Anyone own a Honda Civic Hybrid?

[Freedom]

Glad you asked, as I've been inclined to get one as well.

Biggest draw back for me is, it only comes with leather seats. I can just see dog and cat claws going through THAT in an instant!

[Cincy'sMom]

Biggest draw back for me is, it only comes with leather seats. I can just see dog and cat claws going through THAT in an instant!

We had leather seats for awhile with all 3 dogs, and never had an issue. In a lot of ways, I thought they were better then the cloth seats...easier to clean (didn't collect the hair)

[Aspen and Misty]

I have a normal Civic and will never own anything else! Its great on gas, never has any issues and is just an all around great car (and it's 10 years old!!!!)! I simply love it.

Ashley

[finn's mom]

We have a Honda Civic Hybrid, and love it. We just got back from the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri (we live pretty much in Dallas, TX) and we used about 24 gallons of gas round trip, almost entirely highway. That's with the vehicle absolutely PACKED. We went to SC last Christmas (1000 miles) on just under 30 gallons, also pretty loaded down and almost entirely highway. The steering took a little getting used to for me, but I really enjoy driving it. Ours is a 2003, and we've had it for about a year now. I definitely recommend it.

Ours has fabric seats and Finn travels very well in it. All three dogs have travelled in it, but it's usually just Finn and us on the longer road trips (mostly for Dock Dogs events).

[smokey the elder]

I think if you get a car that's good on gas (or diesel) it can be a hybrid or a liquid fuel burner. I'm really hoping that they can get all-electric cars that you plug in to be more efficient. Then you could potentially bypass the carbon cycle (for fuel only) if electricity were generated by solar, water, wind or even nuclear.