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eat our brains » Blog Archive » Zippo — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:21:14 +0000

[...] For Caroline: “Meet George Jetson” led me to . . . well, “Meet George Jetson.” (Also to his boy, Elroy; daughter, Judy; and Jane, his wife.) [Note: I almost linked to Rob Zombie’s “House of 1000 Corpses” because of “She’s got a corpse under her bed . . . “ But I think the world at large will be grateful I didn’t.] [...]

By: Casey Hamilton

Casey Hamilton — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 07:00:17 +0000

Okay, so Ed and I are not that environmentally conscious. But MINI didn’t/doesn’t have a hybrid. On the other hand, we’ve only bought gas twice since arriving in Seattle 8 months ago. That, surely, should count for something.

By: Morgan J. Locke

Morgan J. Locke — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 05:24:35 +0000

Spector, you keep getting tunes stuck in my head!

I love Priuses. They are sweet looking. I get tech lust every time I see one on the road.

By: Bradley Denton

Bradley Denton — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 05:19:34 +0000

Barb wanted a Prius when _her_ Saturn was rear-ended in early ’04 . . . but at that time, there was a wait of over a year. So she bought the Civic Hybrid instead. It’s a pretty efficient vehicle on its power plant’s own merits — but in addition, the current-gas-mileage feedback on the dashboard alters one’s driving habits, which further helps avoid wasting fuel.

By: Caroline Spector

Caroline Spector — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 18:48:41 +0000

I need seat warmers because I am really a lizard. Give me a warm rock or heated leather seats and I’m happy. (When the weather dips below 70, Mama gets cold.)

By: Steven Gould

Steven Gould — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 17:37:26 +0000

(My highlander has heated front seats. {glyph of na-na-na-phoo-pha} )

But you live in Austin! Whatfor you need heated seats?

By: Caroline Spector

Caroline Spector — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 17:28:48 +0000

Troyce, The Dude also has complaints about the seats in the Prius. I’m with him on this one. I love my heated, infinitely adjustable seats in the Volvo.

My hope is that Volvo will come out with a hybrid soon. I am loathe to give up all my Volvo bells and whistles.

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 17:02:57 +0000

WOOT! Sounds like a friggin awesome car! No, it won’t fly but you still feel closer to the imagined future.

By: Troyce Wilson

Troyce Wilson — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 16:01:06 +0000

We got a Prius back in 2005 when Martha’s Saturn was rear-ended. Great car, very nice mileage. We use it for all trips out of town. My only complaint is that ergonomically it’s very uncomfortable for me to drive. I either have to learn too far forward to reach the wheel, or my knees are jammed into the dash. Martha says it’s because it’s designed more for a woman’s body than a mans.

I just hope they come out with a hybrid pickup before it’s time to say farewell to mine.

By: Steven Gould

Steven Gould — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 15:36:40 +0000

Small steps are better than no steps. Both our cars are hybrids though one of them, the Toyota Highlander, is a soccer mom car capable of carrying seven (and very safe) but only gets 30 mpg. But it is an ULEV. The Honda Civic Hybrid does get 46 mpg, easily, and if I'm careful, I can push that above 50. As to that label thing--the EPA just changed the way it calculates MPG on those stickers and starting in 2008, they will be a lot more "Real world." Link.