What type of vehicle were you previously driving before the Clarity?

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What type of vehicle were you mainly driving before driving the Clarity?

  • ICE only (internal combustion gas or diesel)

    Votes: 106 65.4%

  • Hybrid (e.g. Prius)

    Votes: 35 21.6%

  • PHEV (plug in hybrid vehicle with ICE engine)

    Votes: 16 9.9%

  • BEV (battery all electric vehicle)

    Votes: 8 4.9%

  • Other (e.g. natural gas, hydrogen, etc...)

    Votes: 3 1.9%
  • Total voters
    162
2002 said:
A lot of VIN numbers starting with “J” in my life for some reason.

When I first saw the Clarity it somehow looked familiar, especially the back end. No I wasn't thinking of the original Honda Insight, or the GM EV1, it was something else. Then I suddenly realized it reminded me of my very first car, a 1977 Datsun 200SX.

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My parents bought me the Datsun when I started college, I wound up making the last two years of payments and then owning it. My next car was a used Chrysler that I bought from my uncle. Then after that I continued the unintended tradition of purchasing only new cars manufactured in Japan:

1992 Camry wagon. The sedan was made in Kentucky but the wagon was made in Japan.

2002 Prius. My forum name is in tribute to this memorable car. The same model year as the Prius that is in the Henry Ford Museum (guess they couldn't find a pristine 2001).

2006 Prius. Thirteen flawless years of driving. Came with a backup camera and three-door smart key! Only high end Lexus and Cadillacs had those features back then.

2018 Clarity Touring - has the same number of windows as the Prius and the Space Shuttle (eleven, to save you from running out to your garage and counting).
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Myth-in-my-mind-busted. My thoughts were your forum name came from an early seventies BMW 2002ti in your past/present.
 
I had a 2016 Subaru Outback... If Subaru made an all electric Outback, with around 200-230 miles capacity, the same towing, ground clearance, federal rebate and AWD capabilities, I'd be trading in my Clarity tomorrow.
 
Had a 2017 C Max that converted me to loving 40+ mpg. It got written off in a minor fender bender. Headlights alone were $1200 each from Ford.
 
2003 Honda Civid Hybrid 5 speed manual transmission. The only thing that went bad was the battery after 170k, started throwing a check engine light which couldn't be fixed unless the battery was replaced. Salty expense. Bought a 2018 Prius Prime afterwards.
 
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2003 Honda Civid Hybrid 5 speed manual transmission. The only thing that went bad was the battery after 170k, started throwing a check engine light which couldn't be fixed unless the battery was replaced. Salty expense. Bought a 2018 Prius Prime afterwards.
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You still have the Prime?
 
bonz1999 said:
I traded in an all electric BMW i3 for the Clarity. Before that I had a Nissan Leaf and two Prius.
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What was the max range for your i3? What was the factor that made the Clarity PHEV your next car? The Clarity is the gateway drug leading to a BEV for me, but I can't convince Honda to sell me their upcoming Honda e because they plan to sell them only in Europe and Japan. It would be a complement, not a replacement, for our Clarity.
 
The max range was 106 miles in the summer. I picked the Clarity because the State of Illinois was going to charge $1000 a year for license plate fees on all EVs. It was reduced to $250 before the Senate voted on the bill. I researched PHEVs (As they would not be included in the increased fees) and wanted a car that I could get to work and back (42 miles) without using the gasoline. The two cars that fit that description were the Volt and the Clarity.
 
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2002, I totally agree with you. They enticed us with license plate fees of $17.50 a year, as well as rebates for vehicles and equipment just to drop this on us. With that said, I am very happy with my decision to purchase the Clarity.
 
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graure said:
2012 Honda Civic CNG -- Got it for the carpool stickers in CA. On the CNG forums, we had guessed that the state would extend the white sticker program past 2019 for CNG/EV cars and get rid of the green sticker access in 2019, but we were wrong. While I got the car for carpool lane access, the environmental benefits were also attractive: the tailpipe emissions of the CNG Civic are 7x less than that of the gasoline Civic of the same year, plus all CNG is domestically produced which helps ensure the US's energy independence for the future. CNG is also super cheap -- way less than the Clarity's break-even price of $3/gallon equivalent of EV or of the local gasoline prices. I'm a little bummed out that Honda decided to ditch the CNG project. It sure is nice being to fill up the Clarity anywhere though, it was a little disappointing that the Civic wouldn't be able to make it to another state other than Nevada.
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I just sold my 2012 Honda Civic Natural Gas (GX) after I bought my Clarity in mid-May. I loved the car. It was the 4th Civic CNG car I had had since 2008. I drove from the Salt Lake City area to Southern California at least three times during that period, finding plentiful filling stations all along I-15. If you are in Northern California, I can see that you can only get to Nevada, but I have traveled on I-15 from Boise, Idaho to San Diego with little problem. I used to quip to people that I could drive to Southern California without any problem and that I could drive to Northern California as long as I traveled to Southern California first. I'm looking forward to many miles and many years with my new Clarity.
 
I had a Scion FRS aka the Subaru BRZ series 10 limited edition. A really fun car to drive. Low to the ground and very simple. Bought it for 16 k and sold it for 14 k 3 years later to get the clarity. Love the clarity.

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2014 BMW X1 35i xdrive. Man, what a fantastic car! But, I drive 70 miles to work and the 22 mpg with premium fuel was too much. Alas.
 
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