I have discovered that I'm basically driving a laptop. The Toyota Prius that I own and love(d) - primarily because of the car pool lane sticker that keeps me sane on the LA freeways - is so technologically advanced that problems with acceleration are hard-pressed to be duplicated.

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I came of driving age when gas was under a dollar and we owned two American cars -- both models made by GM. My father, who holds a doctorate, was raised in a union household and taught my brother and I to buy American products as that meant American jobs...