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Re: speaking of saving gas

By: lkorrow in CONSTITUTION | Recommend this post (0)
Thu, 07 Jul 11 8:13 PM | 50 view(s)
Boardmark this board | Constitutional Corner 		Msg. 13719 of 21975
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Micro, the battery does cost a fortune. Last I heard TM was offering a free replacement deal, but I don't know if that is a permanent deal. I think the batery life is 100K miles, but that would need checking.

I think the goal is to make hybrids plug-ins so you can drive say 40 miles on battery, then switch to gas/hybrid until you use the grid to charge up overnight, while usage is typically low. The grid is supposed to be a lot cheaper than gas. I think the fallacy is people would come home and plug in the car, not make a special trip at night to plug it in. So, if it were widespread, it would overload power plants during peak. Maybe 'they' will put a timer into the wall socket so you can olug it in, but it doesn't charge until nighttime. Where there's a will, there's a way! But for people that want to keep their cars beyond 100K miles, those batteries are way too expensive, I agree.

Didn't realize hybrid was high maintenance...




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speaking of saving gas
By: micro in CONSTITUTION
Thu, 07 Jul 11 4:29 PM 		Msg. 13714 of 21975

Did you all know that a Hyundai Elantra, a compact car a tad smaller than his bigger brother the Sonata, is RATED at 40 MPG and it is NOT a hybrid vehicle?

I know some people who bought one and told me that the HIGHWAY mileage they get is 44 MPG on trips with the cruse control on.

WHY would ANYONE pay extra money for a hybrid, whose mileage is not much better and you will eventually have to pay to have the battery packs replaced at a lot of expense?

Guess what I am looking at as a secondary car for mrs. micro to drive around here and for us to take a road trip with?

Of course, the bigger brother Sonata only gets 36 MPG with its direct injected engine and 6 Spped automatic tranny. This is one sweet car in style and ride. I test drove it. The Elantra is a smooth ride also.

Now, when are the rest of the car makers going to start getting their Mileage up with Hyundai's without HYBRID crapola?

Hybrid means MORE MAINTENANCE costs in case anyone was wondering. The more parts there are there is more to go wrong.And again, the replacements aren't cheap.

Just thought I would throw this out for discussion if anyone was interested.

micro...

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