(Tim, w/thanks to Jake) Back in the day, Mary Lee and I drove diesel Rabbits and loved them. We averaged 40 MPG, handling the clogged fuel injectors endemic to diesels used in very cold climates which left the driver sitting in a car that would barely idle by cutting the diesel fuel with ten percent regular gas. It worked fine.
To give an idea what an excellent car this was, when we moved to Boulder, we drove the Rabbit loaded to the gills with stuff, two adults and a child, two bikes on a roof rack and pulling a 1,930 lb. trailer containing all our earthly possessions from Sawyer, Michigan to Boulder. Given the weight of the trailer, we couldn't touch the brakes or we'd have jackknifed. Getting up to speed took about three hours, and that was only if the on-ramp wasn't uphill. Most of the trip, we ran at 55 MPH in third gear (out of four). So what was our mileage on that trip?
We averaged 27 MPG!
More recently we've driven Hondas. So I was interested to read this review of Honda's new hybrid called Insight. If you're not religious about being green, you'll find the review funny, funny. If you are religious about it, skip the review and think about how we can keep the cows of the world from producing methane.
That's the real problem.
