Quote Originally Posted by Miles View Post
Well, Mike, I was left feeling a little more energized, so to speak, so I had to decide between a VW Jetta Sportwagon TDI...and a Toyota Prius "C".
I am really into the diesel engines, and can always use the storage room in the back of the Jetta Sportwagon, to haul smaller things, but...in the end...it was the Prius "C" that got me charged up, and that is what I bought. It is the baby of the Prius line, the smallest one they offer. And between the battery pack on the car, and my own electrical stimulations, I rarely need to engage the small gasoline engine, so that is why I get such good mpg figures.

That's cool in a tree-hugger kinda way. Hard to argue with the MPG! I have been concerned about resale and maintanence costs down the road but at that price you can run it in to the ground and walk away. You will have saved the price of the car in fuel costs over it's life.