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arcosine · 01-03-2011, 10:24 AM

If you do mostly highway driving the TDI is better, city driving the hybrid has better mpg.

A hybrid is not as economical as it first appears, after 380,000 miles you would have gone through several sets of batteries at $3000 each.

01-03-2011, 10:24 AM	#10 (permalink)
arcosine Master Ecomadman Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Chicago area Posts: 1,149 sc1 - '98 saturn sc1 Team Saturn 90 day: 43.17 mpg (US) Airplane Bike - '11 home built Carp line Tour rans - '97 rans tailwind tractor - '66 International Cub cadet 129 2002 Space Odyssey - '02 Honda Odyssey EX-L 90 day: 28.25 mpg (US) red bug - '00 VW beetle TDI big tractor - '66 ford 3400 red vw - '00 VW new beetle TDI 90 day: 58.42 mpg (US) RV - '88 Winnebago LeSharo 90 day: 16.67 mpg (US) Thanks: 20 Thanked 333 Times in 225 Posts	If you do mostly highway driving the TDI is better, city driving the hybrid has better mpg. A hybrid is not as economical as it first appears, after 380,000 miles you would have gone through several sets of batteries at $3000 each.