It’s a great car! I can’t speak enough good about it. It’s roomy, enough room for four full sized adults, 5 if you absolutely have to. It has all the power you need. I’m sure you’ve seen the media accounts of those who have driven it in excess of 100 mph.

Mileage is great as you can see from this post. Of course you won’t be getting 60 mph every time you drive; however, if you are able to use the car on trips greater than 10 miles there is no reason you cannot average over 50 mpg on those trips. Around town, you mileage, particularly on trips of shorter than 10 miles long, will dramatically drop. Still, the worse mileage I’ve had on my Prius is probably around 39 mpg or thereabouts. Usually I’m in the high 40’s or higher if I go on longer trips like the one in this post.

Good luck to you both!

Jaime and I are looking into getting a Prius sometime next year. Are they totally worth it?

Thanks for dropping by. I’ve never pushed the speed that high–though I have no doubt it would easily make it that high. I love my Prius and will never go back to straight gasoline technology. Over the remainder of my driving life, I believe I will see monetary savings for making the switch.

What do you drive?

I love this car. It is roomy inside. My wife, who is short has no problem driving it. Surely a White Benz would be a nice car. Perhaps they might come out with some hybrids as well.

All seriousness, though, I think you for making an environmentally sound purchase. And I imagine you’re saving a little chunk of change at the pump!

It just looks uncomfortable to me. Can’t they make it look more like a Blazer ?

My dream car is a white Mercedes Benz with white leather seats. And when I’m in heaven, that’s what I’m going to drive.

Yes, I believe I do arrive a bit less stressed, and on the way travel a bit safer as well. I do have to disagree with you just a bit on the foreign oil.

But for our country’s dependence on foreign oil, we would not be making some of the foreign policy decisions we have made, and continue to make.

Ask these questions: IF the United States were energy independent would we have led a coalition in the first gulf war? Would we have so many U.S. troops stationed Saudia Arabia? Would we have gone into Iraq in 2003?

I think the foreign oil dependence is a large factor in this equation.

Thanks for stopping by!

Please can I just say that is is nothing to do with dependence on foreign oil? Lots of countries – most, in fact – are dependent on foreign oil but don’t go around declaring war all the time. It is a US foreign policy thing, and also to do with the fact that Americans use far more energy, and cause more pollution, than any other country in the world.

Actually this is about global environmental issues, that affect all of us. On those grounds, keep up the good work