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The Honda hybrids are pricey (used) or hard to find (new); they also have very anemic acceleration.* Heck, currently I hate getting stuck behind a Prius, and those things are downright peppy compared to the 2005 Honda Civic hybrid. [edit: The Prius itself is as peppy as I'd ever want. Their drivers may often choose slow acceleration. I have now been called on this three times from the Prius gallery.] Back to the Civic, though, how much are carpool stickers worth if I can't accelerate enough to merge into traffic sanely? What was I thinking?
I guess it's going to be the regular Civic sedan. It will certainly be reliable and last me a good long time. All I'll have to do to keep that car running is stay away from California drivers! Easy! ...oh, wait.
I put a small "right of first refusal" deposit on one today. It won't come in until the first or second week of October, and as it hasn't been assigned a VIN yet it will probably be a 2007, which I have never seen. As the deposit is both small and refundable, I will be making an effort to find another car sooner.
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*Other hybrid options don't work well at all. The Prius is too big, too expensive, and has too long a wait list, but I admit it would be fun to snag a used one and try for a full-electric conversion.** The Camry and Accord are of course too big. The Insight has no trunk, and I may very well need to haul a scooter some day (not to mention the square dance calling equipment).
**This is particularly nifty given that we have solar panels on the house. If we get rid of the pool and its associated pump, we become a net producer over the year as a whole. Might as well use some of that excess to drive a truly zero-emissions car!
I guess it's going to be the regular Civic sedan. It will certainly be reliable and last me a good long time. All I'll have to do to keep that car running is stay away from California drivers! Easy! ...oh, wait.
I put a small "right of first refusal" deposit on one today. It won't come in until the first or second week of October, and as it hasn't been assigned a VIN yet it will probably be a 2007, which I have never seen. As the deposit is both small and refundable, I will be making an effort to find another car sooner.
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*Other hybrid options don't work well at all. The Prius is too big, too expensive, and has too long a wait list, but I admit it would be fun to snag a used one and try for a full-electric conversion.** The Camry and Accord are of course too big. The Insight has no trunk, and I may very well need to haul a scooter some day (not to mention the square dance calling equipment).
**This is particularly nifty given that we have solar panels on the house. If we get rid of the pool and its associated pump, we become a net producer over the year as a whole. Might as well use some of that excess to drive a truly zero-emissions car!
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