[basjoos]

I'm not surprised by this criticism from established car circles, its not not like my car fits into any of the standard automotive pidgeon holes.

The aerocivic doesn't look like the traditional sports car/NASCAR-wannabe, so the overly macho-ed afficianadoes of that genre tend to dis it since it doesn't fit their image of a "high performance" car.

Its not a hybrid, so the smug "hybrids will save the world" crowd are put off by this low tech anachronism, even though it is greener than most hybrids, seeing as it gets as good or better mileage than a hybrid without the environmental costs of the hybrid battery system. And the fact that it has over 500,000 miles on it and has eliminated the environmental costs of manufacturing 2 to 4 additional cars to replace it in my driving career adds to the greeness.

Even some hypermilers look a bit askance at it since it gets good mileage even at higher speeds, which is sort of like cheating in their books. There's a bit of the "if I've got to suffer by driving slow all the time and putting up with the tailgaters, then you've got to suffer by driving slow all the time and putting up with the tailgaters" martyrdom mindset in some hypermilers which I have encountered from time to time over at the other website.

But all this doesn't bother me, I'm driving a unique vehicle and its up to others to decide if they want to follow in my path. In the meanwhile I'll keep cranking out the miles in my routine driving until such a time that the car manufacturers finally catch up with my car's Cd and FE performance and I can buy a new "aerocivic" off the showroom floor.