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High Speed Indeed
09/29/09

In reply to Hotel Finds New Way To Get Hybrids Keyed
Is it legal for a private business to have your car towed for such a bullshit reason?

Another thing... shouldn't a parking spot close to the entrance be reserved for the handicapped? Why can't a hybrid owner walk the same distance as the rest of us, so long as he or she is able to do so?
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sandwiches
09/28/09

In reply to Hotel Finds New Way To Get Hybrids Keyed
I drive a gas-guzzler, unfortunately, but it seems like just like you guys think hybrid drivers are all smug douchebags, you guys are acting like butt-hurt assholes. Get over it and quit your whining. Get a damn hybrid car or lose some weight if walking an extra 20 feet is too much work for you.
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zeeboid
09/29/09

@sandwiches: But they are...

[www.nytimes.com]
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MushyHeirloom
09/29/09

@zeeboid: I have to admit that I’m a granola-crunching liberal

Bingo. You're giving liberals a bad name. Stick to saving gas in a car that doesn't make you look like an enormous dingus.

Interesting article.
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Gawd
09/28/09

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I took this pic at my local Ikea... 1st time seeing this so it deserved a picture.

Those smug hybrid drivers definitely deserve to be closer to the main entrance right?

I'm glad I have a motorcycle, I just pull right up to the building and park it right beside the bike racks. Smell my exhaust you green-eco-hippies!
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MushyHeirloom
09/28/09

@Gawd: How heavy is that sign? Pick it up and move it to another, random set of spaces fifty feet or so down.
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TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah
09/29/09

@Gawd: Where is this? I'll pull the sign and any offending Prius guys with my truck to the back of the lot
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TRAMS_AM
09/29/09

@TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah: Not the back of the lot, that's where I put my car so I don't get dented by Prius owners.
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skierpage
09/28/09

In reply to Hotel Finds New Way To Get Hybrids Keyed
It sounds like they're taking the cheap unthinking route to LEED green building certification:
"Projects earn three points (two in LEED for Schools and LEED for Core & Shell) by providing one of the following: 1) preferred parking for low-emitting or fuel-efficient vehicles; 2) alternative fuel refueling stations; or 3) occupant use of low-emitting or fuel-efficient vehicles. "

They could have some objective standard for 1) like less than 240 grams of CO2 per mile (which would kick out fat hybrid SUVs and allow various compact cars), rather than a stupid non-discriminating "Hybrid parking space", but it still seems like a pointless divisive approach added to the program at the last minute when some builder objected to the expensive of a recharging station or providing golf carts to guests.
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If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
09/28/09

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I've seen these before. So, in order to get a good parking spot nowadays, I don't need to be handicapped or pregnant, just a smug ecobastard?

I'll just keep parking my SUV at the back of the lot, thanks.
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neko613
09/28/09

@FromaBuick6: Or you can just drive a Honda, Camry, or any other vehicle that has hybrid options, and then stick a "hybrid" badge on your car. Hell you could probably stick it on any other car and some people can't tell.
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If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
09/28/09

@neko613: I drive a late-model 4Runner. Aw hell, people think Toyota's so green now, I could still probably get away a hybrid badge.
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Arcweld Your Soul
09/28/09

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I want to park the Citicar from DOTS in this spot and watch them twitch.
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Unregular
09/28/09

In reply to Hotel Finds New Way To Get Hybrids Keyed
i converted my Suburban to use EXTRA gas (pin holes in the fuel line, tire pressure dangerously low). I get 5mpg, highway.

i will park it in this spot, and then take a huge dump on the hood of my car, and then crush the sign, eat the poop, throw up on the tow truck, eat the sign, and poop it out and crush it again!!!!!!
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900pilot
09/28/09

@Unregular: Beginning countdown until this post is posted out of context on treehugger blog sites.

in three... two...
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500wishes
09/28/09

@900pilot: I guess he feels gassy...
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TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah
09/28/09

In reply to Hotel Finds New Way To Get Hybrids Keyed
So if I put a Buick motor in my Chevy, would that make it a Hybrid?

A Chuick?
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discontinuuity has left the Jalop until further notice
09/28/09

In reply to Hotel Finds New Way To Get Hybrids Keyed
On the old-skool hotrod forum [jalopyjournal.com] at least one commenter has a signature that says "My car is a hybrid: it burns gas and rubber!"

I think this slogan would look great pinstriped onto the back of a Model A hotrod, with a big chrome "Hybrid" badge in the middle. A great way to piss off hippies and hot rod purists!
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wkiernan
09/28/09

In reply to Hotel Finds New Way To Get Hybrids Keyed
So they are inviting you to park your Turbonique-equipped Ford Galaxie in that spot, yes? Hybrid Otto / rocket engine.
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Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
09/28/09

In reply to Hotel Finds New Way To Get Hybrids Keyed
What about the people who have had the same car/truck for 15+ years? Where is their/my pat on the back?

I mean, we've saved the environment by not sending heaps of metal to the landfills and and by not needing to cause the pollution that occurs from creating new cars.
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smalleyxb122
09/28/09

In reply to Hotel Finds New Way To Get Hybrids Keyed
1: Register V8olvo for road use.

2: Park in Hybrid spot.

3: Calmly explain to the douche that tries to stop you what the term "hybrid vehicle" means, and that your car is a hybrid of Volvo and Ford, whereas a Prius is all Toyota, and not a hybrid vehicle, but rather a vehicle with a hybrid powertrain.
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Jim7
09/28/09

In reply to Hotel Finds New Way To Get Hybrids Keyed
They do this at Fresh and Easy markets in Southern California. They also have special parking for 'Mothers with Children.' If you are a 'Mother with a Child driving a Hybrid,' I think they carry you through the store.
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MushyHeirloom
09/28/09

@Jim7: Tipper Gore is a mother, and she has a child driving a hybrid. Unlike his father, though, he understands speed. And marijuana. And various pills.
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TheGuinnessTooth
09/28/09

@Jim7: Here in CT the signs usually say something like "Expectant Mothers Only." My girlfriend isn't pregnant and has no plans on getting pregnant anytime soon, but we always park in those spots. She is expecting a child eventually, so the way she see it, she qualifies. If anyone girls her crap she'll just say she is early along.
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pres
09/28/09

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Yep.
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Ed_NYC
09/28/09

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What if I park my Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid?
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vwminispeedster, pronounded Si-trow-in
09/28/09

@Ed_NYC: then you are ok
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HurtsSoGood
09/28/09

@Ed_NYC: Good one.
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