Federal Tax Credit will soon apply to clean diesels. (according to Fox
News)
That puts a $18K Golf or Jetta TDI (I got 48mpg out of my 03 Jetta
wagon, driving it like a rental car for 40K miles) a whole lot further
ahead than a hybrid in my mind.
no weird 400 lb battery pack or high-voltage computer controlled relay
junk.
The interior feel of a Jetta rivals anything M-B has put out in recent
years. and VW uses thicker sheet metal than the Japs so no door dings.
That said, I love my Hondas and my Benzes.
-Sealover
Hondas: 95 Odyssey, 76 CB750F, 03 lawnmower
Benzes: 83 300D, 77 and 84 300D parts cars
On Tuesday, August 9, 2005, at 07:59 PM, LT Don wrote:
What was that figure on the Federal tax credit?
On 8/9/05, Mitch Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
LT Don wrote:
I tried to talk him into the hybraid, but engineer that he is he
pulled out his slide rule, bounced cost against fuel prices (then),
and said that it was almost a wash.
It's only a wash if you get your batteries for free. $4k for a battery
pack in 5 years or so really skews the calculation. Make mine a CRX HF
please, 65mpg and only one $30 battery.
