leaf emblems, I took them off my truck the first week I owned it. I will send those emblems to anyone who wants them.
If anybody wants them, email me:
jmorton10@myrealbox.com
~John
If anybody wants them, email me:
jmorton10@myrealbox.com
~John
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