View Poll Results: How much MPG would you want your Hybrid to have?
They have enuff MPG now
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11.43%
>80 MPG
10
28.57%
>120 MPG
7
20.00%
I wanna fill up my tank once a month bitch!!!!
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40.00%
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how much MPG would a hybrid need to have for you to buy one?
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The environmental argument is the wrong way to promote "green" cars.
Reducing the value of the Middle East' only export would be a much more effective tack.
Reducing the value of the Middle East' only export would be a much more effective tack.
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My sisters mitsubishi mirage consistently gets 35-40 MPG. Personally, I'd spend a few grand on one of them before I bought a 20+k hybrid. I'll believe that car ^^is coming out when I see it also.
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Get reading buddy..
The Recorder
Building a Toyota Prius causes more environmental damage than a Hummer that is on the road for three times longer than a Prius.
When you pool together all the combined energy it takes to drive and build a Toyota Prius, the flagship car of energy fanatics, it takes almost 50 percent more energy than a Hummer - the Prius’s arch
nemesis.
The Prius costs an average of $3.25 per mile driven over a lifetime of 100,000 miles - the expected lifespan of the Hybrid. The Hummer, on the other hand, costs a more fiscal $1.95 per mile to put on the road over an expected lifetime.
Those are a few main points.. Read the whole article.
The Recorder
Building a Toyota Prius causes more environmental damage than a Hummer that is on the road for three times longer than a Prius.
When you pool together all the combined energy it takes to drive and build a Toyota Prius, the flagship car of energy fanatics, it takes almost 50 percent more energy than a Hummer - the Prius’s arch
nemesis.
The Prius costs an average of $3.25 per mile driven over a lifetime of 100,000 miles - the expected lifespan of the Hybrid. The Hummer, on the other hand, costs a more fiscal $1.95 per mile to put on the road over an expected lifetime.
Those are a few main points.. Read the whole article.
Prius Versus HUMMER: Exploding the Myth - The Car Connection
But Toyota also says that the study uses an unrealistically low estimated lifetime for hybrids, and that there's no data to support its assumptions in this. For instance, according to the study the average Prius is expected to go 109,000 miles over its lifetime, while a Hummer H1 would go 379,000 miles. CNW says about hybrids: "…these are generally secondary vehicles in a household OR they are driven in restricted or short range environments such as college campuses or retirement neighborhoods."
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But Toyota also says that the study uses an unrealistically low estimated lifetime for hybrids, and that there's no data to support its assumptions in this. For instance, according to the study the average Prius is expected to go 109,000 miles over its lifetime, while a Hummer H1 would go 379,000 miles. CNW says about hybrids: "…these are generally secondary vehicles in a household OR they are driven in restricted or short range environments such as college campuses or retirement neighborhoods."
I was doing the numbers in his article and I KNEW they didn't make sense. Good find.
Short distance trips & infrequent drives are the times that hybrids shine brightest... but fuck if you will catch me rolling on the interstate at 55-60mph to get that 60mpg (Prius drops to ~35mpg if you cruise at over 65mph)
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I'll buy one when they stop looking like ASS!!!
Also, once they start to have over 200 HP.
I would buy a Tesla right now!
Also, once they start to have over 200 HP.
I would buy a Tesla right now!
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I rented a prius and drove it to jacksonville to pick up my new car. I got pretty good gas mileage on the highway. I think it was reading around 45mpg and I was cruising at 75-90mph.
I would never buy one, because their brakes are horrible. I had the back end of the car swerving when I tried to stop for an accident that occurred up ahead. It was pretty scarry. I don't care what kind of gas mileage a car gets if I don't feel like I could safely stop or slow down.
I would never buy one, because their brakes are horrible. I had the back end of the car swerving when I tried to stop for an accident that occurred up ahead. It was pretty scarry. I don't care what kind of gas mileage a car gets if I don't feel like I could safely stop or slow down.
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CRX ftmfw! Check out the link.
http://blog.cardomain.com/blog/2007/...e-gas-sip.html
P.S. I know its not a hybrid.
http://blog.cardomain.com/blog/2007/...e-gas-sip.html
P.S. I know its not a hybrid.
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