They won't ask to turn the engine on. I was just shooting for some sort of hybrid gathering.
"Earth Day" last April was supposed to have a special hybrid parking section. I suppose that went through like a fart in...well...uh, you know what I mean. There was a FEH, an HCH, a Prius I, and a Prius II there. I had cleaned my HCH up to better than showroom condition and they only had those few spots so I was out of luck, plenty of hybrids in the parking lot. The sad thing about the hybrids that were there was they were filthy. The FEH was clean but that was it. The Prius II was even riding on a near flat tire.
Hopefully we can get some cars together. I'm going to try to hit up a few of the die-hard local hybrid owners (like the members of this site) to show up. Of course there is the $20 entry that quite a few people have difficulty parting with.
Plus I haven't met anyone that it is a deep passion, they just own one.
As far as using the HOV sticker. I don't think there is a city busy enough between us that even has an HOV lane. The plus, it'll be getting cool enough where you can go without A/C comfortably.
Either way, I WILL have both of mine there. As of right now there isn't even an official hybrid section but if they have enough pre-entrants (5 I think is their limit) I know they will make one.
Whoever shows up, and enters, I'll foot the bill for your burger lunch. (or fries if you don't eat meat, that's OK
) Last year had a nice selection of food.