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re: current or former hybrid drivers
Posted on 9/14/15 at 1:28 pm to East Coast Band
Posted on 9/14/15 at 1:28 pm to East Coast Band
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Gas at <$2 /gallon = death of hybrid.
Exactly, it's about time....
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Posted on 9/14/15 at 2:01 pm to Shexter
i know two people who HAD hybrids. Both had issues a typical fossil fuel burning car would not have and have since both sold the cars.
Posted on 9/14/15 at 2:05 pm to bayou choupique
I'll do a Tesla before a hybrid 
Posted on 9/14/15 at 2:14 pm to tigertrueAU
Posted on 9/14/15 at 2:17 pm to tigertrueAU
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toyota Camry
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I love mine.
You LOVE a Camry? I hated the one we had. It was a 'nice' car, but it drove like a TPOS.
Posted on 9/14/15 at 2:18 pm to tigertrueAU
I've had a Camry hybrid since 2011. Company provided car--I've had two. I love them. Far more powerful than you would expect, great MPG (obvi), and mine has a lot of luxury features... Smooth drive and incredibly dependable.
So, I highly recommend.
ETA: apparently yall have experienced battery issues? I don't get to keep them past 60-70k and/or 2 years. So perhaps I'm not making it to the battery issue point. Knock on wood..
So, I highly recommend.
ETA: apparently yall have experienced battery issues? I don't get to keep them past 60-70k and/or 2 years. So perhaps I'm not making it to the battery issue point. Knock on wood..
This post was edited on 9/14/15 at 2:22 pm
Posted on 9/14/15 at 2:56 pm to tigerbandpiccolo
Don't worry people, the average fuel economy has to be 54mpg by 2025 so look for some major breakthroughs in the laws of physics in the coming years or we're all gonna be driving hybrids.
Posted on 9/14/15 at 3:02 pm to tigertrueAU
Scruffy has a 06 Civic Hybrid. Only gets mid-30s in town. Costs less than $20 to fill up though. Love that car.
Posted on 9/14/15 at 3:05 pm to tigertrueAU
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financed $5,000 over 3 years.
Lol u poor
Posted on 9/14/15 at 3:08 pm to Rouge
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this is going to get really good
Posted on 9/14/15 at 3:14 pm to BoostAddict
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54mpg by 2025
I'm gonna by a bunch of big-arse V-8's before then.
Posted on 9/14/15 at 3:32 pm to tigertrueAU
I love my TDI.. I get 50 MPG on the highway.
Posted on 9/14/15 at 3:43 pm to AUbagman
My TDI Jetta w/ manual transmission waverages 53mpg from BR to Nola In the morning and 49mpg from NOLA to BR in the evening.
If you back it down to about 60mph it will do 60mpg on the right day.
And it hauls arse for being a little economy car. It's no tire burner or anything, but it will scoot.
If you back it down to about 60mph it will do 60mpg on the right day.
And it hauls arse for being a little economy car. It's no tire burner or anything, but it will scoot.
Posted on 9/14/15 at 3:44 pm to VetteGuy
Not sure what your problem is with my post.
I said 1-battery issues may come up but haven't yet. 2- my views are all I have and 3- we are close with Price LeBlanc and they called and offered to buy back our Prius so we sold it and got a new one. Actually, my hub got an email about buying back our new one. I just gave a view based on the original post. Excuuuuse me.
I said 1-battery issues may come up but haven't yet. 2- my views are all I have and 3- we are close with Price LeBlanc and they called and offered to buy back our Prius so we sold it and got a new one. Actually, my hub got an email about buying back our new one. I just gave a view based on the original post. Excuuuuse me.
Posted on 9/14/15 at 4:20 pm to lynxcat
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I'll do a Tesla before a hybrid
Six figures to drive nowhere before the battery dies.
Even at $4 a gallon it's not worth it.
Posted on 9/14/15 at 4:34 pm to DSS50
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Some of us drive Hybrids to be green( I know- you all hate SJW's!)
That's the worst reason to buy a hybrid. They're no better from an environmental standpoint.
The point is to save money on gas if you have to do a great deal of driving (and with $2/gallon, that's not as much of a benefit anymore.)
Posted on 9/14/15 at 4:40 pm to tigertrueAU
I'm still laughing at all of you. I bought a diesel Cayenne - cost less than a hybrid Cayenne and gets just as good of gas mileage - with same amount of emissions. Plus -- those I don't have the expense of replacing batteries and putting those toxic boxes back into the earth.
Hybrids are for demo wannabe feelgoods. At the moment there is better green tech.
Hopefully, the battery tech will get better, but right now -- it is not.
But don't worry hybrid drivers, we're not laughing at you (mmmmmhrmmmpppphhhhh)
Hybrids are for demo wannabe feelgoods. At the moment there is better green tech.
Hopefully, the battery tech will get better, but right now -- it is not.
But don't worry hybrid drivers, we're not laughing at you (mmmmmhrmmmpppphhhhh)
Posted on 9/14/15 at 5:25 pm to rootisback
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replacing batteries and putting those toxic boxes back into the earth.
Actually, hybrid batteries are not toxic and can be disposed of in a regular landfill. But they are 70-100% recyclable and so hardly anything goes into a landfill.
I did the numbers when we bought my wife's new car a few years ago when gas was pushing $4. She commutes about 20 miles RT and a hybrid made no sense.
Posted on 9/14/15 at 6:08 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
I've got the DSG transmission. I hit the 40k mark and it needed servicing, the dealership quoted $500 for transmission alone. Needless to say I learned to service it myself with a quickness.
Posted on 9/14/15 at 6:25 pm to tigertrueAU
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purchased a 2008 toyota Camry hybrid about a year ago. Getting around 40hwy and 40 in-town MPG. I always wanted a hybrid before owning one (especially when gas was $4/gal) and looked for them when driving but since owning one I don't see as many on the road as I thought I would have. Mostly Prius, hardly ever see the Camry hybrid. What are people thoughts now on hybrids now that gas is much cheaper?
Because unless you do the vast majority of your driving in stop & go traffic the hybrid doesn't save you any money. Especially after the tax credit for regular hybrids (the non-plug in kind) ended in 2011. Of course it all depends on driving habits, how maintenance, and a bunch of other factors, but for most models it makes more financial sense to buy the traditional gas version.
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Consumer demand and government regulation has led to the most fuel-efficient cars in history. With an average transaction price of $32,000, new cars are the most expensive in history as well. But it’s offset by reduced operating expenses, especially in the case of hybrids.
The average premium for a hybrid is $4,647 more than gas-only counterparts, according to a late 2013 analysis done by Vincentric.
The same study reported that five years of ownership at 15,000 miles in a hybrid car will result in an average fuel cost savings of $3,371. Therefore, the average hybrid premium doesn’t make sense for a dozen or so models, including inefficient and expensive hybrids such as the full-size SUV Chevrolet Tahoe or Cadillac Escalade, which is why GM discontinued them in model year 2013.
Some hybrids, such as the 2013 Lexus CT 200h can save nearly $6,500 compared to the Lexus IS 250 in reduced operating costs. The Lincoln MKZ hybrid saves nearly $5,000 over the gas counterpart because the sticker price is nearly the same.
That study was done before the price of gas fell so there is even less savings now.
Why hybrids & diesels don't always save $$$. Those numbers were run at a hypothetical $5/gal and it was taking most hybrids 4-6 years for the driver to actually break even.
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