View Single Post
Old 08-09-2011, 03:30 PM   #18 (permalink)
rcpmac
EcoModding Lurker
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: seattle
Posts: 17
Thanks: 0
Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post
Quote:
Originally Posted by arcosine View Post
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.
Not to mention massage therapists. A passat is a fine safe and comfortable car which in TDI form is capable of 40+ MPG Hwy. I know that isn't a huge number on these pages but we are talking no compromise efficiency and comfortable seating for 4 or 5 plus large cargo capacity. I have a 2005 Wagon purchased in 2010 for $13500. (they command a price in the Seattle area- this was about $3k below local market!).
  Reply With Quote