I had the pleasure of driving a Honda Civic Hybrid car the other day. FlexCar, the transit-authority-sponsored car sharing program that's slowly but surely taking over the world, has a few in its fleet, including at least one in downtown Seattle. I'm pleased to say that to the casual city driver, they drive and operate just like a regular car. The engine shuts off while stopped at red lights, which is even more fun than it sounds, and the electric-assist up hills is noticably nice. If I were to ever want a car, I'd want one of these. Now if only it ran on vegetable oil...