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[quote=Anonymous]If you don't use the car that much, how much does it matter that the passenger seat is a little cramped with a rear-facing car seat?
I don't know the current status of your child, but most people transition the child to front-facing by the two-year mark.

If you are concerned about the environment, hopefully you are planning to keep your car a really long time. Two years out of fifteen aren't that big a deal.

But, if it's going to be a low-usage vehicle with occasional trips to new england, I'm not sure a hybrid makes the most sense, environmentally. Hybrids have [i]some[/i] benefits on the interstate, but it's not a major difference. Having a smaller, lower-horsepower engine is a much bigger deal in that case. And you also have to worry about the environmental impact of producing your battery, and driving a bigger vehicle in general.

I'm all for burning less fossil fuel. I'm just not sure there will be much, if any, difference in environmental impact based on the situation you describe.[/quote]

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