Malorn is right about the 35mpg Prius!

You have peace in the sun?.. whats that?.. we have had almost a straight month of rain everyday!... want some?

 

SUN!!??

did someone say Sun???

what is that?

 

I read about it once when I was a young boy in one of my story books...... :huh:

 

LOL, at least we are not in ALaska.

 

Ha!.. Good point!.. it could always be worse!

But you have to admit... this is the sweetest place in the country to live in the summer!

 

my dad was in the Army, we spent 2 years at Ft. Greeley in Delta Junction, Alaska. living there for at least a year should be a required part of growing up.

 

I lived on my parents fishing boat in Alaska until I was 5. He sold The boat in '88 after a bad storm nearly sunk us and it did sink a large yacht with 8 people that were never found.

 

I went to www.fueleconomy.gov and looked up a 2001 Chevy Lumina. With the 3.1 V6 it is rated 20 city, 29 highway. CO2 emissions are estimated at 8.1 tons per year. The EPA ranks the Lumina 2/10 for it's BIN group.

The 2001 Toyota Camry 3.0 V6 is rated 20 city, 27 highway, with an identical BIN group ranking.

The Lumina would get 1-2 MPG better on highway driving, about the same city.

I know with my parents 2003 Buick LeSabre, it has always gotten much worse city fuel economy, and worse highway fuel economy, compared to my Prius. I've been driving the LeSabre a lot recently, so I have a ready comparison.

 

my heaviest load in mine was a COMPLETE solid wood dining room set. (assemble/finish it yourself) and 4 5gal pails filled with water, and well.. a lot of stuff for work. I couldn't see out the back, and almost continually had a passenger.

my MPG? 60.05 MPG for 230 something miles.