[trebb]

A guy was on Fox news yesterday morning, I forget his name, but he said they gave him a Volt to try out. He said he only went 18 miles before the gas kicked in and when it kicked in he got 30 MPG with the thing. I guess that would get me to the closest grocery store to me, but I would have to gas it back.

Looks like the distance on battery keeps going down. My Camry with a pretty potent V-6 gets 23-25 locally and 30 on the highway (at 72 mph - up to 33 at 60 mph and as little as 26 if I keep it a tad above 80 on those long dark Alabama stretches between population centers). I only have to "plug it in" to a gas pump for 6 minutes a week (350-450 miles depending on type of driving) and it cost under $29K without a government subsidy.

[Mr. K]

I have a small Toyota Camry I bought for $1,500 3 years ago

Runs great, gets about 40 MPG on the Thruway.

I will drive it until it melts into a pile of rust, which will NOT be anytime soon, as far as I can tell.