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It's safe to say that all of us on here are fans of hybrid cars. How many of you have found hybrid fans in "real life" and not just in this virtual world? On Monday I stayed late at the office waiting for my wife to pick me up after work because it was too cold to walk. When we were driving away I spotted one of our accountants going to her car, a first gen MKZh. So today we were chatting and I commented about her car. Turns out that she is a hybrid fan. When the FFH & MKZh first came out back in 2009 she was interested. She waited and didn't buy the first year of the new technology, but bought soon after. She really likes her MKZh and was trying to convince her husband to get a hybrid when they replaced his car a few months ago. He didn't get one because they need an SUV for towing and none of the hybrid SUVs met their towing needs. We chatted for awhile at work today about hybrids in general and about the Ford hybrids. She had lots of questions about how the second gen Ford hybrids differ from her hybrid. We talked about gas mileage too, she said she fills up once a month and gets about 34-35 MPG year-round. When I told her that our first year has been 46 MPG year-round she was stunned. We also talked about grille blocking and the use of the EBH. Like me, she really appreciates the hybrid driving experience and says that she could never go back to a gas only car. The smoothness of no gear shifting and the silence of driving in EV mode is something that she likewise doesn't want to ever give up. She is someone that I've worked with on cross-functional projects in the past and get along with, but now I have even more respect for her knowing that she is a hybrid fan too. A question for first gen owners (former owners): did the first gen hybrids in the cold states include block heaters like they do now? Has anyone else had similar experiences of finding another hybrid fan out in "real life" like that?