Agreed, If it's mostly highway, get a Rabbit or Jetta TDI, they get amazing highway mileage with good all-round performance. The Hybrid will do better in the city though, partially due to regenerative braking. The Prius gets notably better city mileage than it does on the highway.
-Adam Kenneth Waller wrote: > Mark, as you're probably aware, the mileage you can expect with a hybrid is > very dependent upon your driving cycle, (city/highway) among other things. > If your 65 mile commute is mostly highway you will not see the kick in > mileage that the hybrids are noted for. The extra cost of a hybrid would go > a long way to pay for your yearly fuel bill. > > Kenneth Waller > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: OT: Toyota hybrid-electric drive system > > > >>Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> >> >>>Heya Bob, and others who are interested... >>> >>>The best description I've found of the Synergy Drive and the >>>operation of the "power split device" as CVT is available from these >>>pages: >>> http://www.ecrostech.com/prius/ >>> >>>You can see from the text and diagrams lots of info that details how >>>the engine and electric motors, combined with the planetary gearset >>>in the power split device, work to provide a very different take on >>>the concept of "continuously variable transmission". >>> >>>Curiously, the Honda Insight forum pages also have excellent >>>technical information about the Prius and how differs from the >>>Insight drive system design: >>> http://www.insightcentral.net/ >>> >>>I found these through the Wikipedia site at >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Prius >>> >>>Truly a fascinating design. Can't wait for my car to get here! >> >>Same here... except that my local dealer has one in stock! Test drove >>it on Friday. Dr. Lisa is going to check it out Monday or Tuesday (in >>Pennsylvania car dealers are prohibited by law from doing business on >>Sunday! It's like living in Saudi friggin' Arabia!) and they we'll >>decide if we're going to get it. >>We've been considering it for a while but the 65 mile commute to my >>new job was the tipping point... >> >>-- >>Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia >>www.robertstech.com >>412-687-2835 >> >>-- >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>[email protected] >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
