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Fuel prices moving up, just in time for spring boating and driving?
Don White wrote:
Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 13:42:05 -0500, "Bert Robbins"
wrote:
"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 15:11:10 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:
Ford's development of a hybrid SUV is an attempt to control
behavior? Please
explain this conclusion. They'll still be selling the "regular"
kind, for
people who actually need a truck-style power train, but sales of
those will
be reduced to levels they were at 30 years ago, when they were mostly
purchased by people who needed the 4WD and the gear ratio.
Don't get mired in that paragraph. Explain your conclusion.
I was reading in the Times this morning about hybrids and the really
curious part is that they aren't that much more "efficient" than a
regular car - maybe a mpg or two at most.
Emissions are about the same.
However the cost of operation of a hybrid is greater than the cost of
a fuel only vehicle. The thing people forget is that the batteries
only last so long and then then have to be replaced and the old
batteries need to be disposed of properly.
People make comments about my needing to buy a more fuel efficient
vehicle, I currently drive an 2001 F150 SuperCrew with a 5.4L V8 gas
sucking engine. I pay for insurance, fuel and maintenance. I have no
monthly payment which costs me about $350 per month. There is no way
the total cost of ownership of a new vehicle is going to cost less.
I have an 2000 F-250 Super Duty diesel with the 7.3 liter engine and
it's more efficient over time, cost me less in fuel, than the previous
F-350 gas pickup.
These little diesel cars are getting popular around here.
(regular self service gas = $1.07 per liter)
I see England has 4 door versions. All we need is a little SUV with a
1.5 liter diesel engine.
oopps...for got the link
http://www.thesmart.ca/index.cfm?ID=4720
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