[basjoos]

Got to love that warm, dry summer weather for kicking your mileage up into the 80's. The nice thing about getting your mpg's into the 80's is that (at current gas prices) it drops your fuel cost per mile down into the same cost range as an EV, but without the range limitations or additional weight of an EV system, and you are doing it without the added cost of the battery replacement that you would eventually see down the road with an EV. A nicely broken in replacement engine from Japan is much cheaper to buy and install than a new set of EV batteries. You can't drive a car for a lower overall cost than in an old (i.e. no auto loan) aeromodded Civic VX/CX getting hybrid (or better than hybrid) level mileage without the higher cost of buying and driving a hybrid.