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To: nascarnation
I hear so many dummies dropping $40,000 on a hybrid so they can save 15 miles a gallon over the conventional version of the same car which costs $28,000. Not realizing that with gas at double what it is now, they'll still have to drive 100,000 miles to break even.

Which is why so many of the so-called high MPG cars today don't make sense. My daily driver is is a 2005 Nissan Altima. It's all paid for, has a V6 with plenty of scat, gets 23-24 mpg, and holds four with luggage easily. Why the heck would I spend $20,000 on a less powerful, less comfortable 35mpg car in order to save $900 a year on gas?

Now if that $20,000 car got 90 mpg, or I was a sales rep who had to buy my own gas for 60,000 miles a year....maybe. But for the normal commuter, forget it.

43 posted on 02/22/2013 6:22:07 PM PST by Notary Sojac (Ut veniant omnes)
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To: Notary Sojac

In commercial trucking, which I was involved with for 25 years, the concept of “life cycle cost” is paramount.

I remember my buddy back in 73 (the first OPEC embargo) sold a beautiful Buick 225 for peanuts and bought a Vega. Took him about 2 weeks to figure out that was a dumb move.


44 posted on 02/22/2013 6:35:17 PM PST by nascarnation (Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)
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