My Green Sonoma

Honda Civic NGV Every day I love this car a little bit more!  Its fun to drive, clean, and economical. Having already accumulated over 1,000 miles on this car in under 3 weeks, it truly feels good to know that I've substantially lowered my carbon emissions relative to my previous vehicle.

As long as your household has access to natural gas, and can install Phill (the natural gas refueling unit that installs in your garage), this car is a perfect vehicle for local, around town driving.  Everyone that has a second car should have one of these in their garage.

I just learned that, upon installation of Phill,  PG&E will reset our account to be billed at the baseline so we will always pay the minimum rate for natural gas.  Add this to the financial benefits already known like HOV tags, fuel costs that equate to about 70-80 mpg when compared to a gasoline burning vehicle and $5,000 in federal tax incentives.

Do I miss all the bells and whistles of my old luxury car?  Of all the things I used to have, the one thing I miss the most is a decent sound system ... but that's something easily resolved if I so choose.