My reasons for the Civic:

1) I am a "long time" Honda driver. My first car was a '87 Accord which I traded for my '04 HCH.

2) I got to drive both the Civic and Prius as a loaner car from work. I think I drove Prius I so it was probably not a fair comparison, but I liked the Civic better. I thought it had more get up.

3) At the time I was looking the Prius had a waiting list. I went to the dealer and picked up my HCH and drove it home.

4) I guess I wanted to blend in more than with the Prius.

Looking back now I think that the Prius would have been a better car for me. I have a relatively short commute (5-6 miles) and I think the Prius would have gotten better gas mileage. With that said I got almost 55 MPG on the last tank, but it was a "long" trip for me.

Billy