On Jun 28, 7:39*pm, Frank wrote:
On 6/28/2012 1:54 PM, dpb wrote:





On 6/28/2012 1:03 PM, bud-- wrote:
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Consumers Report occasionally does comparisons. They include purchase
price, fuel cost, depreciation, maintenance, and other costs. In 2008
the payback on a Prius was 1 year. Savings over a comparable over 5
years was $2000. Some other hybrids saved significant money. Some
hybrids cost significantly more over 5 years. One of these days they
should do a comparison that includes Volt and Leaf.

I've looked at the differential cost of the difference in purchase price
at given roughly current gas prices and concluded I can buy a _lot_ of
gas for quite a long time before it breaks even. *And, that doesn't
assign a penalty for driving something less than what I would otherwise
prefer.

Last time I did it, it was 5 yrs of normal driving to even come
close--that just doesn't cut it for me.

$0.01437277..., ymmv, imo, etc., etc., etc., ...

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There are a lot of individual factors.

Myself, retired, I only drive 6,000 miles per year and like to keep my
car until it wears out. *Once the battery warranty on a hybrid is over,
it will be cheaper to throw away the car than replace the batteries.

I knew a single gal that liked to drive a lot and put 50,000 miles/year
on her Prius. *She said she saved a lot of money.

I like to bring up the Fisker fiasco in Delawa

http://rncresearch.tumblr.com/post/2...clueless-biden

Didn't stop them bailing out the banks did it?