I'd rather go mad in a hybrid than continue to let my friends and neighbors see me crying at the gas pump while I fill-up the 33 gallon tank ($100) on my Bronco. Do you know what it does to your mental state to accelerate and watch the MPG indicator (gas gauge) move downward. It used to be a joke I shared with passangers. " Hey watch me stomp on it and make the gas gauge move!" "He he he!" Hypermiling for me right now is 15/mpg instead of the avg 12. I too, try to conserve momentum. You should see the looks and gestures I get when my Bronco with 35" tires, 6" lift, and large bumper come within inches of the back of another car that pulls out in front of me. At least the hybrids are not so intimidating. One good thing about slow acceleration in the Bronco is the drivers behind me can't see that I'm not keeping up with the traffic in front of me. Unless it's a little hybrid that can see under me. But the Hybrid driver is only thinking "Wow this is great. This guy is so slow that no one is honking at me this time!"

I've got to keep the Bronco because of situations like Katrina. I live between Houston and Galveston and my familiy will not be stuck trying to get out. But I don't plan to drive it daily after Jan 06 when I get my new Prius with the nice tax credit.