May 05

I have to say that I never really knew what to expect from a hybrid vehicle, mainly because up until a few weeks ago I had done very little research on the subject. Which right away shows you I am not a big environmentalist however I don’t mind doing my part. I have been asked however by several people, how do I like driving the Prius? Well after commuting to school 4/5 days this week which is an hour plus each way I can say I have had a good amount of testing on my 2007 Prius to tell you this is one amazing vehicle. The amount of technology that is in this rig is amazing. From the touch screen to the backup camera to the great gas consumption meter you really feel like your living in luxury with this car.

Not only that but driving a Prius offers up a new experience to driving, it is one that is much more relaxed and calm. The car drives in either electric or gas mode and when in electric which is mainly in city driving it is as smooth as butter. Half the time you can’t even tell your driving its so dang smooth. I find myself just going with the flow in this car and just enjoying my day a lot more. Sure it is a new car so I am a bit biased but I could not be happier with the purchase and would 100% recommend this vehicle to anyone!

By the way I am averaging around 45-46mpg! Gotta love it!


May 03

So I don’t do this very often, mainly because I don’t check World of Joel’s visitor totals all that frequently. I make around 15 to 25 cents a day on my blog which isn’t much but as you can see my Google Ad’s are not there for optimization. However I have to say I am a bit surprised with my stats both in a positive and negative way. I had days in the month of April with 100-150 unique visitors on the blog. I also had days where there were 20-30 unique visitors. Looking at my posting last month I managed to be extremely consistent (for my standards) and yet my readership seems to be all over the board with very little rhyme or reason.

So I ask you. What do you like to read about on this blog? Would you rather me take more a tech approach? Would you rather I stick to my personal life and the life of Joel? Or do you like the way the blog is going? Give me some feedback. I have noticed that we have a lot of readers but not a lot of comments. So I am asking you readers of World of Joel what would you like to see from this blog?