I have 1 year until my used Saab is paid off, and the Prius is #1 on my list...with the civic hybrid #2. I drive about 80 miles round trip a day.
We don't drive my wife's SUV other than her going to work. It's not worth it, even though its a newer car. It gets about 1/2 the mileage of mine. Luckily, she just accepted a job that's 5 miles from the house, unlike her 70 mile a day current drive. It makes a difference when you add it up.
The gas hikes have been prison raping me lately.