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Originally Posted by Denicio
If you are coming from a luxuary european car, why on earth would you be in an Insight? Honestly?
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Honestly, that's exactly what I did when I bought my first hybrid, a 2004 Honda Civic Hybrid. I traded a 2001 BMW 5 Series in on the HCH.
But I had a very good reason for moving to a hybrid - a 180 mile per day, 5-6 day per week, round trip commute. Factoring in the occasional weekend road trips, I generally put ~50k miles on my daily driver per year. It simply didn't make sense to me, to grind a costly luxury car to dust under circumstances where the joyous aspects of driving the were lost in traffic.
The hybrid was perfect for me. In fact, so perfect that I traded the '04 in on a new '06 with 120k miles on the '04's clock, and still netted more than $16k in trade. I liked the '06, but not quite as much as the '04. My mileage in the '04 was always a little better. The '04 seemed a little more responsive. I also liked its minimalist interior layout. The '06 was no slouch though. More comfy seats, more room and a more comfortable ride were pluses.
I gave the '06 to my son in late '07 as his first car (it had 90k miles on the clock at the time). Of course, he promptly traded it on a new Scion TC. With age comes wisdom I suppose.
Regards,
Jim
