Not convinced enuf to buy

Current Events » in reply to Hybrid autos: is the increased MPG pseudoscience?

Donald — 4/9/2005 3:51:44 PM (archived)

I remain skeptical about the value of hybrid automotive technology. They sell at a premium and the mileage figures do not appear to be all that spectacular. We have several in our vehicle fleet. It will be interesting to see how they hold up and if they are cheaper to buy and operate than similar performing conventional vehicles.

What I am really interested in seeing developed is hydrogen fuel cell technology.

For the record, I just traded in my 1994 Subaru SVX for 2005 Honda Civic SI. The SI is a great little pocket rocket that's fun to drive, yet easy on the wallet. Its supposed to get 32 mpg on the highway. We'll see about that.

The whole thread (15 posts)

Hybrid autos: is the increased MPG pseudoscience? - phil - 4/9/2005 1:22:44 AM
- A good small engine and a manual transmission - David F Mayer - 4/11/2005 2:55:33 PM
- re: Emmissions is a very bad way of measuring MPG. - Scott Evil - 4/11/2005 1:46:14 PM
- re: Hybrid autos: is the increased MPG pseudoscience? - Doug Ellison - 4/10/2005 3:39:04 PM
- The EPA test is not accurate. The EPA will do anything except - David F Mayer - 4/10/2005 6:41:20 AM
- Sad State Of US Math? - Mark Eby - 4/9/2005 6:38:50 PM
- Not convinced enuf to buy - Donald - 4/9/2005 3:51:44 PM
- Get a Saturn SL-1 or the closest equivalent - Gary - 4/9/2005 3:32:42 AM
  - Or a Geo Metro. - RobVG - 4/9/2005 5:19:21 AM
    - Wow! What sort of engine do they have? (n/t) - Gary - 4/9/2005 6:29:29 PM
      - Gerbils. - Scott Evil - 4/11/2005 1:59:09 PM
      - I just looked it up. - Gary - 4/9/2005 6:51:25 PM
        
        I miss setting the point gap and checking the dwell. - RobVG - 4/10/2005 6:14:10 AM
        
        head-warp - Gary - 4/11/2005 1:44:29 AM
- Other factors - Tom Brosz - 4/9/2005 2:11:47 AM

Recent posts

On this day in Current Events

The whole thread (15 posts)