Conspicuous Consumption

[darlox]

Yes, I was driving a 2002 GMC Envoy bucket-o-bolts with 131,000 miles on it

Comments

[gieves]

Yes, it's a Hybrid. No, I'm not suddenly trying to save the planet.

But I am!

[darlox]

In that case, you're failing miserably. ;) It's still an SUV, and if you don't stop being a hippy, I'm going to fill it with leaded gasoline.

Don't be a hippy Sparky, don't be a hippy.

[ohiopugmom]

Congrats!

There are certainly some great deals to be had right now!

[wandering_rangr]

*Maybe I can find a way to make it run on pureed kittens*

Just convert the gas-consuming side to bio-desiel and there you go:-)

But be prepared for the wrath of your wife to descend upon you.....

[darlox]

There's an active discussion going on right now about whether this is even possible. For some reason nobody makes a diesel or flex-fuel Hybrid right now except for one Ford -- and it's apparently crap.

[bunny42]

4800 miles on a Toyota means it's just barely broken in. Well, actually, I think they break them in before they sell them, but 4800 is only about 2% of what you could expect. Mind you, I know nothing about the hybrid side, reliability-wise, but I'm on my 6th straight Toy, with over half-a-million miles, total, and I'm here to tell you you made a wise decision. I figure the Japanese do so well with electronics, their electric cars are probably okay.

Amazing how much you can cram inside one, too. I've been known to carry 500# of bagged mulch in the back seat of my Corolla. Now I have a RAV4, so I can manage even more! Congratulations on the new wheels.

[darlox]

It's pretty sweet so far. I'll give it 12,000 miles to form an opinion though. I loved my Envoy too... until it started breaking more often than it ran! (But from everything I've seen, this thing out to be near bulletproof in terms of maintenance.)

[diffusedglow]

awesome!