Hybrids are at their best in slow, stop & go driving. Beyond that they
mostly provide that warm 'n fuzzy feeling that you are GREEN and saving
the planet and an occasional adrenalin surge when the instant MPG meter
hits 99 MPG.
It isn't always cheap being GREEN!
Bill
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 10:24:46 -0400 Craig Wensley <wensley@adelphia.net>
writes:
> Reality check: Hybrid hype and HOV cutoff in 07
>
> Green Gap? Ha!!
>
> Here's the best excerpt --
>
> If you drive that hybrid 15,000 miles a year and pay $2.93 a gallon,
> it
> will take you* 8.8 years* to see that payoff at the pump, [for the
> Highlander hybrid vs regular Highlander] according to Edmunds. The
> wait
> is even longer for the $31,540 Accord hybrid:* 12.6 years*. ...The
> Accord's electric motor is geared to both boost power and save on
> gas.
> The result: the four-door sedan gets an unspectacular 29.5mpg--just
> a
> half mile per gallon better than a regular four-cylinder Accord. In
>
> fact, if you compare the Accord hybrid to the regular four-cylinder
>
> model, the payback takes* 296.2 years*, according to Edmunds. I'm
> sure
> your great-great-great granddaughter will appreciate the savings.
>
> Hybrids might be hip, but are they saving consumers enough at the
> pump
> to compensate for their high sticker price?
>
> _http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12958916/site/newsweek/from/ET/_
>
>
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