Hobbit
Senior Member
nukeman said:The break even point on most hybrid cars is 10 years than you will start to see a savings, untill that time your throwing your money away......Most Americans hold onto a car for 3-5 years.....
When you factor in the cost of batteries, charging, and the not quite as good of mpg that want you to believe your not saving money at all and your really not helping the environment especially since you have to charge the batteries and that takes electricity made mostley with fossil fuels....
Yeah, I've probably got the most eco-friendly car you can get, and it doesn't suffer from the lack of horsepower a hybrid has. I have a small, Saturn sedan, 1999 SL. It's got 4 cylinders, the body's made of plastic, and it's got a K&N high performance air filter in it. It gets better than 40 mpg, average, and the only battery has a 5 year warrantee on it. It's also a standard transmission and can beat most automatic sports cars off the line for a few blocks.