OK I come for a history of flipping cars every 2 years or so and have moved my self a tad upscale last few. My most recent cars were I30, I35 then 04 TL and 06TL. I have owned several toyotas in the past, a 89 Camry LE, 93 Camry V6 XLE and a 97 Avalon XLS. I loved my 06 TL, it was an awesome car with very few flaws in my eyes. It rode great, handled great and performed like a bat out of hell. My only complaint was I was tired of feeding $46 to the Gas Gods every 5-6 days. I finally decided that cars were not as important to me as they once were. Sure I want a nice ride, but for the 20% or less of the time that 265 hp came to use was not justified with the on going gas bill. So I decided to find something I woudl enjoy almost as much, but woudl save me gas. Ok it might seem bizarre, but my 2 initial choices were the Corolla and Civic. I quickly passed on the Corolla as the current one is dated and lacks many features I wanted. The 06 Civic had some promise, Nav, XM, decent sound, all the perks I was acustomed to in the TL, just in a small form factor. Well the Civic was a bit tight and to get the good sound you need to do the Coupe, somehitng I really did not want to do. Then I stumbled across the TCH. Hmmm, the 2 cars I owned the longest were my 89 Camry (3.5 years) and my 93 Camry V6 XLE (4 years). Yeah the Camry is no sports sedan, but part of me missed that luxury plush ride. OK I did my reading and decided to drive one. I went on 3 different test drives. The initial feel of the Hybrid system was a bit awkward. I described it as a lag or hesitation. To be truthful it is not a lag or hesitation, it is the feeling of going from a EV 47 hp launch to the 147hp Gas motor kicking in. There is no real hesitation as when you tap the pedal the car begins to move, but a tad sluggishly until the gas engine fires up and joins in, when the reall pulling begins. After 3 test drives I was already getting used to this feeling. I finally decided to get a TCH. Now the fun begins. As with any vehicle that save fule today and does it weel and is a large car on top of that, finding one that you want can be a chore. With 10 weeks left on the $2600 tax credit I decided NAV was not worth the wait, if I like the TCH that much I'll flip it in 08 or 09 for one with NAV and hopefully by then HIDs, memory seats and factory (not port) leather. I waited about 10 days for my car to come in, during which time I sold my TL. I now have my TCH for 3 days and 400 miles and wanted to share my initial feedback and will update this again in a few weeks when I have more miles. See next post......