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.
 
On TT I maintain all those threads weren`t our fault! There were the weird airing schedules so we had to have the separate show threads. Plus it wasn`t even a Buffista who started Spike`s Bitches, we just sort of co-opted it. Yeah. We probably were a little annoying. But that`s totally not why we spun off. Pay to play was a big culture shift for TT. And I for one am grateful for the community values that allowed us to exist on donations. I could not have afforded it on TT. And though I hope I`ve earned my keep in other service to the boards, I am so thankful to have had you in my life all those years.

My brother and SIL just bought a new car they needed something with good gas mileage and they ended up buying a diesel. They do a lot of driving on highways.

Can't remember the make or model though.

Edited - nope they bought a Saab. But they were looking at a used Jetta diesel.

VW's really the only game in town for that.

Yeah, VW has some diesels with amazing fuel economy. Sadly, many of their diesel models are not available in the US. (Anyone know which models are?)

Yay Stephanie's new job!

msbelle, I'm so sorry. That blows.

Not finding much for grenadine, though. Just one bartender's blog recommending Torani pomegranate syrup as a good HFCS-free decent-tasting substitute.

And another blog commenter recommends just making your own. It sounds ridiculously simple: 1 part POM pomegranate juice, 1 part (or less, per your taste) superfine sugar, mix until sugar is melted (I guess you could use simple syrup instead), keeps basically forever in the fridge.

Grenadine is super-easy to make - but since you're making a syrup, you would use sugar instead of simple. Also, I prefer using Evolution Pomegranate Juice - it's more expensive than POM, but tastes sooooo much better. (Whole Foods has it.)

Recipe (from The Bartender's Little Black Book):
3 cups pomegranate juice
3 cups sugar
2 tbsp. orange flower water (optional)

Bring juice to a boil. Turn heat to low, simmer 7-10 minutes to reduce. Gradually stir in sugar (and OFW, if you want), and stir for 2 minutes to ensure dissolve. Cool to room temp and bottle.

A slightly more involved but SUPER-tasty recipe is at Jeffrey Morgenthaler's blog: [link]

And Jeff's tonic water recipe (almost as involved as his bitters recipe): [link]

There's at least the Jetta TDI, but I'm pretty sure there are Golf and Bug TDI models too.