"So which way do you think gas is going to go?"

ya ... good question ... my crystal ball says UP over the 'long term', but then I've thrown away money relying on my crystal ball many times before - lol

Like Tim/Paul said - "only gamble here is banking when the Prius III will actually hit the streets" !

As I really don't like spending good money and getting second best, today, I'm once again leaning towards waiting but don't hold your breath, things change quick around here lately - lol.

I also just crunched the MFSRP Build-it/Price-it numbers on both Honda.com and Honda.ca and after running the exchange and adding in freight and PDI etc., I see we Canadians are getting charged appx $1200 CDN more for the HCH than our cousins in the U.S.

Phoned Honda Canada today and even the supervisor didn't have any valid explanation why we canucks deserve such 'special treatment'. While we north of the 49th are used to paying more for U.S. goods manufactured in the U.S.A., it's frustrating to see that the Japanese, who send the HCH directly to us here via boat, just like they do to the U.S. market, are merrily surcharging us over our neighbours. Additionally, the non-hybrid Civic is evidently produced here in Canada - I'll have to crunch the numberson it as well and see how much more the MSRP is there!