Recent content by wcanl

I hear ya and I too thought there's not much we can do on a forum. I go with the flow of traffic. Seeing people changing lanes left and right to get around a car is a recipe for an accident.

I don't think most people like to overtake on suburban roads just to get home. Yeah, the guy is pretty overstressed, but 35 in a 45 might qualify as impeding traffic if a line of cars is stacked up behind.

First off, I'm not an EV/HEV/CNG basher, I'm on my 2nd Prius and keep an eye on the PHEV/EV state of affairs. I saw a pretty bad thing yesterday at 5:30pm, 880 South in SF Bay Area, rush hour traffic. I just hopped on the freeway to find a nice Black Leaf in the 2nd lane from right. I don't...

I use fuelly.com and am at 49.5 MPG average. Yes, it's the 'less than 5 mile trips' that whittle away at the FE gage. But, now the Pri plug-in's avoid the short trip MPG blues.

The only experience I have driving Leaf is a couple laps indoors on two different occasions at SF auto show. I hear you about it being quiet. Hopefully Leaf is racking up most of the miles in household while the gas cars collect some more dust :)

Thanks for all the candid responses :) Although I won't move from being a prius owner to Leaf anytime soon, I'll keep my eye on it. I'm aware that even though Prius GHG emissions are 220 g/mi, Leaf is about 120 g/mi in our area. That is a clean car! I see how most people could do 90% or more...

Couple questions actually. Given the Leaf has about 73 miles range on full charge, is there a 'rule of thumb' mileage reserve you like to have when returning home the day? Do you take it down to 20, 15 or 10 miles when coming home? Reason I ask is what if you have a minor emergency and...

Well, bless all you Leafers for being so dedicated to electric driving. Me? I get to have one car and that's it. Even if there was a DC fast charge station in, say, Walnut Creek, and I used 41 miles range to get from here to sister's house in Concord, then 9 miles to the fast charger on the...

Sitting in jail and being housed and fed by taxpayers is punushment? Puhlease. Caning is punishment (well, corporal punishment). Not too much crime in Singapore, although it's guilty unitl proven innocent system, but I digress.. back on topic.

Oh brother, that's over the top. Toyota never said it's an electric car. It's a plug-in hybrid.

Good reality check. seems key points are 1) BEV can be a great 2nd car if you have the means to keep it charged for your needs (have an EVSE at home, etc..) 2) You can front the money now and are willing to earn it back over years (many people like to spend less up front for given size car)

well, ekokandrum (?) You don't need to be preaching to the choir, right? Pretty much only green people hanging around here, and guess what? .... Lot of people driving 'lowly' Prius' right now might make a BEV or PHEV their next car. So, relax, why waste your energy capping on hybrid drivers...

Yeah, $39k for Focus electric, yikes. Good luck with that. As for SUVs, watch any movies where the big dogs roll in with Black (and they're always Black) Escalades and all. Ooooh, the little commoners want to be like the CIA, etc .... in the movies too. :roll: In many cases, those...

This is more like it. Although Ford seems to be making the best go of changing. Focus electric, C-max / energi / Fusion hybrid. Chysler is in the worst shape. I looked over a Jeep Liberty rental car recently. OMG, what a turd. console underneath steering wheel like 3" from shins...

I think you meant to start your last paragraph with 'until'. Careful saying hybrid and Prius in the same breath. Another strong year at 135k Prius sold in '11 in US. #10 of all cars / trucks in US was Civic at 220k units. So, 135k is far from limited sales and Prius has been pulling 100k...