Honda Car Forum

I have a friend with a Prius, it is a nice car....It does start in electric,
however when she drives it, well, it doesn't :[) she only gets about 35mpg
but she has fun.
The Civic goes into an electric state while underway, 15-40ish with a light
load you will see the meter go up to 100mpg & the assist indicator come on,
the gas engine drops to an idle....overall, based on greenhybrid.com, the
Prius gets about 47 mpg & Civic 46 so....name your poison.
Yes, this area has a lot of stop & go, under 30, no left turn lanes, hills &
LOTS of construction....it frequently takes me 30 minutes to drive 6 miles
home & there is no freeway between work & home.
Some of my considerations for the Civic were:
1. The dealer gave me $1,000 off list & gave me mud flaps & a couple of
other dealer installed "extras" as well as $1,500 more for my 96 Accord than
book.
2. The Civic does not look different than any other, not cool if your ego
wants everyone to notice you but a good thing for jerks who want to run you
off the road for taking up "their" road with an electric (therefore slow &
gutless logic) car or boy racers.
3. There are 3 Toyota dealers in my area, they all wanted $29,000 for the
$24,000 Prius, but with Toyota's special offer that is on right now, they
would have let me have it (hmm, interesting pun) for $27,000.



"JXStern" <JXSternChangeX2R@gte.net> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 07:41:33 -0700, "justbob30" <no@thank.you> wrote:
>
>>Speaking as someone who has a Civic Hybird, I LOVE THIS CAR, it gets
>>better
>>mileage, granted, it costs a bit more, not really much compared to the EX
>>auto which it is closest to.
>>
>>You have to drive it to understand the true value, this car is smooth, I
>>don't mean Lincoln dead ride, it doesn't jerk and lurch through the
>>throttle
>>process, no shifting, just smooth acceleration and deaccelration, no
>>jerking
>>about as traffic speeds up & slows down....then there is the tourque, when
>>you need it, instant I do no have to wind up the engine to get it and
>>there
>>is lots of it, v-6 amounts the car is quite zippy if that is what you
>>want.
>
> Well, actually, I never thought to try the Honda hybrids looking for
> an improved overall experience.
>
>>The gas mileage is very good, I drove a standard Civic for a couple of
>>weeks
>>while my Accord was in the shop and got 25 mpg with the way I drive, I am
>>on
>>my 2nd tank of gas (I have used 14 gals in just over a month) and am
>>currently at 46, I am mostly city driving. But, here is the real reason,
>>the TRENDY neighborhood I live in, planet earth, appriceates the small
>>break.
>
> Just 25mpg in a standard Civic? Must be very nasty city driving, or
> you're playing boy racer between red lights, but the city scenario is
> where the hybrids make somewhat more sense - though probably the Prius
> is better that way, it stays all-electric longer, doesn't it?
>
> Hey, my neighborhood just had Barack Obama drop by long enough to have
> his picture taken with him standing in front of a biodiesel pump.
> Hmm, wonder if that's online:
>
> article no pic
> http://www.americanchronicle.com/art...rticleID=29503
>
> Well, it *mentions* the gas station!
>
> J.
>

Oh yeah, there was one other factor, I wanted a Dark Blue car but not a grey
interior, the Hybrid comes in a dark blue (metalic pearl) with a dark blue &
Tan interior, that is the only way you can get this combo.

"justbob30" <no@thank.you> wrote in message
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>I have a friend with a Prius, it is a nice car....It does start in
>electric, however when she drives it, well, it doesn't :[) she only gets
>about 35mpg but she has fun.
> The Civic goes into an electric state while underway, 15-40ish with a
> light load you will see the meter go up to 100mpg & the assist indicator
> come on, the gas engine drops to an idle....overall, based on
> greenhybrid.com, the Prius gets about 47 mpg & Civic 46 so....name your
> poison.
> Yes, this area has a lot of stop & go, under 30, no left turn lanes, hills
> & LOTS of construction....it frequently takes me 30 minutes to drive 6
> miles home & there is no freeway between work & home.
> Some of my considerations for the Civic were:
> 1. The dealer gave me $1,000 off list & gave me mud flaps & a couple of
> other dealer installed "extras" as well as $1,500 more for my 96 Accord
> than book.
> 2. The Civic does not look different than any other, not cool if your ego
> wants everyone to notice you but a good thing for jerks who want to run
> you off the road for taking up "their" road with an electric (therefore
> slow & gutless logic) car or boy racers.
> 3. There are 3 Toyota dealers in my area, they all wanted $29,000 for the
> $24,000 Prius, but with Toyota's special offer that is on right now, they
> would have let me have it (hmm, interesting pun) for $27,000.
>
>
>
> "JXStern" <JXSternChangeX2R@gte.net> wrote in message
> news:dvc5735ltl3g9d5rnrkbppqv4p5g4pe2su@4ax.com...
>> On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 07:41:33 -0700, "justbob30" <no@thank.you> wrote:
>>
>>>Speaking as someone who has a Civic Hybird, I LOVE THIS CAR, it gets
>>>better
>>>mileage, granted, it costs a bit more, not really much compared to the EX
>>>auto which it is closest to.
>>>
>>>You have to drive it to understand the true value, this car is smooth, I
>>>don't mean Lincoln dead ride, it doesn't jerk and lurch through the
>>>throttle
>>>process, no shifting, just smooth acceleration and deaccelration, no
>>>jerking
>>>about as traffic speeds up & slows down....then there is the tourque,
>>>when
>>>you need it, instant I do no have to wind up the engine to get it and
>>>there
>>>is lots of it, v-6 amounts the car is quite zippy if that is what you
>>>want.
>>
>> Well, actually, I never thought to try the Honda hybrids looking for
>> an improved overall experience.
>>
>>>The gas mileage is very good, I drove a standard Civic for a couple of
>>>weeks
>>>while my Accord was in the shop and got 25 mpg with the way I drive, I am
>>>on
>>>my 2nd tank of gas (I have used 14 gals in just over a month) and am
>>>currently at 46, I am mostly city driving. But, here is the real reason,
>>>the TRENDY neighborhood I live in, planet earth, appriceates the small
>>>break.
>>
>> Just 25mpg in a standard Civic? Must be very nasty city driving, or
>> you're playing boy racer between red lights, but the city scenario is
>> where the hybrids make somewhat more sense - though probably the Prius
>> is better that way, it stays all-electric longer, doesn't it?
>>
>> Hey, my neighborhood just had Barack Obama drop by long enough to have
>> his picture taken with him standing in front of a biodiesel pump.
>> Hmm, wonder if that's online:
>>
>> article no pic
>> http://www.americanchronicle.com/art...rticleID=29503
>>
>> Well, it *mentions* the gas station!
>>
>> J.
>>
>