My 70 miles is 95% interstate where I'd be going probably 80mph. My secondary concern is that there is often snow in the winter. Maybe I should be expanding my search?

Two feet of snow

So traumatized my heart skipped a beat when I read that.

My parents have a Civic Hybrid and love it too.

There are no 777s in sight of this basement right now. There are tiny planes with two seats on each side, no overhead room, and stale air. I had to sit cranked to the side the whole time on my previous flight, because the guy next to me had shoulders too wide to fit in his seat. And his legs spread, because of course guys have to sit with their legs spread as wide as possible.

I am actually in a fairly good mood right now, except for the pony thing. And in like three hours, I will have a shrift.

Stephanie, my sister drives a VW Jetta for her 56 mile commute and it sips gas. And it has butt warmers!

Diesel might be a good option with all that highway travel, a lot of the hybrid advantages are lost without city driving. VW's really the only game in town for that.

lisah, mine too. I think even the weather reporters are losing it.

Congrats, Stephanie!

I think the weather world is turvy topsy because all that snow you guys are getting, we're getting as rain.

Thanks for the ideas!

Has Toyota fixed all the issues cropping up left and right?

Aren't they in doggy doo doo for lying? I thought they had a lot of catching up to do.

And his legs spread, because of course guys have to sit with their legs spread as wide as possible.

Not enough fear of an imminent crotch punch. I do my best to heighten awareness, but it doesn't seem to be enough.

Yeah if you`re mostly highway you might look for the thing where it automatically changes down from, say 6 cylinders to 4 once you`re up at highway speeds and cruising. You can tell I have no idea what I`m talking about here because I don`t know what it`s called. All I know is that hybrids are impractical for my driving because I never brake, thus never transferring any energy.
 
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