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Originally Posted by ted

Prefer a hybrid and never go to a charging station.

Go test drive a brand new full electric car.
Acrid electrical smell on the first heat cycle.
Salesmen said he lost sales because of it.

I've never had a hybrid or an EV. If I was going to get something like that, I'd be more likely to get a hybrid. Those seem like a better way to go to me today.

Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy

Not really, because typically great MPG = soulless appliance. With my prior job I was driving about 30k per year, so I sold my E63 and purchased a C300 Sport 4Matic. Double the MPG, low mileage, AWD, big upgrade right? I effing HATED that car, bored me to tears. There was nothing wrong with the C300 per se, it was just boring. The perfect compromise is a fun car like a Miata that also gets excellent MPG, but not everybody can get by with a two seater. Surprisingly my son’s C6 Corvette also gets excellent MPG, damn near 30 MPG on rural highways at 70 MPH.

I get 21-22mpg in the boxster in my commute (84 miles one way). The wife's Outback gets ~25-26mpg. I tried driving her car for my commute. I hated commuting in it and stopped. It's a great car. When we are going to visit the kids and are taking a ton of stuff, it's great and I don't mind driving it at all. It's got the 3.6L flat 6 motor, so it's got good torque and will go.

But when I'm commuting, I'd rather pay the extra money for gas and drive the boxster.