| # | Author | Message |
91
| DyGDisney
Thu 5/8/2008 8:55a | We are seriously considering buying a Toyota Camry Hybrid. It gets twice the gas mileage of my dh's truck, so if you take into account the gas $$ we will save, it will cost us about $160/month to buy it. If gas really skyrockets, we'll be ahead with it, and the cost of Hybrids will probably go up.
Soooooo, we found one, but it's an hour away so we have to find time to go look at it! That's the very difficult part! |
92
| DyGDisney
Thu 5/8/2008 8:56a | Dang, I double posted.
Sorry. |
93
| fkurucz
Thu 5/8/2008 9:41a | The Camry hybrid sounds good. Roomy enough to be a family car and probably big enough so that you will feel safe in it. |
94
| DyGDisney
Thu 5/8/2008 9:44a | Yes, it has better safety ratings, and gets better gas mileage than the Vue. And I would take it on family trips because it is a bigger car with good safety rating. In fact, it should only cost us $100.00 in gas to go to DL, versus the $200 in our truck!! |
95
| avromark
Thu 5/8/2008 11:28a | However take into account the cost of replacing the batteries etc, of course disposing of those batteries is also good for the environment. Of course you at least don't leave in the salt belt so you don't have to worry about the effects of a RoadTrip winter.
Now if manufacturers/government didn't subsidize the cost of a hybrid's development and construction costs. Just think about how cheap that hybrid is.
Repairing a hybrid out of warranty will be fun I bet :)
Now if they'd just push clean diesels and lower the cost of diesel again. It's not like the refinement process of petrol. |
96
| avromark
Thu 5/8/2008 11:29a | Even with high gas prices when I purchased my Crossover I considered the hybrid version (I think it uses the same engine as the Camry) I decided to go the conventional route. |
97
| DyGDisney
Thu 5/8/2008 11:39a | If you buy a new Chrysler vehicle, you can get gas for $2.99 for 3 years.
Here's a link
http://autos.yahoo.com/article...tY2FyZA-- |
98
| DyGDisney
Thu 5/8/2008 11:40a | The Camry comes with a 60,000 mile warranty included in the cost. How much are the batteries and how often do you have to change them? I never thought about that. |
99
| DyGDisney
Thu 5/8/2008 11:43a | Here's a fun blast from the gas price past:
http://www.heritage.org/Resear...1386.cfm
Notice how the increase in gas prices was hitting American families hard! |
100
| davewasbaloo
Thu 5/8/2008 11:54a | Well, I remember hearing the early hybrid batteries were about $8000 and needed replacing every few years (think how many cell phones you have probably gone through because of battery issues). |
