> From: Karl Groves > Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] OT: hybrids > > Firstly, anyone who buys a brand new car off the lot is throwing away > thousands of dollars right off the bat. That is money that you'll never get > back. And hybrids are typically much more expensive than > regular cars of the same size.
I will know if this is true pretty soon. My parents just had an accident in their Prius over the weekend and I bet it will be totaled out. When they get their settlement, we will know how much value they really lose. When they bought, used Prius' were going for very close to the price of new ones because demand was high. MSRP is around $21-22K, and used prices are around $20-$21K. If they got to drive for a year and only lost a thousand bucks, I think that is a great deal as far as any car is concerned. They got T-boned by a lady in a late '90s Jimmy. She drove away with bumper and minor front end damage. Both doors and the center support pillar were damaged, and the side air-bags went off. Neither of my parents were injured other than sore muscles. I'm sure the air bag saved my mom from major injury, as the door hit her in the hip, but the airbags kept her head and shoulders from hitting the side of the car and/or window. Their car would not work, because the designers must have set something up to keep it from turning on after an accident. Sort of like the fuel shut off switches on cars with electric fuel pumps, this is the same thing, but for the electric drive. Brad Waller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) '66 Corvette | 327/dead | 4-speed | Wilwood Brakes | 245/45/16 BFG R1 '67 Chevelle | ex-SS396 | 355/700R4 | F-Body Brakes | 275/40/17 Kumho MX
