I just bought a new Chevy HHR auto that takes the E15 fuel as well as gasoline. I have never used the E15 before, and what I’d like to know is the good and the bad on it.

My dad drove Hudsons his whole life, and I fondly remember many of his cars, especially the “grand daddy” of them all, his 1953 Super Wasp four-door sedan. How about a few words on these great motorcars?

There’s something unusual on the latest Honda Civic Hybrid’s Monroney sticker. Its EPA fuel-economy ratings are exactly the same for both city and highway driving: 44 mpg. Hybrids, at least the non-luxury ones, typically get better mileage in stop-and-go urban driving because the gas motor shuts down when the car stops, and at low speeds electricity makes a bigger contribution.

The farther north one travels in New England, the more Subarus there are. In fact, along with pickup trucks, mommy minivans and senior-citizen Buicks, the Subaru wagon is a staple, especially in pea-soup green. And why not? Subies are practical, thrifty, long-lived, go-anywhere, low-maintenance vehicles; if at first they’re sometimes easy to overlook, the longer we know them, the more they impress. Does this not also describe the natives of, say, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont?

Have you seen the prices at the pump lately? What am I thinking - of course you have! This new and continually climbing price we’re paying for gasoline is beyond imagination. I still clearly remember filling up for less than $20, and that wasn’t so long ago. Current prices have me seriously considering where I go and how often, to save myself any unnecessary trips for more liquid gold.