News and information regarding Hybrid Cars and Electric Vehicles.
We've reached an era where the media can shove anything they want down our collective throats and we just bite on in like a bunch of lemmings. Any hybrid owners care to answer why they made such a miserabel mistake
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Don’t expect anything but high praise from the people who shelled out the big bucks for these enclosed golf carts.
Be patient – they’re sure to improve as the technology gets better.
To all of you suckers that shelled out big bucks for your hybrid — just wait until it starts falling apart and THEN tell us how much you love it. Any fuel savings you manage to get (after factoring in the looney tunes cost for hybrids) will be far off set by the insane repair and maintenance costs that come with EVERY hybrid vehicle. Try selling a five year old hybrid to anyone that knows that the battery pack / fuel cell is nearing or at the end of it’s life cycle (about $4,000+ to replace) — you won’t be able to GIVE it away. The dealers will tell you the hybrids are the best thing ever built until trade-in time comes around. Suddenly hybrids are the black-death of the automotive industry and trade-in value plunges through the floor. Now you’re stuck with it and the clock is running, tick-ticking away until the batteries fail. Suddenly you find yourself praying a building will fall on it or it will get stolen, only no self respecting theif would be seen in one.
Hybrids — go get yourself two……
I don’t even know where to start with the insanity of your question, so I will just dismiss it as irrelevant drivel from someone who is sadly misinformed. Someone who has no idea that hybrid taxis exist with over half a million milles on them with no deterioration in battery yet.
And for the previous poster who has not done the research, the Prius, for example, has an 8 year 100,000 mile warranty on hybrid-related components, including the HV battery, battery control module, hybrid control module and inverter with converter.
You clearly don’t own one. I love mine.
However, I’m watching Tesla Motors closely. They are predicting a $30K all-electric by 2012 that will smoke a Prius (though admittedly their current Roadster model is too $$ for most of us).
Jenny: Go look up the crash test results for a Prius; you’ll see they are rated very high. Plus, many hybrids *are* SUVs, you seem to forget.
Funny that the diesels get better mpg than a lot of the hybrids.
jeremy Clarkson also hates the Prius
my prius is a dream car. You are probably just jealous.
I wana know why theyre suh damn ugly.
First I would have to ask … what do you drive? Because I would say it is safe to assume that you don’t drive a hybrid.. The hybrid is fine for anyone looking to use it for daily transportation and to save on fuel and at the same time have an impact on the invironment that is positive. Besides, we are just starting to see what the manufacturers have available and there are a lot of even better ideas to come…
Now granted most hybrids are not monsters of speed and power, but on an average commute to work there is not much need of that speed and power… at least not if you drive safely.
Hybrids are definitely NOT mistakes! I think you just don’t have all the facts or information that you should on the subject
***hey mitcity11, you can tell the difference between a Hybrid Ford Escape and a regular one? Or maybe you can tell the difference between a Honda Accord or Civic hybrid and regular…?? I don’t think so..
And these hybrids that are on the street today have to pass the same crash tests as any other vehicle…
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because most are tiny, and are death traps when an SUV runs you over