I commute in a beater of a 2003 Toyota Prius. I get in, buckle up, turn on the radio, and wait till I get to work. 11 years old and now down to 41 mpg.

Red sock here, but yeah, I'm an olds. And yeah, still fucking gross. You should have a doctor look at that ... and not Dr. Feltersnatch.

I think it's clear that they are gaming the system to favor less emissions over the lifetime of ownership, something electrics clearly due better in CA (in Coal powered states, probably not so much). If it was just mpg, yeah, diesels can rank up there with the best of the hybrids.

Pro-tip: Own more than one car. I own cars that get 9, 24, and 41 mpg. I'd probably trade in the 41 mpg car for an electric lease.

Setting the alarm earlier hits me in quality of life, and moving closer to work is crazy given the cost of housing and the average duration of employment at any one employer.

Or, you know, get a friend. Look at you now, Sir Friend-a-lot.

Yeah, my commute is nowhere near as bad as yours, but my one-way is 19.2 and a 50 min drive.

I'd save 30+ minutes, five days a week. Know what I need more of in my life? Time.

This could give it to me and has me seriously considering leasing an electric.

Yes, yes, and the wealthier people can buy a bike a split lanes in CA too.

As I guy with a Prius, and a car I can drive hard (that gets 9mpg, so yeah, not a daily driver), let me for the record state that driving a Prius hard is neither fun nor rewarding.

It goes from A to B with little hassle. That's its apeal. Like a Camry with better mpg ... only they don't come in beige.

I'm not saying…

Where do you live where they are empty during rush hour? In the Bay Area they doing well when they're getting +15 mph faster than the regular lanes.

I own 1st gen Prius that is now only getting 41 MPG. It is a crappy econobox of a car, but it does what it says on the box in traditional Toyota fashion.

I see 20+ Tesla every day with the sticker. (As they cruise past me in the HOV lane.) The ones without the sticker are actually the minority. They get the white/pure electric sticker too which is much easier to get than the green one (electric-hybrid that they ran out of per the article).

Diesel's don't get the sticker. For many of the folks that I see on my Silicon Valley commute every morning, gas mileage isn't the concern ... the HOV lane is.

It would shave 15 min off my commute, each way, for a +30 min of my life I get back every day. There is value to that.

Tesla, Nissan, Toyota, and Fiat,…

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Oldie but a goodie? It is a Lancia.

Lancia 3RO

Really? More money-intensive than F1? I don't think so.

No, no, no. You've totally missed the point.

The Kentucky (and other parts) breed horses still command those prices. That's the entire story (of course, not detailed here by Deadspin) for Cali Chrome.

He is a cheapo, no-name, bastard. Nobody, but nobody thought he would ever be a competitor. Hell, the folks that own…

"Captain's scared them out of the water!"

Very happy with our Ford Flex, but yeah, if I had one complaint it would be that it doesn't sit 8.