I spoke with Jim last night. Apparently, he got my name from various places on the INet because I have been so vocal about my beloved Escape Hybrid SUV. He may be familiar to those of you that may have seen the NBC syndicated Entertainment Tonight. I have watched him for years and he is a good reporter. He may or may not interview me or record me for real but after our 1/2 hour conversation I do believe him to be sincere in trying to show that EPA is definitely deficient in their methods of measuring real life mileage.

Jim has a problem on getting a camera crew out over a hundred miles to me but I volunteered to drive down to LA the 120 miles. Jim cannot get a camera crew on a weekend since I will not take off teaching during the week. Perhaps next week when the time changes I can drive down there right after school and be filmed still during daylight. If not I think I have tried to help by posting his request for people to interview in the LA Area on Jason's GreenHybrid, my Yahoo Escape site, and many other lessor hybrid sites. Any of you who can post his request and telephone number on other site will certainly help our agenda.

I appreciate all your discussion but I think it important to help the media whenever possible to get the word out about the problems with EPA.

Mike

Mike Maline - Sdctcher
2005 Ford Escape Hybrid Owner
California School Teacher