In July '05 my driving habits changed from driving 420 miles/month to 1,200-1,400 miles/month. That pushed me to go hybrid-shopping. I purchased a Honda Insight CVT (2002 w/39k miles) for $11,100 before gas prices sky-rocketed. That same car is now selling for $15-16,000---if you can find one. It's a much smaller car than I've been used to, but at the price of gas I consider myself very fortunate to have hybridized "just in the nick of time".