"John Stumbles" wrote in message
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On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 01:13:30 -0700, The Real Doctor wrote:

'Swhat you'd expect. The only real advantage a hybrid has is
regenerative braking in towns. At speed it's just like any other car.

That and that in traffic jams the engine doesn't need to run at all. Has
anyone done comparative tests for 10-mile tailbacks? :-)

If all cars were the Prius in the centre of cities, the noise would be
vastly reduced and the pollution cleaned up dramatically. When you get out
of a Prius into another car they look so dated inside.

The Honda hybrids are also very cheap to run too.