I'm glad your mom is home and doing better, Aimee.

P-C, how long is your typical commute? If it's short, you won't get great mileage in the Prius.

That said, my unbiased opinion would be, PRIUS PRIUS PRIUS!!!

P-C, how long is your typical commute? If it's short, you won't get great mileage in the Prius.

My typical commute is very short. And I BART whenever possible. I don't drive many thousands of miles a year. Of course, who knows how long my commutes will be in the future?

How is the safety on the Prius? It got mostly four-star ratings on crash tests, when most of the cars I've seen have five-star ratings for all but rollover (and the Mazda6 has five stars even on that).

That said, my unbiased opinion would be, PRIUS PRIUS PRIUS!!!

I can understand that now! It is a pretty neat little thing.

I love my Prius so much I can't even express it adequately. Love!

And even around town, the lowest mileage I've ever gotten is 38 or so. I usually average between 45-47. Also, your brakes will last forever. And it's shiny.

I do highly recommend getting one with a Nav system if you can swing it. The Prius nav rocks rocks rocks.

Did I mention it likes carrots?

I love my Prius so much I can't even express it adequately. Love!

Hee. I have been in it! It is indeed shiny.

I do highly recommend getting one with a Nav system if you can swing it. The Prius nav rocks rocks rocks.

Yeah, that is a pretty cool feature, but it's only in the highest package

Did I mention it likes carrots?

Crunch, crunch. I really liked it! It's the only other one I'm really thinking about, the one I want to drive some more and feel cool again.

I still appear to be obsessed with the Mazda6, though. I just requested quotes from a couple other dealers in the area to get some negotiating power. Also, it would be pretty sweet to get one in Black Cherry. The dealership in Oakland only has Sangria Red, which is also pretty hot but more commonplace.

I feel like I'm choosing between the hot chick and the quirky geek girl. Maybe I'm making the wrong decision.

When you take an axillary temperature, do you leave the thermometer in place for twice the amount of time as for an oral temp. AND add a degree to the results to adjust for the armpit not being inside the body? Or do you just do one or the other?

I thought both, WS. But I usually use the kiss on the forehead method of temperature gauge. I hope you were able to get some good rest last night.

Yay for the mom of Aims!

Job ~ma for Matt. He really does need to be with someone deserving.

P-C, have you checked Kelly Blue Book [link] or one of the other pricing sites? KBB offers quotes from dealers, but more importantly, you can negotiate knowing the real invoice price and dealer incentives. With the current truck, I offered the invoice price and while they were whining "You're killing us," I told them I knew they were getting a $1,000 kickback from Nissan. I love the internet.

I thought both, WS. But I usually use the kiss on the forehead method of temperature gauge. I hope you were able to get some good rest last night.

Every once in a while I get tempted to feel my own forehead for fever, then I realize that it doesn't really work that way. I've gotten some rest. I woke up at 5:30ish with a fairly high fever, but with the mouth-breathing that I was doing, I put the thermometer in the armpit. But I didn't have the patience to sit there like that for the full 5 minutes. So I guess I don't really know for sure how high it was. Took some ibuprofen and Tylenol, and that got it under control pretty fast. I went back to sleep, and woke up coughing. On the other hand, I do feel a lot better. And I just ate some chicken soup, which seems to be content to stay down.

I always forget how much I really like Saltines when they are fresh.

Job~ma for Matt.