Hello. My name is Jason and I reside in the Akron, Ohio area. I must come clean, I do not own a hybrid. Yet. I await better financial times. However, I just bought a gas saving Scion xA named Ziggy Stardust P.A. I will admit that I used to drive a '68 Fairlane that was tweaked out, 8 miles per gallon :blink: ; however, since then I have been more concerned with pollution and conserving fuel. Last year I had to depart with my '91 Escort Pony which had seen most of the mid-west and was getting 44 miles per gallon. I swore that I would find a replacement when I could and ended up with the Scion xA. I like small cars and although I dig gadgets and such I rather drive something utilitarian and realistic. I come from rural Iowa and know what trucks are used for; to see such vehicles on the highway (SUVs and the like) sickens me. Cars get you from one place to another when you cannot walk or bike there and my car does that, and makes me comfortable, but that is it. At the same time it has excellent control and pumps out some nice tunes. I put my bike gear in the back, pop in the tent, and am off to an excellent road trip. As for the name, I am a huge David Bowie fan and I find the car as original as his music and as spacey as his Ziggy period so I named it Ziggy Stardust. The P.A. stands for Pennsylvania, the state I had to buy it in since they were not available in Ohio at the time.