George, our new Highlander Limited Hybrid, is here. We are now accepting applications for a posse intent on rolling with us. Please be advised, however, that you either ride with us – or collide with us.
Spouse makes a strange face to celebrate George's arrival.
This is the part where you say, “Damn, George is a handsome lad.”
One feature of the vehicle that Spouse and I discovered this evening: it has – I believe the technical term is – a “backy uppy camera”, I assume so you can see the look of abject horror on the faces of all the little tykes you are mowing down while reversing. We did not know this vehicle was equipped with this feature until after we had gotten George home, let Popeye out and fed him, then headed back out to the driveway to take young George for a spin. Upon popping the gearshift lever in to reverse, George’s GPS screen blinked off and presented us with the view from his behind.
For posterity’s sake, we got George with a mere 125 km of wear on him. As indicated, we took him out for a little toodle around the countryside tonight, and (according to one of the many flashing and whirring electronic geegaws adorning the dashboard and proclaiming such things) we were using 7.2 L/100km of fuel; this is roughly equivalent, according to a helpful website, to getting 32.67 mpg. Incidentally, it’s also approximately the same mileage as the EPA rating for the Nissan Altima Hybrid – a much smaller sedan.
Congrats, mate. She’s a beauty.