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[Thorn]

Don't get me started. It turns out, my Prius even falls into that category, and they sure sucked me right in. My 1983 Nissan Sentra got nearly as good mileage.... without 100+ lbs of lead that will need to be disposed of/recycled at some point in the car's life.

Really? Sorry to hear that. I get pretty good mileage in the Prius...summertime is around 58mpg on my 40 mile commute (1/2 60mph freeway; 1/2 35mph streets). But, this winter with our "artic weather patterns", I'm getting around 45mpg because it is just too cold for the gas engine to turn off.

Of course, I got a relatively early V2 Prius. I heard that they started adding bells and whistles such that gas mileage dropped.