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Hybrid Vehicle Conversion Services?

Posted by Cliff on from the another-way-to-beat-high-gas-prices dept.

OverkillTASF asks: "My '94 I6 Jeep Grand Cherokee has once again eaten through a transmission... at 105k miles. For one reason or another, this has led me to the following question: Are there any companies/individuals out there who do hybrid vehicle conversions? I'd like to retrofit my Barbie Jeep with the necessary equipment to eek out 5 more MPG, be a little more environmentally friendly, but still allow me to get where I need to go out here in the sticks? Do such after-market conversion services exist?"

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  1. Hibrid SUV? by fdawg · · Score: 0, Troll

    *RANT* My question is "Why bother?".

    Why bother buying an SUV at all?

    Do you really need to be in the sticks? You're online and you read slashdot. That, in and of itself, proves to me that wherever you are, you have decent connectivity and probably go online often. The two (slashdot and the sticks) are mutually exclusive.

    Benefit of the doubt time: Maybe you're a contractor or environmental scientist who needs to get to very remote places often. Well since, in this country, our major roadways are PAVED, I'm going to go as far as to say you spend 80 percent of your time on relatively level and suspension friendly average run of the mill ROADS. A place were an SUV is not the only mode of transport. You could (wait for it...) buy a CAR for every day travel and use your SUV only when needed. Thats still cheaper and more environmentally friendly than your hairbrained hibred SUV. A hibred SUV will never have better gas mileage than an ULEV like a civic.

    Chances are you're just a selfish individual who needs to feel superior because mommy said you're special and aren't enjoying the anal pleasure Dubya and Haliburton are giving you every time your at to the pump.

    I say its time to suck it up. You dug your hole. Now lie in it.

    */RANT*