<WBR><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size=3>  Wow what negativity.<br>   I think anbody who has buys a decent car should keep it and run the life out of it. It good economics utilizing your investment<br>   You Know, I've heard all the Limbaugh blather about this but if some one needs & wants a new car(which people do) and also wants to get a Prius or a Honda or any other hybrid that burns less gas.... what is the problem? Who benefits?  I do every time I <STRONG><U>don't</U></STRONG> put an enormous amount of my income in the petrol tank. As far as recycling batteries, we recycle batteries now, aa, aaa, regular lead acid, Lithium cell phone batteries, & all other car batteries.  Is that bad?<br>   In the final analogy more mileage means more fuel efficiency & less gas used out of a finite supply  AND , less money I spent to get from A to Z. In fact compared to tthe old car I'm saving about 3,000 a year enough money to pay formost of the car.  I don't need to get smog checks any more who hoo!<br>   One Priu taxi in Toronto was driven 650,000 miles so without a meltdown,teardown, or a battery change so Toyota bought it back to dissect it to see what is what.<br> </FONT>  <FONT face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size=3>  Any way you slice it it's simple economics.  I spent less, I used less gas on the planet, I polluted the atmosphere less. so I breathe better. All this & the only thing I'm hysterical about is the money I'm saving & not lining the pockets of Saudi Arabia/Texaco etc.<br>  It's great to live in America<br>   Dale<br> </FONT>  </FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size=3>I'll beleive the hummer gettin 60 miles to the gallon when I see it. My other car is a Camry. The Tundra sits till I need to pull the trailer or until I get the hummer device on my car.  Where can I order?<br> </FONT><br> <br> -----<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_2_c63e1d42-6e70-422c-b146-5799b732b97d> <div dir=ltr> <div class=gmail_quote>On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 10:03 PM, Fenton Murray <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:fmurray@cruzio.com">fmurray@cruzio.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<br> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div bgcolor="#ffffff"> <div><FONT face=Arial>I get about 45 with my 06 Prius. My area of California has lots of hills which probably accounts for the lower mileage. But heh, 45!! I'm happy.</FONT></div> </div> </BLOCKQUOTE> <div><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div>More MPG is great.  I wonder, though, if there are studies done on how much energy it takes to make a car from start to finish.  I figure I'm probably saving a bunch of energy that way (by not going out and buying a new car when the old one works fine).  My Honda Accord has 287K miles, and I'm going for at least 400K.  Keeping a paid-for car sure beats buying an expensive one that gets higher MPG.  And one that gets decent mileage (28-30 MPG).</div> <div><br> </div> </div> -- <br> JF<br> <div><br> </div> <div>(who doesn't buy the globalists' argument that humans are causing significant climate change. It changes, sure. Always has. But just follow the money and see who profits from climate change hysteria.)</div> </div> </div> <div id='u8CAC9D652D601B3-270-A430' class='aol_ad_footer'><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">It's time to go back to school! Get the latest trends and gadgets that make the grade on <A title="http://shopping.aol.com/back-to-school?ncid=aolins00050000000007" href="http://shopping.aol.com/back-to-school?ncid=aolins00050000000007" target="_blank">AOL Shopping</A>.</FONT> </div>