Test drove a Prius after work today. Pretty zippy; kind of distracting new car smell; lots of stuff that lights up inside; hella terrible visibility out the back window.
Overall a favorable impression; however, I'm still mulling the morality of buying a new (brand new) car for a few reasons. (1) Never have purchased a new car, and my upbringing creates echoes in my brain about instant depreciation, etc. (2) My current car is still in good working order. In fact, I still kind of dig it. I've never bought a different car until my existing wheels were just not adequate any more. Another artifact of my upbringing, no doubt. (3) Is it smart to drop money on a car instead of building up a war chest to invest in property?
I feel kind of dorky admitting it, but I started down this path when I saw "An Inconvenient Truth." At the end there are some messages about what each of us can do to combat climate change that appear on the screen. One of them reads: "Buy a hybrid car" or something similar. My favorable interpretation of my current new car obsession is that the film and my new job have inspired me. My unfavorable impression is that I'm just trying to be trendy. Right now I'm more fond of interpretation #1. Heck, even if it's a response to a trend, it's a trend worth supporting (gosh darn it).
Red ones are pretty....
Listen to your inner SubGenius.
Don't just eat the hamburger. Eat the HELL out of it.