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https://www.walmart.com/ip/Super-Tech-Conventional-SAE-5W-30-Motor-Oil-5-Quarts/16474403 $12.88 https://www.walmart.com/ip/FRAM-Extra-Guard-Oil-Filter-PH7317/16817236 $3.88 Total is $16.76. I don't have the lookup for the Supertech motor oil filter, but the Supertech motor oil filters are...

Oil Change with Oil filter change. Did it myself. Cost of motor oil and oil filter was $15. Tire rotation, did it myself, $0 Total cost. $15, and one Hour of my time.

Solar and the Clarity Plug-In Hybrid works great in California. My utility company is Pacific Gas & Electricity and I am on a Time of use Plan in which I sell electricity from the Solar Panels at a much higher rate than when I buy the electricity at night when I charge the Clarity. Bottom...

I live in a place where it gets to be 90-105 degrees F. for 3 months in the summer, at night. When I charged the Clarity, the fan would go on to cool the battery while it was charging. The longer the charge time, the more energy was used to cool the battery. I charged the Clarity with the...

Unless the Honda Clarity doesn't sell. My guess is that the Clarity Plug In-Hybrid will be produced for only another 3 years. Technological advices in the next 3 years will make BEVs more attractive than Plug-In Hybrids.

Have you tried using the side mirrors? The mirrors that are installed just outside the window of the driver's side door and the passenger side door? That's why those items were installed on your car. You can also move them up and down to see the curb. How do you figure you can see better if...

I get a report of how much KwH it takes to fully recharge the Clarity. From my experiences it took about 12% more KwH to recharge with the Honda provided 120V EVSE, than it did with the Siemens 32 Amp 240V EVSE. If the 32Amp EVSE is 92% efficient, another 12% more KwH to recharge would make...

I bought my Clarity in California, so I have a 10 year / 150,000 mile warranty on the battery. My plan is to drive it as much as possible, hope the battery goes below the minimum acceptable level prior to 10 years / 150,000 miles, and have Honda replace the battery. :)

@Ben007 Thank you for your write up! It was very informative, and my experiences with the Clarity matches yours.

You want a cheap car that still qualifies for a California HOV sticker and fits what you want to do? Get a Chevy Volt or another Toyota Prius Prime. If you want to spend more, get a Chevy Bolt or if you can afford it, a Tesla Model 3 or Model S. The other thing you should note is that there...

The Claritiys are there because people don't want to buy them. I bought my Clarity from Stockton Honda in Stockton, CA. When I bought it, there were 50 Claritys on the lot. We have to do a better job of promoting this vehicle to the people around us. I love the Clarity Plug-In Hybrid that I...

In case you don't know, California requires a certain percentage of vehicles sold by each manufacturer to be either a Zero Emission or a Transitional Zero Emission Vehicle. The link is a great article to explain this, and to show why Honda is aiming to sell about 15,000 Clarities in the US in...

There is a solution to the HV mileage error. Just look at the gas gauge and get gas when you are low.

Congratulations! There's nothing like filling up on free electricity! :)