12-28-2011, 12:20 PM
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I sold two hybrids, without ever buying one
All my ecomodding and high MPG talk with two auto-phile friends sold two hybrids over Christmas: one Prius and one CT 200h Lexus. These guys each traded cars with half to one quarter the FE. Can I count their gains in my column? 
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12-28-2011, 03:48 PM
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but good job. Those friends should take you out for a steak dinner with the first few tanks worth of savings. lol
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12-28-2011, 03:56 PM
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I have the opposite problem: I know someone who's practically rabid to get a hybrid but I talk him out of it because for his usage, he already has the best solution: a Metro.
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12-28-2011, 05:24 PM
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Quote:
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I have the opposite problem: I know someone who's practically rabid to get a hybrid but I talk him out of it because for his usage, he already has the best solution: a Metro.
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12-28-2011, 06:50 PM
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I need another car like I need a hole in the head. Although I like that Metro...
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12-29-2011, 03:10 AM
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Talk him into hybridizing the Metro 
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Well that's the whole thing: with mostly highway cruising and comparatively little city driving, along with not all that many annual miles accrued, I don't think the hybrid complexity and expense pans out.
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12-29-2011, 02:53 PM
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OK, that makes sense.
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[Old] Piwoslaw's Peugeot 307sw modding thread
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how fast can u go at the highways? up to 90mph and more, my prius does verry well. 50mpg is not unrealistic. at full speed (105mph) the FE drops to 23,5mph, but every lift of the throttle raises it imidiadly.
this pic shoes speed vs. tempreratur vs. FE and these numbers are quite good matching the real world.
i donīt know the metro, but if you after FE, a hybrid ist a good choice. however, a new car never saves money. |
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01-06-2012, 02:01 PM
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how fast can u go at the highways? up to 90mph and more, my prius does verry well. 50mpg is not unrealistic. at full speed (105mph) the FE drops to 23,5mph, but every lift of the throttle raises it imidiadly.
this pic shoes speed vs. tempreratur vs. FE and these numbers are quite good matching the real world.
i donīt know the metro, but if you after FE, a hybrid ist a good choice. however, a new car never saves money. |
If I read this graph correctly, you are saying your Prius gets about 4.0L/100km on a really warm summer day at roughly 60mph, yes? That seems high... about 57mpg at 60mph.
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