Prius Hell!

[texkid]

My goodness, I have just returned from clinicals after a classmate decided to give me a ride. She drives an '08 Prius like its a freaking Mustang.

Now imagine this, its a 30 minute drive from south Houston up to northside to LBJ Hospital. The whole ride she is pushing the gas pedal to the floor, rears up to a car, slams on the brake, switches lanes, and hits the gas pedal again. Push and Slam, Push and Slam the whole way at around 70 to 80 mph. 80% of the ride, I see the gas mileage bounce between 29mpg to 42mpg. It only reaches 99.9mpg when she releases the gas for a mere 2 seconds. I flat out told her that my Yaris gets better gas mileage than her Prius and that is not something to brag about. Not to mention the abuse she is putting on the engine with this high speed inconsistency. On top off that, she never washes it, didn't realize that the windshield wipers needed to be replaced since MARCH of '08, and says that it uses special oil because the dealer said so.

I am glad she didn't buy a Yaris, I would use my Jedi powers to make her slap herself at 80mph.