My cat just lurched off my lap and put a nice gash in my arm as he jumped with his hind claws because I laughed so hard at your description. That's priceless hybrid driving...I can't wait to see the numbers you'll put up in a new Prius!

The psychosis is definitely setting in. In a manner, my driving has become schizophrenic because my bag of tricks is so drastically different from any other car I've ever driven - it's like a whole new me. Yes, I'm going out of my way to hypermile, but it's always with safety and care first, and my last few tanks have started to show it in a big big way, so that's all fine and well. I do have to concede that I've unconciously formed a new driving vocabulary that's little...mmm...not so tidy. I've found myself loudly muttering (when alone) certain phrases for environmental setbacks, and certain phrases directed toward other drivers that act as setbacks. I never shout to anyone and I rarely have to lift a favorite finger from the wheel, but when something drops my live MPG display, the dictive dookie hits the ICE fan.