So since you can't win the argument based on what I've actually said, you'll win it by making things up, and you'll put up a poll for people to vote for you based on their disdain for me. The post above is the straw man of straw men. Like I said, the fact that the Prius is a status symbol, an environmental status symbol, has nothing to do with whether Chickpea is buying a Prius because of the that. The fact that you have a few friends who bought them for other reasons does nothing to change the fact either.
And while I'm rolling here, yes, I think Chickpea wants other people to know how much she cares about the environment, and she knows the Prius will show that on a daily basis. She has already proved that she wants other people to know that she is well-traveled and that she doesn't hang out with people like me. She said that she doesn't care that people call her a snob. She likes riding on a high horse. The fact that Chickpea believes she, burning a whopping 60 gallons less per year, flagellating herself by driving a car that is inferior in most every other respect, is going to save the planet from people like me makes me believe that she is not only smug, but a liiiiiitle self absorbed. Chickpea, I admire you so much that I'm going to skip the trip to Atlanta this weekend that I had briefly thought about making. I just saved 60 gallons of gas, and matched your yearly contribution without even having to dispose of a huge battery. I sent myself an ecard from you to honor my contribution.