I’ve been car shopping lately and thinking about what mileage I need in the new vehicle. The cars that I like and are more fun to drive hover just under 30mpg while the 35+ models tend to be a bit mushy on the gas (or tiny)

Today I came across this: http://www.comcast.net/articles/finance/20090811/US.GM.Volt.Mileage/

GM is unveiling a car that get 230MPG in the city!  I thought that was awesome until I came across 3 facts

1. That mileage is in City driving
2. The car is not shipping yet (and all my projects are ‘bug free’ until they ship also)
3. The car is $40k

I wrote up a quick app to let me calculate how many miles I have to drive in order to recoup the $40k price tag.  Even comparing it against a $20k hybrid that gets 50 MPG I still have to drive almost 320,000 miles to break even! (at $4/gal)

Just watched Taken and it was a well done film.

It had a pace more akin to the Bourne movies with a better actor at the helm. I don’t know why it didn’t do so well at the box office, I thought that it had more emotional impact then any recent spy type movies I’ve seen.
The action sequences were more of a desperate warrior then a calm martial artist and every scene imparted tension.

I recommend watching it and I’m definitely sure that as a parent I’m never letting my kids travel alone……