This is it.hqueen13 said:
Hmm. Im as west as you can basically get. Im in Oregon. Here the gas at the cheapest station is $3.95 It has gone up over 30cents in less than a week. Good thing I just bought me a car that is easy on gas.. Sure wish I could afford a hybrid..FarmerChick said:
That is true. But the thought of over 50 miles per gallon seem nice. But only if you can afford the car to start with. We only buy our cars with cash. So I ended up getting a car that many people get up to 40 mile per gallon on the freeway..Depends on your driving habits also. I havent tested mine out yet. But it seems to be very gas sipping. The same amount of gas I put in my other car will last me 2 to 3 times longer in this car.hqueen13 said:Sunny, it doesn't matter if you can or can't afford a hybrid, when you do the math most people BARELY break even on the cost. There just isn't much of a return in terms of $$ when you look at the cost of the vehicle and gas savings versus the cost of a "regular" vehicle and gas expenses. So really, the only reason to buy one is to get warm fuzzy feelings for the environment. Cause there sure aren't going to be any warm fuzzies on the bottom line!
YMM(will!)V
This is of course not to mention the issue of dealing with the massive battery which there are currently very few places that will accept them and regulations to deal with them (sorta like those pesky CFL's and all that mercury!!)
I just saw a report that said the electric production for hybrids is producing more carbon than if they'd just stuck to driving a gas vehicle - not so warm, not so fuzzy for the environment, after all :/hqueen13 said:Sunny, it doesn't matter if you can or can't afford a hybrid, when you do the math most people BARELY break even on the cost. There just isn't much of a return in terms of $$ when you look at the cost of the vehicle and gas savings versus the cost of a "regular" vehicle and gas expenses. So really, the only reason to buy one is to get warm fuzzy feelings for the environment. Cause there sure aren't going to be any warm fuzzies on the bottom line!
YMM(will!)V
This is of course not to mention the issue of dealing with the massive battery which there are currently very few places that will accept them and regulations to deal with them (sorta like those pesky CFL's and all that mercury!!)
I wish you would post this alleged report so we can all come to our own conclusions. Was it a post on a blog or something?SSDreamin said:I just saw a report that said the electric production for hybrids is producing more carbon than if they'd just stuck to driving a gas vehicle - not so warm, not so fuzzy for the environment, after all :/hqueen13 said:Sunny, it doesn't matter if you can or can't afford a hybrid, when you do the math most people BARELY break even on the cost. There just isn't much of a return in terms of $$ when you look at the cost of the vehicle and gas savings versus the cost of a "regular" vehicle and gas expenses. So really, the only reason to buy one is to get warm fuzzy feelings for the environment. Cause there sure aren't going to be any warm fuzzies on the bottom line!
YMM(will!)V
This is of course not to mention the issue of dealing with the massive battery which there are currently very few places that will accept them and regulations to deal with them (sorta like those pesky CFL's and all that mercury!!)
