Re: [Phys-l] gasoline

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

Right;  just as I wrote before reading your post.

I read and forgot already the batt. guarantee;  100k miles?   BTW we've 
already put on >18k in one year.  Included a trip to Seattle from 
Salinas.   ~Four! fill ups. total

Rick Tarara wrote:

> Watch for what happens to mileage concerns as gasoline moves back under 
> $2.50/gallon!
>
> Also, as tax incentives start to dry up for hybrids, will the demand remain 
> high--keeping prices high and making pay-back times (versus equivalently 
> outfitted gasoline vehicles) so long that they exceed the expected battery 
> pack life (the replacement of which will push the pay-back time to infinity 
> and beyond)?  Or...will the cost of the hybrids drop to be more reasonably 
> in line with non-hybrids?
>
> I bought last year and couldn't justify a Civic Hybrid over a Civic LX  on a 
> cost basis (nearly a $4000 difference)...besides needing a vehicle 
> immediately such that I couldn't wait weeks or months for delivery.
>
> Rick
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kilmer, Skip" <kilmers@greenhill.org>
> Subject: Re: [Phys-l] gasoline
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> > The best mileage I ever got was in stop and go driving on a freeway last 
> > spring. I think driving style has a lot to do with it. The greatest 
> > energy-saving feature of the Prius might be the real time mileage read 
> > out. I rarely go over 65, even in west Texas. I find myself in less of a 
> > hurry than I used to be.
> > skip
> >
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