turning to lower (if we may call it that) priced fuels even though their  manual  suggests a higher grade. Which kind of begs two question first  on the necessity of where your choose to drive and second on the choice of your conveyance. Let’s step back to more of the day in and day out- do you pop in the car for that half gallon of milk or do you choose instead to walk down to the corner market? And what drove, and what will drive the choice you make for a new car? MPG seems to have bubbled all the way to the top of our concerns now. But why didn’t it matter so much before? GM is in the midst of layoffs while Toyota is reporting a battery shortage that is restraining the production of their Prius. As for dad- he doesn’t use the van as much.]]>