Might be trading in my Eclipse on the Cash for Clunkers program

[viridionplague]

mmm tasty batteries made at a facility that is devoid of any living thing for miles around it, yum yum

[tehehodi]

meh i think h2o cars are cooler.....


no pun intended :p

[slowbubblecar]

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q70/munson4406cuda/5258828-motivator4298191hi8.jpg

I am sure many of the people who bought the hybrids bought them to save their own money at the pump instead of helping out the environment.

[CVD]

I am sure many of the people who bought the hybrids bought them to save their own money at the pump instead of helping out the environment.

Those people must not own calculators.

[Kracka]

Those people must not own calculators.
LOL true.

[s1ngletracker]

my friend bought a prius, and we calculated it out, and we figured out he needed to drive the car at LEAST 10 years to make up for the extra cost of buying a hybrid. That was last summer, so probably using higher than necessary gas prices though.

[john]

Those people must not own calculators.

Most of the time I will agree with you but if you but not in my case.

Then I bought mine, I was driving a 2G GST. I ran the numbers and with gas at $2.25, I would save over $3500 per year in fuel savings alone. I bought the car used for $8700 (great deal at the time) and have now owned it for 3.5 years. The highe gas prices went the more I saved.

I also received a check for $3000 for the hail damage caused in a storm last year. I definitly wasn't going to get it fixed.

That car is the best purchase I have ever made, 90k miles later not one issue. If you know what you are doing they can be a great purchase.

[john]

my friend bought a prius, and we calculated it out, and we figured out he needed to drive the car at LEAST 10 years to make up for the extra cost of buying a hybrid. That was last summer, so probably using higher than necessary gas prices though.


Either A: He doesn't drive much, or B: He bought new which it is hard to compare a hybrid prius to a prius which isn't a hybrid as they don't make any.

How much did he buy it for and what was he trying to compare the price to?

[slowbubblecar]

I don't see the real value in buying a new hybrid (especially the ones like the prius getting 40 mpg or so), but buying one used like my brother did (70mpg) when he drives a lot has paid for the car the past few years.

[1QUICK4]

Used Geo Metro > Hybrid

If you want to save gas nothing beats that 1.0L :lol: