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Old 08-10-2012, 05:01 PM   #20 (permalink)
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I love the car already. I wish people were smart enough to realize that NiCd batteries, changed every 100,000 miles, ARE NOT good for the environment. Sorry to the Prius and Insight owners, but your cars are no better than a diesel hummer. Now, if you were to do a biodiesel TDI-swap...
Well, its a good thing that #1, hybrids don't use NiCd batteries, and #2 that you don't need to replace them every 100k miles. Really, don't bring that BS Hummer is more environmentally friendly than a Prius stuff around here, its been debunked to the moon and back.
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