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> dirs_at_1-script_dot_...@foo.com (DA) wrote:
> > > But the fact remains, the price premium for a hybrid doesn't pay off for
> > > a very, very long time--enough time that most people don't have the car
> > > anymore.
> > Use it for business, then take standard mileage deduction at tax time.
> That's what I do.
> A colleague of mine went the route of buying a diesel VW. Same idea.
> Actually, we get reimbursed partially, so that's even better. The
> remainder, we deduct from our taxes.
I'm getting $.50/mile for every business mile which means two trips to
the work site and I've paid for my gas for the week.
Bob Wilson
> I'm reminded of all the hybrid skeptics that over the years predicted
> the death of the Prius:
> o CNW Marketing and their "Hummer"
> o Sunday Mail reporting all nickel is used just for hybrid batteries
> and destroyed Canada
> o EU claims that hybrids are not profitable and just a marketing trick
> o Diesel advocates, "Green Human" bogus race that at best was a tie
> o Consumer Reports, Forbes, e.t.c, "Hybrids don't pay"
> Well I noticed we're not seeing so many hybrid skeptics any longer.
> They must have all bought Androids and are not predicting the death of
> the Apple iPad.
> Bob Wilson
The number of Prius on the road are increasing in the DC area...
Last year, about this very same time, I replace my 1990 Honda Accord
LX
(20 mpg annual average fuel usage, +175K miles ) with a 2011 Toyota
Prius III (58 mpg annual average fuel usage). I have drive 11,000
mile
over the course of one year with the average price being about 3.00/
gallon.
If I had kept on using the Accord I would have used 550 gallons of
gas
at an approximate cost of $650.00. Instead, with the Prius I used
189.7
gallons of gas at cost of $69. I saved about $000 in fuel cost for
2010.
However, the Prius insurance cost is more at about $200/year vs the
Accord insurance cost was about $00/year. So the overall operation
saving is only about $00/year in my particular situation if you
exclude
the annual estimated repair cost to keep the Accord operational each
year (estimated in my budget as $000/year) . My research also
indicated
that the auto insurance for the 2011 Honda Insight was cheaper than
the Prius by $00 per year.
As the temperature is warming up the Prius MPG is climbing back up.
With gasoline prices rising agains, this is a welcome relief. (9_9)
disclaimer
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While a significant number of 2010 Toyota Prius owners on
PriusChat have also reported an overall 58 mpg, some more
experienced hypermilers have said the upper limit is more like
an overall +60mpg (with the FE breakdown something like 55 mpg
during the winter, 75mpg during the summer). Hypermiling is not
possible
all the time in certain driving environments so an overall 58 mpg
represents
more of a compromise when to apply hypermiling concepts/techniques.
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> > > But the fact remains, the price premium for a hybrid doesn't pay off for
> > > a very, very long time--enough time that most people don't have the car
> > > anymore.
> > Use it for business, then take standard mileage deduction at tax time.
> That's what I do.
> A colleague of mine went the route of buying a diesel VW. Same idea.
> Actually, we get reimbursed partially, so that's even better. The
> remainder, we deduct from our taxes.