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Originally Posted by oldtamiyaphile
If the average represents the average driver and all my cars come out in the top four, I'd expect my hypothetical Civic diesel to also score in the top few places and thereby beat the hybrid.
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Very well, so a hybrid does not make sense - in your case, for your driving style.
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Originally Posted by oldtamiyaphile
Pretty much. I'm hardly crazy about diesel either  |
Or maybe it does make sense then ?
I heard a Peugeot diesel go by the other day.
It purred like a cat. It sounded happy. It was noisy, but a good noise.
I would buy that for the sound alone, but I fear I would regret it.
My '86 Golf (Rabbit) never sounded nice, nor did it drive nicely.
I test drove a Seat Ibiza ST 3 -cyl 1.2 TDI ecodiesel, expecting to buy it, but decided I could not live with it.
After the test drive my own Almera that I was trying to ged rid off suddenly felt nice, I was glad to be back in it.
After test driving the Jazz Hybrid, and later the Insight, the Almera felt like a big step back.
One good way to judge a car is what your own car feels like after the test drive
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