Schwarzenegger Lobbies for Priuses, Drives SRT Challenger

He was the Terminator long before he got to play the role of Governor. You gotta stick with the image that suits you best.

He's just not a Prius guy.

do as I say....not as I do.

Take away the "say" part and I don't blame him one bit for his choice - nice ride.

It's still LEV-II.
6.1-liters doesn't put out much pollution.
It consumes gas, which gives people jobs, but it ain't polluting the air.
So if you can afford the gas, go ahead and buy a gas guzzler, cuz the tailpipe is clean.

It's no dirty diesel.

P.S. I don't believe in CO2. Go plant more trees. CO2 is simply food for another creature.

Maybe scientists can quit wasting their brain powers debating, and just use it to build a solar powered super tree that wholesale converts CO2 into glucose. Why not. Can't be that hard if they got all that brain power to waste.

Oh come on, can you picture the Terminator driving a Prius? Me neither.

That's an awesome Speed6 next to him, btw. They probably get the same gas mileage :)

I cant see Arnold driving either car as the Prius is a bit "wimpy" for him and the Challenger isnt polished enough. In my eyes, he's more of a Mercedes CL65 AMG kinda' guy.

billt9, I support your rally to make scientist stop wasting their brain power to CO2 effects on the environment. There will be nothing left in the end...

Hey at-least he bought american... wasn't that the hype a few months ago...

im convinced people will always complain about something. if he got a prius or another hybrid they'd say support detroit. now that he's supporting detroit, they're going to say he's not green. no one ever wins, this isn't a perfect world

"P.S. I don't believe in CO2. Go plant more trees. CO2 is simply food for another creature."

That's only sort of true. Trees use large amounts of CO2 when they are growing but they release it all when they die and rot. Basically they are CO2 neutral over their life cycle.

Not a big deal really though. Life is basically carbon neutral. Burning fossil fuels just releases CO2 that was once in the air anyhow. The only problem is the rate we are releasing it.

What effect that has is the debate. I think it has little effect but right now it's very popular to blame everything change in the climate everywhere on something man made.

No one wants to blame God or Mother Nature.

Well then, we simply have to engineer the Super Tree to have edible fruits and leaves. So the carbon molecules are consumed by animals like us and used up.

I propose a Papa John's tree. Oh heavenly...

Yeah that's the Govenator I voted for!!!

Seriously. Who cares?

At least he bought American...

Prius' do nothing accept make you feel like you have moral superiority over people.

good man

Prius' (Prii?) get absolutely awesome gas mileage. But from every review I've seen, they are awful in almost every other aspect.

As long as he's working for the better good and making other changes in his life, i.e. recycling, changing to the new light bulbs (that send your kids to the hospital if you break them), etc., then good for him.

Unless you live in the forrest wearing dead leaves for clothes and feeding off of already dead plants and animals, then you are not nearly as green as you think you are. So I don't want to hear the complaints!!!

Go Detroit muscle!

At least he bought American...

Prius' do nothing accept make you feel like you have moral superiority over people.

And give you 50 MPG!

American? Chrysler's new largest share holder is an Arab investing company (previously German), and almost all of their Engines and some of their bodies are made in Mexico or Canada. Real American. Not a single Chrysler product is on the top 10 domestic composition list, which includes the Camry.

Anyways, sorry, it is a very nice looking ride, but its hypocrisy at its best!

Such is the norm for California. The ruling class liberal elite live their opulent lives of over-consumption and extravagance while repressing the plebeian masses with their strict and arbitrary social and environmental agenda.

"Prius' do nothing accept make you feel like you have moral superiority over people.
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Ain't that a switch?

In the past you had to buy some over priced luxury car or over powered sports car if you wanted to drive around saying "look at me I'm better then you".

Now you can be a dork and save some money at the pumps.

"Now you can be a dork and save some money at the pumps."

Except all the money you saved plus thousands more will be spent on the high purchase price, high financing costs, high insurance costs, and high maintenance costs compared to a rational, conventional car.

So if I was taking lessons from politicians, I'd be a lying, cheating hypocrite who thought the best way through a financial crisis was increased debt spending.

The Challenger is a hybrid..

It burns gas and rubber.

C'mon is that really surprising? He's not really a left-winger, ya know.

What's funny is THIS:

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/12/09/ebay-find-of-the-day-obamas-old-chrysler-300c/

Seems Barrack drove a Hemi too before taking office!

Pure liberal hypocrisy. We'll do what we want, while legislating what we want you to do and taking away your free choice.

Arnold has been crossing to the dark side for quite a while now.

@joeo26

You're forgetting an important component wrt country of origin. The Camry may have more US sourced parts, but nearly 100% of its engineering is done in Japan. Chrysler, Ford, and GM do almost all of their engineering work here in the United States. Buying a Chrysler, GM, or Ford vehicle supports American engineers.

I thought Americans are suppose to be stupid, "The Working Man", as the Lansing mayor describes it.
Supporting engineers? That's unpossible.
Support The Working Man!

"Pure liberal hypocrisy"

I thought Arnold was a republican.

I can't believe nobody has said this yet!

"Hasta la vista, baby!" as the Governator drives away leaving a Hemi-produced plume of tire smoke...

firstwagon, party doesn't always determine ideology and practice. In addition, there's conservative, liberal, and California liberal, which is an ideology entirely in its own little political world.

Good for Arnie! At least its not a Hummer!