Recent Posts Tagged With 'hybrid'

• Wrecked My Car

  Posted on Friday July 25th, 2008 at 15:36 in Car, Driving, accident, hybrid, wreck

  Yesterday was a significant day in my 23 years of driving: my first major car accident. I was in my usual commute home from work, a 25 minute trek on side streets to avoid late afternoon rush hour on the highways.  Traffic was reasonable until I was...

• Hybrid Woe - IMA Battery

  Posted on Monday July 7th, 2008 at 16:28 in Car, honda, Driving, battery, hybrid, warranty, civic

  Every car owner worry about spending money to repair his/her car due to regular wear and tear.  An equipment with so many moving parts will require a lot of maintenance work.  It’s a necessary evil.  With an electric-gasoline hybrid cars, th...

• Everyone’s Turning Hybrid - I Really Think So

  Posted on Monday May 19th, 2008 at 19:15 in Cars, Driving, Cost, hybrid, hindsight

  A co-worker once told me that I was crazy to buy a Hybrid car back in 2002. He listed a bunch of bad reasons and we used to argue about them regularly. Below are the list of his gripes and my rebuttals (with a little hindsight thrown in): Gas pri...

• Catalytic Converter - do I need it?

  Posted on Sunday April 6th, 2008 at 22:35 in repair, honda, Driving, hybrid, gasoline, catalytic converter

  I love my 2003 Civic Hybrid. It’s reliable. It gets me from A to B, safely. It’s fuel efficient. It has an 80 HP engine on gasoline and additional 30 HP on battery electric power. Not much requirement for fossil fuel. When I stop ...