[sittnick]

Do you drive your Insight at night with headlights, use the A/C, use the heater?

The EPA does none of these things when they run their tests because the effect of these devices is small on a gas engine. It is huge on a hybrid.

Hybrids work okay in urban environments in temperate zones as "go to work" cars. I don't think we'll see one that can fit a large family (and the ones in my church these days are forced to buy 15 passenger vans due in part to ever more obnoxious child seat rules.)

[claudiustg]

---Do you drive your Insight at night with headlights, use the A/C, use the heater? ---

I do all of the above and drive pretty fast as well. That's why I only avaerage 61.3 mpg. :^)

Many Insight owners do a lot better.

[Nov3]

I don't think we'll see one that can fit a large family (and the ones in my church these days are forced to buy 15 passenger vans due in part to ever more obnoxious child seat rules.)

We had to give up our sedan for a minivan. I like the minivan - I just hate the reason we had to get it.