Toyota dealers were one of the major reasons we went with HCH2 rather than Prius. We could never find one in the area that had a Prius on-site, and two we talked to were charging $2K above MSRP.

Former cars:
80 Chevy Citation (got rear-ended. 34mpg. Woo hoo!)
79 Ford Mustang (great college car)
93 Ford Probe 4-cyl. (LOVED it)
00 Ford Focus (despised it)
02 went carless. (No point in having 2 cars in Manhattan.)

Partner's former cars:
90 Honda Accord
97 Honda CR-V (great car)
06 Honda Civic Hybrid

Yes, we're just slaves to brand names.

Am I weird for having SUV-guilt over a CRV?

I'm very close to buying a Prius. Working with several dealers now.

BTW, the best price in the Northern Virginia area seems to be $500 below MSRP. Anyone around here do better?

Anyway, my current car is a 96 VW Jetta with 101K. It's a great car, and I still get 30MPG. I'm giving it to my 16-year-old daughter.

It sounds like I should get high MPG with the Prius, since I already drive my Jetta (5-speed manual) in a similar way. I always anticipate traffic ahead and stop lights and try to minimize braking.

Looking forward to saving gas money (and being green) on my 55-mile round-trip commute (not to mention driving in HOV lane on I-66).

I wouldn't feel guilty about owning a CRV. It's basically a tall car, not a land yacht. I'm sure you get at least low 20s for fuel economy.

was a 2005 chrysler town and country......was getting 24mpg
also 2003 dodge ram 1500.....was getting 21mpg

the vehicle immediately before my hybrid was a honda crv. when gas spiked at $3 last fall, it traded it in on my HCH, and more than doubled my mileage.

Best fill 66.7 MPG, best tank 801.5 miles


laurie, central minnesota

In order of model year, not ownership:

'59 Ford Galaxie Fairlane 500 (still have it)
'87 Dodge Aires K
'87 Toyota Supra Turbo
'88 Chevrolet S-10
'89 Honda CBR 600R
'90 Volkswagen Jetta GL
'93 GMC Sonoma SLE (13 yrs/178K miles and still running strong! I still drive it)
'94 Honda CBR 1000F
'94 Pontiac Sunbird SE
'95 Pontiac Grand Am GT
'98 Honda CBR 1100XX (still riding it)
'01 Mitsubishi Galant
'04 Ford Escape XLT 4WD
'05 Honda Accord Hybrid (my current daily driver!)

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