<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3059" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><CLIP></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>>One last fun fact for you: it takes five years to offset the premium price<BR>>of a Prius. Meaning, you have to wait 60 months to save any money over a<BR>>non-hybrid car because of lower gas expenses</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Utter nonsense!  I really do get over 50 mpg with my Prius, and it has paid for itself in less than a year.  I have friends whose Prius's have far exceeded their presumed 100,000 mile life span.  The only thing I don't like about my Prius is the universal presumption that I am a tree-hugger!  In Fact, I am as conservative as Rush L.  I drive a Prius strictly for personal economy, and it has proven to serve that purpose abundantly well.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I do not charge mileage, and point it out to my customers that I can offer them the benefit of no mileage charge because I drive a Prius.  BTW, I can get two grand actions (with keysets) in the Prius at once, as well as all the tools I used to carry in a Ford Econoline van.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Frank Emerson</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:pianoguru@earthlink.net">pianoguru@earthlink.net</A></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>