If you do any sort of long distance highway driving, the hybrids aren't much more efficient than standard gasoline engines, they get their best mileage sitting in traffic. Then there's the fact that over the life of the vehicle, the difference in cost between the hybrid and the non hybrid won't be made up for in gas savings. And hey, have you seen Toyota's recent recall? Fucking things have firmware bugs. Let's hope you never run across one while driving down the road at speed. Gotta love that. Ah, and if it ever gets in an accident and catches on fire, the batteries burn holes through the pavement. Pouring water on them just makes them burn pretty.
For all that 8mpg SUVs really annoy me (mostly because the people who drive them tend to be sef centered assholes), hybrids have their own set of problems that I don't see justifying even looking at one.
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Date: 2005-11-10 08:55 pm (UTC)For all that 8mpg SUVs really annoy me (mostly because the people who drive them tend to be sef centered assholes), hybrids have their own set of problems that I don't see justifying even looking at one.