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April 07, 2005
Car Shopping Fun (or not)
I am entering the final days of my automobile search ans shopping. I really just want to pick something and then deal with finances. In the process of the past few years, I've looked at pretty much every method of transportation, and have very few final contenders. I wanted something small with excellent performance, handling, fuel economy, and emissions. This left me with two paths, the hybrid vehicles of Honda and Toyota and small sports coupes. Frankly, what I'm really interested in is a more powerful version of the Vandenbrink Carver, but they're not street legal here. I've test driven the Prius, Civic Hybrid, and Accord Hybrid. I was unimpressed with pickup in both the Prius and the Civic, but the Accord was more than amply equipt in this area. Then aain, it is significantly larger than I'm loking for and has essentially the same gas mileage as a MINI Cooper. I really like the Insight by Honda, but no one has one in stock to test, and the acceleration worries me. Now I hear rumors of a redesigned update on the Insight capable of up to 90 mpg, which might be worth whatever sacrifices are made in the 0-60 range. Also, many vehciles sold in California seem to have significantly lower emissions, which makes me consider purchasing a vehicle there and driving it back here. in any event, I have decided that there is no perfect vehicle at present, and I want the flying cars that we were promised years ago. Or at least Hydrogen fuel-cells. Where's an FCX when you need it?
Posted by Daniel at April 7, 2005 12:38 AM
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