Buying a very high milage car, new or used, i.e. Prius, Civic Hybrid, or a high milage non-hybrid car isn't the key to happiness but either is owning a SUV.
The reasons you have convinced yourself not to buy one.
(Assuming you have the "appropriate" funds and need to buy a car.)
Waiting for the car manufacturers to come up with a miracle as in a plug-in hybrid or a fully electric vehicle that is "practical and affordable."
Kept calculating the costs of your current car vs the costs of the "Prius" without calculating the actual and very real environmental cost differential caused by the significant difference in MPG.
Convinced yourself you need the "whatever" that another car with a much higher MPG can't give you, i.e. enough seats for 8, (even though you almost always drive alone), enough horsepower to tow a small house, enough speed to win the Indy 500, enough status to get you a movie deal and enough of whatever the advertises think you might need to make you feel happy.
Owning a "status" car will not make you happy. (I know you are thinking that even a Prius has become a status car but even that will also not make you happy. But it will lower the negative environmental impact of most people's driving habits.) You are not genetically hard wired to achieve happiness from owning a "status" car. As I previously mentioned you were brainwashed by advertisers to think owning a "status" car will bring happiness. Before the 19th century cars didn't even exist and people still found happiness. In fact, I know this might not exactly be a practical idea since our entire transportation system would need to change but I believe that most of us would be happier if we could just toss our car into the recycling bin.
This previous explanation holds water with many other products besides cars. You don't need chlorine bleached toilet paper, surfactant filled dish washing liquid, artificially perfumed hand soap to bring about internal bliss. But...how do you feel when a beautiful butterfly glides by? Brings a sense of wonder and elation, doesn't it.
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