In renting a car for our Northern California jaunt, it’s annoying that renting a “green” vehicle is significantly more expensive (categorically) than the average sedan, as is renting a “specialty” vehicle like, say, a Prius.<\/p>\n
Indeed, the cheapest thing available (from Avis) was a mid-size SUV. No thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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