wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@>
> wrote:
> <snip>
> > 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...
>
> According to a piece I read recently, the Prius makes
> economic sense for the individual only if most of
> his/her driving is done in city traffic. On the freeway,
> as you say, it's not that much better than a standard
> car.
>
I think you're right. What's unusual about the Prius (and this may
be the case for all hybrids) is that the city/highway rating is
better for the city driving than highway driving...it is pretty much
without exception the other way around for all non-hybrids...
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