The "Water Fueled Car"

[--Pete]

Hi,

And you would have wasted even less if you had gotten a proper car instead. For the other cases (moving large amounts of stuff) you could have rented a car or trailer for the occasion.

Notice that it was used about once a month for something needing its size? Suggesting I rent a large vehicle once a month is truly idiotic and shows how much your chauvinism against SUV overcomes any attempt at rational thought.

And 30 mpg? That's horrible fuel economy, something I'd expect from a badly maintained mid-90's car. Anything from this century should go at least 40 mpg, unless the driver doesn't know what (s)he is doing.

Then you are ignorant. Consumer reports has a list of the most efficient cars that they've tested. These are the only ones getting over 30 mpg:
Honda Insight 51
Toyota Prius 44
Honda Civic Hybrid 37
Volkswagen Jetta TDI 34
Scion xB 32
Scion xA 31
Mini Cooper Base 30
So, you are effectively giving people a choice of two cars to buy, one of which has (last time I checked) a six month waiting list and the other of which is a useless POS except for its gas mileage.

If you go by EPA values, then you have been fooled. Both Consumer Reports and Edmunds point out that the EPA values are inflated.

--Pete