"...I didn't see this as pointed to anyone in particular..."
I suspect that, since it was below a quote from a particular person, that was the reason for the "zap"...
Thanks OBG! I tend to scan quickly through posts, so I tend to miss a lot of the subtleties.
Let's talk MPG's, then. I have a good friend who has had several Honda Civic's, hatchbacks lately. He has consistently gotten over 50 mpg on the highway, over 40 city with almost all of them, proven technology, and they all have over 200,000 miles on them with little or no maintenance trouble at all. Why would someone like that want to switch to a hybrid?
If I'm going for MPG, that's what I'd get.