Buying a car, part 2
A few weeks ago I wrote about how we were trying to make the greenest possible choice when buying our new car, and then I went quiet on the topic. The plan was to try different types of green vehicles and report on them in the blog - but we’ve ended up with a different plan after all.
When we took a Prius for a test-drive, it was with the understanding that although it’s currently the greenest option available for cars, we probably wouldn’t be able to afford one, and so we’d have to try other things too. But then we found that there were several Priuses available secondhand for reasonable prices! So we’ve made arrangements to buy one, and are very happy with that decision.
If you remember the pros vs cons list I wrote about the Prius, the only con was the cost. Buying secondhand means we get all the benefits of a Prius, without the hefty price tag. Woo-hoo!
Photos of the Prius will be posted here when we get it, hopefully this weekend. A list of other car options we considered will come after that 
September 14th, 2007 at 8:18 pm
Yah! The nice thing about the Prius is that it has been out for ten years now, so there are more used models. I can’t wait to see how the car landscape changes when there are more used hybrids overall. I know that we were lucky to be able to afford a new car and therefore a hybrid.