When you see the articles written about comparing hybrids to straight gas burners, they almost always come out in favor of the non-hybrid car.
There are so many efficient gas burners out there, that if you use good driving habits and keep them in good order, they will be less expensive in the long run. My 2004 Ford Focus wagon averages about 26 MPG across the board, and costs me very little to maintain it. It's about ready to pass 140k this week and it still runs like new. I think about my CPA buddy who bought a Prius for his wife. Within a couple of years he was getting poorer mileage than his Hyundai sedan. As he described it, as the battery loses capacity, the engine runs more often, drawing down the gas mileage. Don't know how true that is (he is not a car guy, just a bean counter) but he does keep detailed records, so I have to assume there is some truth to it. Dan Sent from my iPhone On Jun 19, 2011, at 12:47 PM, "Allan Streib" <str...@cs.indiana.edu> wrote: > Pretty much the greenest thing you can do is buy a non-hybrid used car and > keep it in good running order. Anything made in the past couple of decades > is pretty clean-running, and by buying used you are not creating demand for > more raw materials for manufacturing. Of course that doesn't help GM, Ford, > or the politicians so you'll never hear that promoted anywhere. > > > On Sun, 19 Jun 2011 09:21 -0700, "Lee" <einer...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> I'm pretty sure that the printing of government regulations is not the >> primary cause of global deforestation. Last time I checked, the timber, >> ranching and agricultural sectors had something to do with it. >> >> And you forgot about the hybrid and electric-car induced global >> rare-earth shortage that is causing dirty, polluting mines to reopen. >> >> Lee > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
