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Anyone Buying a Hybrid with Gas Prices? - 5/11/2008 2:42:49 AM
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crm4souls
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Is anyone selling there car or moving to a Hybrid with gas prices?
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RE: Anyone Buying a Hybrid with Gas Prices? - 5/11/2008 10:30:29 AM
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hybrids cost an extra few thousand more to buy, so for many it makes sense just to get the non hybrid version .. it would take years of driving to break even on the added expense. The maintenance costs will be more as well. Plus the extra battery will end up in a landfill in around 8 years (the warranty on the Prius battery is only for 8 years). Hybrid's use gas at highway speeds so to get the best use of a hybrid you need to do a lot of driving at city speeds where it runs on the battery or around 45-50 mph.
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RE: Anyone Buying a Hybrid with Gas Prices? - 5/11/2008 1:38:52 PM
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I would if I could afford one. My mom bought a Prius and I adore it--it wouldn't work for us because of space issues, but the new hybrid Corrola probably would (or is that the Camry...).
As for highway mileage, when I drove my mom's car on a trip two weeks ago, I got about 45 mpg at 70 mph....far better than anything I have ever driven.
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RE: Anyone Buying a Hybrid with Gas Prices? - 5/11/2008 2:30:34 PM
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Miss Giggles
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The Camry comes in a hybrid version.
The Corolla gets 35 mpg freeway (estimated) but its a smaller car and less expensive.
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RE: Anyone Buying a Hybrid with Gas Prices? - 5/11/2008 4:31:43 PM
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We are seriously considering it, and probably will make the change sometime this year. Most of our driving(well, mine anyway) is done in town so it makes sense to switch from my gas guzzling SUV to something smaller.
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RE: Anyone Buying a Hybrid with Gas Prices? - 5/11/2008 11:09:30 PM
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No, a couple of older paid off cars are cheaper to run than a newer hybrid with a loan.
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RE: Anyone Buying a Hybrid with Gas Prices? - 5/12/2008 12:17:34 AM
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I don't think it economically pays off. It would probably take fifteen to twenty years in gas savings to make up the increase in car price, maintenance, and replacement batteries. And it's doubtful that you'll keep a car for that long.
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RE: Anyone Buying a Hybrid with Gas Prices? - 5/12/2008 9:48:10 AM
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No, a couple of older paid off cars are cheaper to run than a newer hybrid with a loan.
AMEN to that!
I "commute" 32 miles each way...in a 1997 buick....gets around 20 or so MPG.
It runs great. It has 142,000 miles on it. Had it for years....
so, why get rid of it? It's PAID FOR!
iam starting to look around to see what my realistic "choices" might be for a replacement....but, whatever I do get will be determined by what I have in the bank...to pay cash for the car...
doesn't make sense to buy new....3-4 year old cars are the best for me.
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RE: Anyone Buying a Hybrid with Gas Prices? - 5/13/2008 12:40:27 PM
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I just bought a bigger car a few months ago because we are expecting an addition to our family.... thank goodness for the most part I only use it to go to the train station every day (6 mi round trip....) 
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RE: Anyone Buying a Hybrid with Gas Prices? - 5/14/2008 4:44:46 PM
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I don't think it economically pays off. It would probably take fifteen to twenty years in gas savings to make up the increase in car price, maintenance, and replacement batteries. And it's doubtful that you'll keep a car for that long.
Not in our case. Buying something like a Pruis would cut our gas bill by nearly 75%, it would more then make up for the slight increase in our payment and maintenance on the Prius, from my research, is not that much greater then any other vehicle.
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RE: Anyone Buying a Hybrid with Gas Prices? - 5/15/2008 9:38:06 AM
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It would reduce my gas bill by about 2/3, which is looking nicer and nicer since with my new job I am spending an extra $250 a month on gas alone!
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RE: Anyone Buying a Hybrid with Gas Prices? - 5/15/2008 9:41:58 AM
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No they are ugly to me. I am in the process of buying a PT crusier. The gas milage is good, and IMO, they look great, though some do not like them.
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RE: Anyone Buying a Hybrid with Gas Prices? - 5/15/2008 7:01:46 PM
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Not until a hybrid gets about 75+ MPG without costing much more than a regular car. Until then, it's simply not worth it for me.
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RE: Anyone Buying a Hybrid with Gas Prices? - 5/16/2008 2:58:16 PM
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Can't afford it. My car is already paid off, so I'm stuck with it and don't mind it a bit.
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RE: Anyone Buying a Hybrid with Gas Prices? - 5/22/2008 12:09:39 PM
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LOL - I'm swimming upstream on this one & going counter-trend. Had to buy a pickup and went with a big noisy diesel. It gets about 18 MPG and sounds like silverware in your garbage disposal when it starts.
Costs me $125-150 to fill it up.
Makes the words of Alfred E. Newman come to mind re: energy prices:
"What? Me worry?"
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RE: Anyone Buying a Hybrid with Gas Prices? - 5/22/2008 12:25:21 PM
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Not evil. Stupid. Big difference - at least evil people can still be smart.
I bought a camper for my family to play around with this summer. Thought my wife's SUV would pull it.
The trailer requires a certain type of hitch that can distribute the weight and get it off the SUV's back end. I didn't worry about it when I bought the trailer, because EVERY car today can accept one of those weight distributing hitches, right?
Turns out there is only one car in the entire free world that can not take that type of a hitch, and we own it. I either had to sell her car (not happenin' - she loves her Land Rover), sell the trailer (not happenin' - the boy started crying when I mentioned the possibility), or buy a vehicle that could tow it.
We now own 2 gas guzzlers AND an oil guzzler now.
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RE: Anyone Buying a Hybrid with Gas Prices? - 5/22/2008 6:04:38 PM
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GroupW,
You're definitely doing your part to support a robust economy. 
Plus I get Christmas cards from the Saudi's.
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