----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Roberts" Subject: Re: OT: Toyota hybrid-electric drive system
> Kenneth Waller wrote: > >>Mark, as you're probably aware, the mileage you can expect with a >>hybrid is >>very dependent upon your driving cycle, (city/highway) among other >>things. >>If your 65 mile commute is mostly highway you will not see the kick in >>mileage that the hybrids are noted for. The extra cost of a hybrid >>would go >>a long way to pay for your yearly fuel bill. > > Well, it certainly gets better highway mileage (~50 hwy) than what I'm > driving now (~33). And I'm really concerned with reducing my > consumption of petroleum as much as the cost of it. We're probably > going to spend about $24,000 no matter *what* kind of car we get, so > there really is no extra cost for us. > > By Tuesday my current 50 mpg vehicle should be on the road, too :) We've made two round trips to Calgary in my wife's Nissan X-Trail. it seems to get something close to 40mp(imperial)g travelling at 110kph. Quite amazing actually. My truck more than makes up for it. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
