Comments on: What I’m Reading 3/27 http://www.itsfrugalbeinggreen.com/what-im-reading-327/ Mon, 21 Jun 2010 05:58:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Carrie http://www.itsfrugalbeinggreen.com/what-im-reading-327/#comment-71 Carrie Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:30:00 +0000 http://itsfrugalbeinggreen.com/?p=135#comment-71 @ Anonymous<br/><br/>it's a stock image i purchased from http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php?id=3037994 which is a site i use for making money by selling my photos and i want to support by buying images from other users there when i don't have photos of my own that fit my needs. i'm not affiliated with carmax in anyway - someone there must've just liked the same photo i did. @ Anonymous

it’s a stock image i purchased from http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php?id=3037994 which is a site i use for making money by selling my photos and i want to support by buying images from other users there when i don’t have photos of my own that fit my needs. i’m not affiliated with carmax in anyway – someone there must’ve just liked the same photo i did.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.itsfrugalbeinggreen.com/what-im-reading-327/#comment-70 Anonymous Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:00:00 +0000 http://itsfrugalbeinggreen.com/?p=135#comment-70 I just went from your post to the Carmax.com site and noticed that you are both using basically the same graphic of the piggy bank - just FYI because it was disconcerting! I just went from your post to the Carmax.com site and noticed that you are both using basically the same graphic of the piggy bank – just FYI because it was disconcerting!

]]> By: Kathryn http://www.itsfrugalbeinggreen.com/what-im-reading-327/#comment-69 Kathryn Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:39:00 +0000 http://itsfrugalbeinggreen.com/?p=135#comment-69 On buying a car: We checked out a number of models before settling on the Honda Fit. It is a manual/standard transmission. We get an average of 40 MPG. (Depending on air condition use, we've seen 37.5 up to 43.2)<br/><br/>I personally feel this is much better than the Prius. Everything that i've read about hybrid cars is that their batteries are very expensive, AND creating these batteries is harder on the environment than producing 3 regular cars. <br/><br/>My husband says the Honda Civic Natural Gas car is the best for the environment, but at the time we bought our last car (the Fit) we didn't have anywhere to fill it up at home.<br/><br/>I know you said you aren't in the market for a car now, but the hybrid cars aren't all that great, unless you are looking at gas mileage only. On buying a car: We checked out a number of models before settling on the Honda Fit. It is a manual/standard transmission. We get an average of 40 MPG. (Depending on air condition use, we’ve seen 37.5 up to 43.2)

I personally feel this is much better than the Prius. Everything that i’ve read about hybrid cars is that their batteries are very expensive, AND creating these batteries is harder on the environment than producing 3 regular cars.

My husband says the Honda Civic Natural Gas car is the best for the environment, but at the time we bought our last car (the Fit) we didn’t have anywhere to fill it up at home.

I know you said you aren’t in the market for a car now, but the hybrid cars aren’t all that great, unless you are looking at gas mileage only.

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