[ponygirl]

I drove a 1988 Honda CRX HF for 13 years. I got 210,000 miles out of it. It was not an electric car, nor a hybrid, and yet I got 45 mpg with that car. The Prius averages 41 mpg, so the mileage I got out of a non-electric car was better than that of a hybrid. Why? Because it was the size of a rollerskate. I didn't have to replace any $3000 batteries, but I had to spend thousands of dollars on chiropractic.

Like a typical Californian, you seem to have the attitude that everyone else should live the way you do. Drive your little pint-sized rollerskate, screw up your back up into little knots. Don't tell me I have to do the same thing.

And by the way, when it gets over 100 degrees in the inland valleys of California, it does not last for months on end - with the exception of Death Valley, where no one lives. Maybe YOU should learn a little more about YOUR neighbors.

[ColdWater]

Like a typical Californian, you seem to have the attitude that everyone else should live the way you do. Drive your little pint-sized rollerskate, screw up your back up into little knots. Don't tell me I have to do the same thing.

Duh. Do you always project falsely? My wife drives a non-hybird 4WD SUV. I have two V8's one about 300 hp and the other about 400 hp and capable of doing the quarter mile in the low 13's. Now go turn off your internet connection until you can stop lying about others.

[ColdWater]

And by the way, when it gets over 100 degrees in the inland valleys of California, it does not last for months on end - with the exception of Death Valley, where no one lives. Maybe YOU should learn a little more about YOUR neighbors.

I live in the inland valley. Duh.

[nascarnation]

I don’t think one size fits all in the transportation area.
Hopefully there will be a wide variety of vehicles that help us reduce oil imports, suitable to their climate and usage.
Electric cars and hybrids will have their niche, and diesel may eventually, if the strict emission rules in the US can be met at a cost the consumer is willing to pay.
I’m looking into a Honda Civic that runs on CNG which are mfg here in Indiana at the new plant in Greensburg.

[ColdWater]

I drove a 1988 Honda CRX HF for 13 years. I got 210,000 miles out of it. It was not an electric car, nor a hybrid, and yet I got 45 mpg with that car. The Prius averages 41 mpg, so the mileage I got out of a non-electric car was better than that of a hybrid. Why? Because it was the size of a rollerskate. I didn't have to replace any $3000 batteries, but I had to spend thousands of dollars on chiropractic.

I bought a Honda CRX Xi in Phoenix in 1985. Drove it for four years and 150,000 miles. Not one penny in maintence except for oil changes. (Shocks and brakes fairly worn but that went to the next owner). My back is fine. BTW, I sold it with the original battery.