Jim Wilkins wrote:
On Jan 3, 3:47 am, "Ed Huntress" wrote:
"Wes" wrote in message
"Ed Huntress" wrote:

Free markets work if you trust them. I abandoned my old truck at 1.699 a
gallon. Going
from a 15 mile commute to a 70 mile one had somethign to do with that.
Sometimes they do, and sometimes they don't. And sometimes it depends on
what you mean by "work."

Ed Huntress

Despite all the noise -very- few people actually buy the high-mpg
vehicles that have been offered.
http://www.hybridcars.com/forums/198...ivic-t208.html

I never saw a Civic FE outside the showroom.


So, I'm guessing you live in Montana or some other red-meat and
republicans only enclave.

In mid-west Cincinnati, the mall and supermarket lots have a very
reasonable percentage of Prius and Civics, I see many Toyota
Matrix/Vibe, and other well made vehicles with excellent mileage Almost
all are American made, Japanese designed cars. A few months ago, I
looked at a PT cruiser, almost the same interior size as a Matrix, but
about 10 MPG less. What is Detroit's trouble? That is Detroits trouble.

And I find the arguments that the cost of a hybrid means they are
un-viable is spurious at best. I never saw a reasonability test of
buying an Escalade instead of a Malibu.

Stuart