I'm sorry, that was a typo, it was supposed to be $3.00 a gallon. I made up some fancy charts and stuff, and we got to the point where we would have actually sold the vehicle before the costs would have evened out.
Factor in the loan and the interest, taxes, and such, we just showed us that hybrids just aren't ready for the mass market yet. Next car we buy probably will be a hybrid, by that point there will be more produced and the dealers will have more than one or two on the lots. -----Original Message----- From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 6:30 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Hyrids - WAS Re: Delay Turns Himself In After you add up the total cost difference, at $2.00 a gallon for gas it would have taken us like 7 years to break even. And that doesn't include higher costs for servicing and part replacement. I had a similar calculation between a new Corolla and the Prius, but the gas is $2.80 here in California, and do you think the price of gas will do much but go UP during the next 7 years? Made the difference considerable smaller for me. -------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" - Cynthia Dunning Confidentiality Notice: This message including any attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete any copies of this message. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:178154 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
