tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-344092803813241699.post3539755477824498547..comments2008-09-01T18:46:54.670-05:00Comments on Gasoholic - going green, one day at a time: Continuing on in a world with expensive oil: shopping for a hybridDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02251407766640894724noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-344092803813241699.post-9405418477809645962007-07-02T00:25:00.000-05:002007-07-02T00:25:00.000-05:00No MPG gauge!? That's crazy! My Honda Insight has ...No MPG gauge!? That's crazy! My Honda Insight has what we call the "Driver Entertainment Center" - instantaneous MPG, current tank MPG, battery charging-discharging. Maybe it entertained (distracted) drivers a little too much and that's why they left it out of the Civic hybrid. But then again, when we bought the Insight, it wasn't available in green (!?!), so maybe Honda just isn't putting the thought into their hybrids that they should.<BR/><BR/>Your data point about the plunging resale of SUVs certainly harkens back to WWO.... Around Week 28 or so, Warnwood had a post where he described a parking lot full of brand-new SUVs with "FOR SALE - NO OFFER TOO SMALL!" signs in their windows, now used as dwelling places for newly homeless people.WriTerGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10560042674444682691noreply@blogger.com