Honestly, I'd not mind a Prius or the some of the new Hybrid SUV's that I've seen reviewed in Wired, among other magazines. However here are my problems with them:
Not getting the gas mileage that the mfg's assert I NEVER would buy a first-year model, too many bugs and recalls, etc The cost of maintenance and the lack of expertise of the techs working on them. (my dad is a mechanic, and he has some horror stories of what these very green "trained tech" hacks can do to a car) They are WAY overpriced in a market where ppl are trying to SAVE money. Why should I spend an extra $5000-$10,000 when I'm trying to save money on gas? There's probably more, too. Gruss Gott wrote: >>Ray wrote: >>My father has a friend who runs heavy equipment for a living who claims >>to have done the "bump and run" on a regular basis in the late >>70's/early 80's. Too bad it's so lax now. :) >> > > > "The stone age did not end for lack of stone, and the oil age will not > end for lack of oil." > > What these Prius people* don't see is that we're doing them a favor. > By using as much petrol as possible we're driving prices up thus > lowering demand and therefore saving fuel! > > We're like ... heroes. > > > *None preachy Prius people excluded > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| All-in-one: antivirus, antispam, firewall for your PC and PDA. Buy Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=60 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:178134 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
