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Old 06-28-2008, 06:00 PM   #19 (permalink)
jamesqf
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Originally Posted by SVOboy View Post
I know a lot of people will try to make you think that a hybrid is the only car to drive if you want to save money.
Good example of a straw man argument there. Hands up every hybrid owner whose main goal was saving money. Anyone? Didn't think so :-)

I suppose I'm a fairly typical hybrid owner, Saving money wasn't even on my list of reasons for buying an Insight. I could well afford to buy & fuel a Hummer if I wanted. Conversely, if my purpose was saving money, I'd have bought another used CRX instead of paying about 3 times as much for a nearly-new Insight.

No, what I'm interested in saving is GAS, not money. I don't like contributing to either global warming or jihad. If that means I have to spend more money, I think it well spent.
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