What is your take on hybrids?

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Permalink Reply by Duc on May 30, 2008 at 6:42pm

I am seriously considering getting one now that there's no end in sight for the continuous increase in oil prices. Filling up my tank is so painful and with this economy, you want to save as much money as possible. Factor in how it saves the environment and our dependency on foreign oil, it's a no brainer to get a hybrid. My car gets 20 MPG if I'm lucky. My fiancee's Prius gets nearly 60 MPG, so we take her car pretty much everywhere.

Oh yeah, the hybrid SUVs make no sense. The hybrid Yukon gets about 3 more MPG than my regular Yukon and it costs $20k more. Where's the logic in that?

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Permalink Reply by Annie on May 31, 2008 at 11:32am

Funny, I was just having this conversation with my dad yesterday. He complains about gas prices, but refuses to get a prius. Like so many others he feels the look and performance of the car are simply not up to par. Seriously though, 50- 60 miles per gallon of regular 87 gas, why the heck not? On top of that, with the environment going down the drain, why shouldn't we do our part and spare some money in our pockets at the same time?

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Permalink Reply by Tony on June 4, 2008 at 11:18am

Danny's right. And small cars no longer have the stigma they used to. If you throw a few green stickers on it you can feel just as smug as a Prius driver.

The Prius beeps like a back-hoe inside the cabin whenever it's in reverse. This feature alone would prevent me from ever driving one.

You'll love the flexibility of a small car. They're agile enough to weave around sluggish drivers, and are much easier to park. The turning radius is better, and they have great handling because of their light weight and relatively-long wheelbase. Go with the Yaris or the Honda Fit.

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Permalink Reply by rp {|} // .MrPresident___++ on June 6, 2008 at 1:43am

I think the prius is ugly but brilliant. i think we should be far more advanced by now.

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Permalink Reply by Annie on June 16, 2008 at 9:03am

so i thought this was kind of interesting....

http://automobiles.honda.com/fcx-clarity/

Honda came out with a zero emissions hydrogen fuel car that is suppose to get 74 mpg. hummmm not bad....and it actually looks kind of cool.

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Permalink Reply by Gary Zane on June 16, 2008 at 10:31pm

I was looking into getting a hybrid for my mom so I did a little research on the civic, prius, and camry. I found out something I'd never heard of. All of the hybrid's batteries go dead if you don't drive them often. I believe the prius manual says it must be started at least once a month. My sister has 2 friends who own the camry hybrid and they both go dead if they are not driven for a week. Each time your battery dies it degrades the battery. The electronic system drains a small amount from the battery constantly. You'd think that such a low tech problem would be easily solved. I'd never heard of this issue in any reviews. Anyone else know about this? Did I just miss something that was common knowledge? So common it's never mentioned in reviews? This is a deal killer for me. I can't go on vacation and have a car that doesn't run when I get back.

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Permalink Reply by sudhir on February 7, 2009 at 8:23am

I have an electric as my second car - just thought of giving it a shot - check it out - it really works !!!

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Permalink Reply by Julia vinai on May 8, 2009 at 12:21pm

it takes more energy to produce a hybrid car than the energy it can save...
and we are in an energy crisis...

get a horse maybe ? haha

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