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Liberal In Texas

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8. I have a plug-in Kia.

Reply to Scrivener7 (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 6, 2026, 10:47 AM

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Pretty much only use gas in the winter because the ICE has to run to provide heat. Or if I'm driving over 26 miles in one trip.
That said, I fill it up about twice a year and the tank is like 11 gal. I run on electric for all the errands.

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Gas Price Data Point From Texas: [View all] CapnSteve Yesterday OP

So glad I have a hybrid. This amounts to only a few Scrivener7 Yesterday #1

I have a plug in Prius Bettie Yesterday #4

I wish they made a plug-in Prius with AWD MurrayDelph Yesterday #9

AWD would make my little car perfect Bettie Yesterday #11

I have a plug-in Kia. Liberal In Texas Yesterday #8

I live in an apartment. One of the few drawbacks is there's nowhere to plug in an electric. Scrivener7 Yesterday #12

That is a drawback. Liberal In Texas Yesterday #14

Yes. It's a tradeoff. My building is 100 years old, with all the beautiful architecture that suggests, Scrivener7 22 hrs ago #15

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