Originally Posted By: jeepman3071
Originally Posted By: cchase
Originally Posted By: lovcom
Only a [censored] fool would buy a Volt. Any 5th grader can do a "complete cost of ownership" calculation and find exceedingly easy that a Volt is not cost-effective, and it would be far better to buy a $22,000 Prius if one wants to save money, and is concerned about keeping the total cost of ownership down.
Idiot GM markets a car that only an idiot would buy.
The same could have been said about the Prius when it was released in terms of overall cost of ownership but it didn't stop people. Come to think of it, the same could be said of the Prius now.
Hybrid cars make no sense whatsoever in my opinion. I agree with the concept of them, but in a common sense mindset they are stupid.
Take the hybrid Ford Escape for example. My friend's mom bought it new, and it was more expensive because it was a hybrid. That offsets some of the gas savings vs. the regular escape. The car now has 120k miles and the battery died. The cost to fix the battery issue is around $10,000... not something her mom is going to have done. Now she is stuck driving a "non-hybrid" Escape, which is actually heavier than a regular Escape due to the battery. So now she is driving around a "hybrid" that gets worse MPG than the regular version.
Oh yeah and you can't forget the extra resources needed to manufacture the batteries and how much the batteries will damage the environment when it sits in a junkyard.
Battery - electric cars are a gimmick for people who want to feel "green".
I love when people in Prius' tell me my Jeep is hurting the environment. My Jeep is actually more "green". Yes it burns more gas, but it is also built to last and I will keep it until it falls apart. Biodiesel is the fuel of the future.
But the Prius hybrid system has been proven to last.
She bought a ford.... < you can see where I'm going with this...