Forget saving the planet, driving an electric car will save your life

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15. Yes! Used ones, even older models are reliable

Last fall when my husband totaled his SUV (2004 GMC Envoy), I found a 2006 Prius II in great shape at a used car lot. We walked out the door for $8500 - even a friend who is a salesman at the local Honda dealer thought it was a really good deal.

The Prius is comfortable, more than the Envoy was, we can carry a lot of stuff in it considering it is a smallish car, and the gas saving are phenomenal - we average 45-50 mpg.

We never buy new and we always drive our cars until we kill them (though the Envoy is the first one we've killed in an accident) so the Prius is a long term investment for us. I expect to get ten years or more of use from it.