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Hybrid/Electric Vehicles: Should I Buy?
nissin writes "I'm ready to buy my first vehicle, and would like to hear your experiences with either hybrid or electric vehicles. Are they a good alternative to conventional vehicles, or just a geek toy? Do they perform well in the city? How about on long road trips? I am also interested in hearing about other alternative, yet practical, forms of transportation that I may have missed."
what, that's like $5,000 or so in real money, right? sounds like a steal!
Pet Peeve #1 People who think because there gas prices are too high, they think every bodies should be that high.
Ignoring the fact that other countries might be able to get drill there own oil, and get a better deal because there population is higher, and thus can by in larger 'bulk'.
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VW's are not gay. An old woman's car they may be, but not a gay man's car. Consider the Mitsubishi Eclipse--it is by far the gayest car, in terms of being desired and driven by homosexual men.
In my area, it's young girls (late teens, early 20's) and gay men. Period. A few old women drive the beetles, but primarily, girls and gay men. In my area, I don't see a lot of gay men driving Eclipses.
I hate to burst your bubble, but Civics are very reliable. Do a quick search for Civic reliability and you'll see they're rated *VERY* well.
I give a shit how they're "rated", really I do. But I spent a lot of time in my mechanic days fixing Civics. They were among the more common cars to show up, and keep showing up (i.e. same owner with multiple repair jobs). I'll grant you that they're built better than any given Ford, but they're also ABUSED big time. Point of fact: the cars are reliable, but the drivers aren't. They suck in the used market for this fact.
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for all that stuff too: reducing the population by about 5.8 billion people.
Everyone is making a big deal about the fact that a hybrid's economic benefit is marginal if non-existent. But I ask you, wouldn't you prefer to give more of your money to a car manufacturer that is interested in developing more environmentally friendly vehicles, and who supports a democratic country, or would you rather give it to a bunch of oil barons that will use the money to promote terrorism?