Good point. It would be interesting to see life-cycle cost comparisons
of similar "high-mileage" (or would that be "high fuel economy"?) cars.
I rented a nice little diesel wagon in Spain a coupla years ago, I think
that thing was doing about 40mpg give or take if I recall, maybe high
30s. Was a bit small for my tastes but had adequate room and great
acceleration and speed. Was probably about the size of my TD, maybe a
little smaller.
--R
On 5/26/14 5:07 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Maybe, but the Prius has those expensive batteries, what is the life span of
those?
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On May 26, 2014, at 1:09 PM, Rich Thomas <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net>
wrote:
They need to do a cost comparison on the two cars. I'm sure the MB costs a lot
more, and the $/mi cost for fuel is a tad higher, and overall cost of ownership
is probably higher on the Benz. But I am sure it is a much better ride when
factoring in all the creature features.
--R
On 5/26/14 12:04 PM, arche...@embarqmail.com wrote:
IMO these were the most telling comments on the trial:
............
The earlier comment on differences between diesel fuel and gasoline are worth
repeating. A gallon of diesel fuel typical releases about 15% more thermal
energy than a gallon of gasoline when burned. So comparing gallons of diesel to
gallons of gasoline when measuring efficiency really is comparing apples to
oranges, in spite of the authors' claims otherwise. On a 'mile per unit of
thermal energy' basis, the Prius won. On a 'miles per dollar of fuel' basis,
the Prius won, although the E250 would have won that category in Europe due to
tax differences between US and EU.
That said, I've owned 6 vehicles with VW diesel engines, and liked them a lot.
Prius not in my top 10 desirable vehicles.
...........
I've put over 200,000 miles on my two VW diesels over the past few years. My
Passat get close to 50 MPG on the highway and Sportwagen, with its roof rack,
around 45. And they are fun to drive. I did test drive a Prius and to be
honest, would rather ride a bus than drive that thing.
.............
Gerry....whose 2 123 diesels will likely last him the rest of his life.
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On 5/26/2014 12:57 AM, Mitchell Haley, EA wrote:
http://www.roadandtrack.com/features/web-originals/the-most-fuel-efficient-car-in-america-is-a-luxury-car
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