[dangus]

>> If anyone seriously wants something other than a gas vehicle, a hybrid makes the most sense in all the different ways you’d practically compare. <<

Unless you mean a plug-in hybrid, forget it. I get about 40 MPG from my Priuses, close to 50 MPG on the highway. But they’re virtually unserviceable. A brake repair job costs $3,000. Which is too bad, because hybrids create a LOT less wear on the engines.

Now, with my fuel usage patterns, a PHEV (Plug-in hybrid-electric vehicle) would probably get me over 100 MPG, since I’d almost never need to go in gas mode.

[BobL]

“A brake repair job costs $3,000. Which is too bad, because hybrids create a LOT less wear on the engines.”

Interesting, having done my own brakes for decades, I can typically replace the entire system (other than the anti-lock regulator) for several hundred dollars these days (pads, rotors, master cylinder, calipers, etc.), maybe $500 in some cases. What drives up the price on the Prius? The only other thing I can think of is the regenerative braking system, but those parts shouldn’t wear out like anything like traditional brake parts.

[spokeshave2]

Unless you mean a plug-in hybrid, forget it. I get about 40 MPG from my Priuses, close to 50 MPG on the highway. But they’re virtually unserviceable. A brake repair job costs $3,000 Which is too bad, because hybrids create a LOT less wear on the engines.

$3,000 for a brake repair?...you must have let it grind down on the rotors

Brake linings cost about $80

And Y-Tube videos show how to do it.

Just a thin 17mm wrench...and an adaptor to reset the back brake mechanism.

I get 50 MPG steady in my 2014 Prius (now at 200,000 miles) steady as a rock driving a thousand miles a week for Uber

Trick is to use ECO and BRAKE (B) mode..reduces wear on front brakes.