This is Sheila. She’s a Honda Civic Hybrid (my wife and her colleagues have decided that hybrids are female) and great fun to drive.
We ordered the car in January and it arrived last week. It has that nice new car smell and it runs beautifully. We’re getting close to 40mpg in the city. The stereo sounds great.
James Brush is a teacher and writer who lives in Austin, TX. He tries to get outside as much as possible.
Major applause for buying a hybrid.
That’s a hip new ride. The new Civic style looks sweet, I’ve liked it since day one. And the hybrid just sweetens the deal.
Oh, and I love the Smiths reference. I still love Morissey, he’ll always be cool. His best days were with the Smiths though, IMHO. So many good songs…
Chris, The Smiths were great. I haven’t listened to Morrissey in years, but The Smiths never get old. Thanks for noticing the reference. I wondered if anyone would.
Arlen, Hopefully the applause won’t go to my head. In this case, though it’s easy being green.
[…] The Unbearable Spiciness of Green I’ve managed to fit my green chile reserve into the freezer by giving away several pounds and eating several more pounds of this perfect fire and my wife’s car smelled of fresh roasted chiles for about a week after buying the case, but now and for the next few weeks, I rely on Chuy’s to get my fix. […]
[…] You start with a test that estimates your individual carbon load. I used my car (not the hybrid my wife drives) and came out with a carbon load of 18,274 lbs, which is the equivalent of 1.79 cars. According to the results page for my test, the US average is 44,312 lbs per person so I’m not doing too bad there. I guess it helps to already be aware of some of these things. […]
[…] This is the first trip we’ve taken in the hybrid and are looking forward to seeing what it will do on the highway without the Austin traffic stops. My guess is we’ll make the 600-mile round trip on one tank of gas. (Those who say hybrids don’t pay for themselves should see the savings when you have a 22-mile commute each way to work everyday.) […]