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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Do you own/drive a hybrid?
If so, what make/model? Just wondering what your experience has been driving one. Would you recommend your car? We're in the market for a new(er?) car and would appreciate hearing from 'real' owners as I'm a bit skeptical of online reviews. (If that makes sense since this request is online! 
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Thanks in advance.
Re: Do you own/drive a hybrid?
My mom drives the Camry hybrid (I think the first year they made it). She LOVES it to death. She has an hour+ commute, mostly highway but sometimes sitting on the highway- she has saved a lot on gas.
I personally hate driving it though. It's fun when the gauges light up blue (your reward for optimal fuel efficiency!) but the car feels sluggish, from a stop. Like when you're at an intersection without a light, wanting to pull into traffic, it feels like the car can't get out of its own way. I think it's because it tries the electric motor (from a stop), realizes you want more go, and has to switch to the engine- that isn't a slow process really, but it's not instant, you can Definitely tell.
Maybe I'm an evil/bad driver, but I would get so frustrated driving it on a regular basis. I'm also used to my super small and rather torquey Focus, which can dart into oncoming traffic in a split second. And to me a newer Camry is a "big" car, I know how skewed that sounds!
On the plus side, this one has over 100k on it and no fancy battery issues, and the brakes are holding up super well. It was just checked and still nowhere needing to be replaced (which may be costly, since they've got the Regenerative braking system). My mom did need to replace her fob that lets the car know it can turn on, since she always leaves it in the car, and that kills its battery (always communicating with the ECU "I'm here, I'm here...") It was only $6 to replace the battery though!
It likely could be a great car, but I think with any of the hybrids I'd want to take them on a good long test drive, into various traffic situations, to be sure what I was getting into... more so than any old "regular" car.