Hi Jason:

___I have. 3 HSD test drives actually … But I didn’t receive the overall FE economy I could achieve from an IMA equipped automobile nor were they as fun Hopefully you will get the chance to pilot an HCH or Insight to see and feel up close and personal the other side of the Hybrid lineup someday. I have not yet driven an HCH myself however.

___The HCH even with its LRR scores a very respectable skid pad number in comparison to both the Insight and Prius II … The higher end Prius II’s can’t be tested to their skid pad limits given VSC engages with non-regen braking blowing any momentum build and thus the FE hit. This also takes away some of the fun although in all reality, anything over .3 g’s is approaching the “Danger Zone” as you really never truly know the road surface you are driving on imho.

___Good Luck

___Wayne R. Gerdes
___Hunt Club Farms Landscaping Ltd.
___Waynegerdes@earthlink.net