Posted by Knobdoodle on July 18, 2009, 12:08 pm
> Knobdoodle wrote:
>> Yeah but my missus regularly gets 40mpg in a $5,000 AUD Kia Rio.
>> That's not bullshit "highway cycle" imaginary figures; that's real-life
>> stop-start air-con on driving.
>> Spend an extra $5,000 to get a (very maybe) 8mpg more?!!?
>> You'd have to be beyond idiotic.
> you are talking Imperial gallons I take it
> the 48MPG from a US test would most likely be US gallons
> so work out the MPG again using the 3.8L(or close to it) per gallon and
> see what you get
Valid point. Even still; at 48mpg vs 33mpg and fuel at approx $.10L you'd
get 200,000 miles with the $5,000 price difference.
So after 200,000 miles you'd break even (assuming there were no other
costs).
Sounds great!
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Knob
Posted by Noddy on July 18, 2009, 12:16 pm
> Valid point. Even still; at 48mpg vs 33mpg and fuel at approx $.10L
> you'd get 200,000 miles with the $5,000 price difference.
> So after 200,000 miles you'd break even (assuming there were no other
> costs).
> Sounds great!
*And* you're still stuck with one of the world's ugliest cars :)
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Regards,
Noddy.
Posted by Knobdoodle on July 18, 2009, 1:42 pm
>> Valid point. Even still; at 48mpg vs 33mpg and fuel at approx $.10L
>> you'd get 200,000 miles with the $5,000 price difference.
>> So after 200,000 miles you'd break even (assuming there were no other
>> costs).
>> Sounds great!
> *And* you're still stuck with one of the world's ugliest cars :)
[chortle]
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Knob
Posted by Sylvia Else on July 18, 2009, 12:40 pm
Knobdoodle wrote:
>> Knobdoodle wrote:
>>
>>> Yeah but my missus regularly gets 40mpg in a $5,000 AUD Kia Rio.
>>> That's not bullshit "highway cycle" imaginary figures; that's real-life
>>> stop-start air-con on driving.
>>> Spend an extra $5,000 to get a (very maybe) 8mpg more?!!?
>>> You'd have to be beyond idiotic.
>> you are talking Imperial gallons I take it
>> the 48MPG from a US test would most likely be US gallons
>> so work out the MPG again using the 3.8L(or close to it) per gallon and
>> see what you get
>>
> Valid point. Even still; at 48mpg vs 33mpg and fuel at approx $.10L you'd
> get 200,000 miles with the $5,000 price difference.
> So after 200,000 miles you'd break even (assuming there were no other
> costs).
> Sounds great!
Well, it isn't quite that simple. It depends how quickly you get through
your 200,000 miles.
The longer it takes, the more interest you could have earned on the
$5,000 if you hadn't bought a hybrid, and the more extra petrol you
could have bought with the interest.
Beyond a certain point, which I can't be bothered to work out, there is
no break even point, and the non-hybrid wins forever.
Sylvia.
Posted by Knobdoodle on July 18, 2009, 1:50 pm
> Knobdoodle wrote:
>>> Knobdoodle wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yeah but my missus regularly gets 40mpg in a $5,000 AUD Kia Rio.
>>>> That's not bullshit "highway cycle" imaginary figures; that's real-life
>>>> stop-start air-con on driving.
>>>> Spend an extra $5,000 to get a (very maybe) 8mpg more?!!?
>>>> You'd have to be beyond idiotic.
>>> you are talking Imperial gallons I take it
>>> the 48MPG from a US test would most likely be US gallons
>>> so work out the MPG again using the 3.8L(or close to it) per gallon and
>>> see what you get
>>>
>> Valid point. Even still; at 48mpg vs 33mpg and fuel at approx $.10L
>> you'd get 200,000 miles with the $5,000 price difference.
>> So after 200,000 miles you'd break even (assuming there were no other
>> costs).
>> Sounds great!
> Well, it isn't quite that simple. It depends how quickly you get through
> your 200,000 miles.
> The longer it takes, the more interest you could have earned on the
> $5,000 if you hadn't bought a hybrid, and the more extra petrol you could
> have bought with the interest.
> Beyond a certain point, which I can't be bothered to work out, there is no
> break even point, and the non-hybrid wins forever.
Yes; another very good point.
So there's no money-saving, no prestige, no quantifiable "green"
credentials, they're slow, heavy and they look silly and owning one
identifies you as a simpleton who's bad at maths.....
Apart from that they're OK, right?
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Knob
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>> Yeah but my missus regularly gets 40mpg in a $5,000 AUD Kia Rio.
>> That's not bullshit "highway cycle" imaginary figures; that's real-life
>> stop-start air-con on driving.
>> Spend an extra $5,000 to get a (very maybe) 8mpg more?!!?
>> You'd have to be beyond idiotic.
> you are talking Imperial gallons I take it
> the 48MPG from a US test would most likely be US gallons
> so work out the MPG again using the 3.8L(or close to it) per gallon and
> see what you get