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Originally Posted by UltArc
I don't know why I bought an Insight, when 97% of the time I am alone in it...
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Because it gets better mpg than most, if not all, motorcycles? Which AFAIK are really the only single-person vehicles around. And FWIW, I did ride motorcycles for many years, until I got the Insight, and seldom if ever got over 50 mpg, compared to the 70+ mpg I get from the Insight.
Of course in my case, about 70% of the time (at a rough guess) I'm not alone in it, as I have two dogs with me. Otherwise I would certainly consider a one-person vehicle as an option, if I could find one that's significantly better than the Insight, and reasonably cheap.
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Originally Posted by oldtamiyaphile
I can choose not the be fat...
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Which is really the point some of us have been trying to make, isn't it? It's the utter cluelessness of choosing to buy an overpriced (MSRP in the $100K range), inherently inefficient vehicle, and then trying to get good mpg from it. FAR better to buy something else that will do the same set of tasks, better, cheaper, and more reliably.
As with Rolex watches, gold cell phones, and much else, the only reason to buy a Range Rover is to advertise to the world that you are a certain sort of person. I choose not to be that sort - or at least, not to let the world know about it :-)