Kenneth Waller wrote: >>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. > >The extra cost I'm thinking about is the premium cost for the hybrid >drivetrain over a similar sized vehicle.
An interesting question, but that's really not how we, or, I suspect, most people, buy cars; we decide on out budget first and then compare vehicles that fit it. We've compared cars that cost approximately what the Pruis costs and made out choice. >In the hybrid Escape, for example, the cost over a similar non hybrid Escape >is in the range of several thousand $. Well worth the money if you're mostly >in city traffic, more of a questionable worth for mostly highway driving. Its highway mileage is more than 50% better than my current car :) Emissions are even more of an improvement. -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
