"Bert Robbins" wrote in message
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Just playing YOUR game, Bert. Remember? I tell you used car lots are
loaded with 1-2 year old SUVs, not because they came from ended leases,
but because many people woke up and figured out they were the wrong car.
You respond by explaining the purchase terms of your vehicle. It's called
a "feint".

You are making an assumption about why these people traded in 1-2 year old
SUV's. When you have interviewed a statistically appropriate number and
generated some statistics let me know.

I was explaining to you that the decision to purchase a Hybrid is not
based upon economics but, it is based upon emotion. Also, the fact that
you said "Beats me. I don't care. I'd never buy that type of vehicle,
regardless of how it was powered" was a poor attempt to deflect the
factthat you were beaten on your own terms.

I didn't say I wouldn't buy a hybrid. I said I wouldn't buy a hybrid SUV.



Let's do it again.

Honda Civic Sedan DX $14,760 (Base model)

Honda Civic Sedan Hybrid $22,150 (Base model)

Well what do you know? There is a $7,390 difference in price which is
about the same difference between the Ford Escape and the Ford Escape
Hybrid. The difference in price between the Civic and Civic Hybrid in
gallons of gasoline, under the same terms above, is 2,956. Let's assume
that the Civic gets 32 miles per gallon. I will be able to drive my
non-Hybrid Civic 94,500 miles before reaching the acquisition cost of the
Civic Hybrid. And, the batteries will still have to be replaced at about
100,000 miles incurring a cost of $5,000 (batteries are batteries) and you
have made the Civic Hybrid a bad choice as a used care and a new car.

Perhaps people buy the hybrid version because they want to use less
gasoline, not because they care so much about total cost of ownership. Is
that possible?