OT: Hybrid cars

[guy keren]

since most cars are "good enough for me" - i went with the fuel saving 
and the "feel good" solution. i wouldn't have done that if i didn't get 
it for a very cheap price :0

"a car that fits your needs" - any car that has 4 wheels, gets from here 
to there, and doesn't break often - and has at lease the amount of space 
i need.

--guy

On 09/16/2013 07:50 PM, Moish wrote:
> Don't  forget to put into the equation the environmental saving and tree
> hugging fill-good.
>
> What I'm getting to is that the new type of cars should be priced on a
> national level
> (reducing buyer's tax) which is a political issue.
> Simple beans counting will not favor them at all.
>
> According to Nadav, his yaris puts 5.2L/100km.
> We have a 2009 Ford Mondeo which we drive as it goes (i.e. pedal to the
> metal) and the trunk
> is always full with junk and it gives about 11L/100km, mainly in the city.
> Comparing 11/100 to 5/100, the big saving is 780nis per month
> (7.8nis/1L) based on
> 20,000km yearly.
> What I'm getting to, is that fuel consumption shouldn't be your first
> consideration.
> First consideration is find a car which fits your needs.
>
> Moish
>
>
> On 16/09/2013 15:42, Nadav Har'El wrote:
>> On Mon, Sep 16, 2013, guy keren wrote about "Re: OT: Hybrid cars":
>>> regarding the hybrid toyota yaris - i've no idea, as i don't know
>>> anyone that owns this car.
>> I had both a Toyota Prius and hybrid Yaris, and can share these numbers:
>>
>> I had a Chevrolet Cruze (a typical family-sized car) and was doing on
>> my usual route (partly city, partly highway, partly climbing mountains,
>> averaged over a few thousand kilometers) was 10.2L / 100km. When I switched
>> to a Toyota Prius, on exactly the same route, my average went down to
>> 5.6L / 100km. You can calculate yourself home much money this case save -
>> likely not enough to justify the Prius's being 40,000 shekel more
>> expensive then the Chevy.
>>
>> Then I switched routes (the new route includes more highway time),
>> and got a new car, the tiny Nissan Micra Eco, which is known for its
>> low fuel consumption for a non-hybrid car. This did on average (on the
>> new route) 6.2L / 100km. Lastly, I switched to a hybrid Toyota Yaris,
>> and got 5.2L / 100km.
>>
>> Conclusion? The hybrid Yaris is the most fuel-efficent car I ever owned.
>> But the moeny saving - about 1L per 100km (or about 80 shekels per
>> 1000km) will never repay the 30,000 shekels the Yaris costs more than
>> the Micra. Of course, the Yaris is better than the Micra in almost
>> every other thing (most importantly, in crash-test scores).
>>
>>
>
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> Moish
>
>
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