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Originally Posted by ray
That remains to be seen. The thriftiest of the gas-powered vehicles availble can already approach the efficiencies being displayed by the hybrids if you normalize performance.
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What exactly are you trying to convince yourself of? That if someone drives a 15 year-old Geo Metro and says, "See, I can hypermile like the best of them," that that somehow forecasts what people could be driving in the future? You got another thing coming if you believe that. Honda leads the way in vehicle efficiency and if they can't do better, while still meeting safety and emissions standards, then no-one can.
Any ways, if someone gets better-than-rated fuel economy in a regular Civic, then they will also get better-than-rated fuel economy in the Hybrid. If you can't see the benefit of the hybrid, then you're another doubting Thomas. There are a million excuses at your disposal. No-one can -- and no-one has to -- convince you otherwise. Perhaps when gasoline is at $7/gal. you will see things in a different context, and postulating about
what could be will take a back seat to the urgency of
what is available.
Word on the street is that the 2008 Civic Hybrids are sold out for the year.