wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote:
> >
> > shempmcgurk wrote:
> >
> > >I'm 51 years old.
> > >
> > >Ever since I've been reading newspapers and following current
> events
> > >(perhaps from about age 16?) there has been someone who has said
> > >that about whomever was the current president.
> > >
> > >So now they're saying it about Bush. I mean, hey, how many times
> > >did I see that written about Clinton? Or Reagan? Or -- even
> > >today! -- about Jimmy Carter?
> > >
> > >Yawn.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > I think Bush has done a lot more than any President including
> Reagan to
> > deserve the trashing he's getting. How's your Prius?
>
>
>
>
> I don't have a Prius...I think you forgot the details of the
> discussion I one had about the Prius: I wanted to buy one but the
> salesman talked me out of it and I ended up with a Corolla, which I
> am very happy with (I subsequently went out and traded it in for a
> new Corolla once I had 40,000 miles on the first one).
>
> Co-incidentally, I just went to the dealership last week for an
> unrelated matter and was shocked to discover the sticker price of
> the one Prius they had on the lot to be $28,000!!!! Well, even
> assuming that the gas mileage is as-rated (and there is some doubt
> to that!) the economics of going from an comparable sized non-hybrid
> to the Prius simply doesn't justify the added cost to the sticker
> price...and I noticed that despite having dozens of Corollas on the
> lot, there was only the one Prius. Certainly, that may be a
> function of large demand but, hey, I don't think that Toyota is
> pushing 'em out.
>
> As for the gas mileage, I've talked to two people I know who have
> Prius' and they both say that they get about 40 miles to the gallon
> and not the the much higher-rated mileages. I get, consistently, 31
> miles to the gallon with my Corolla. So although I love the concept
> of the Prius there is no way I'd pay an extra $5,000 for a Prius if
> all I'm going to get is 30% more better gas mileage: I'm spending
> about $1,000 a year on gas and I would save only about $220.00 if I
> had a Prius...so how does spending an extra $5,000 to save $220.00
> make sense? I'd have to have the Prius for about 20 years to break
> even...
>
I have a neighbor that has a new 2005 WV diesel (don't know the
model), maybe a Psaat. It get 46mi/gal + on the highway. He makes
biodesel at $0.74 /gal to fuel it. I've driven it - it's fast and fun
to drive. He also has an SUV :-)
JohnY
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