Gas up

[retailguy]

I think I'll buy a hybrid...

As long as you don't "finance" that hybrid, it might work. Practically speaking, the money you save on fuel will be eaten up by the higher payment, and additional interest most likely leaving less disposable income in your wallet that if you had stuck with that "gas guzzler" you already own.

Also, consider, the maintenance costs on that new fangled complex hybrid after the warranty expires..... Oh, and what the dickens are we going to do with all those damn batteries when they don't work anymore?

[MJZiggy]

Ding Ding, Ding!!!

You've just hit on my biggest concern. I've heard that the are expected to last about 100,000 miles and that some of teh cells would be able to be repaired once they lose their ability to store energy, but what will we do with all those batteries??? As this car will be used and I will want to keep it for a long time, these are things that I am considering in making a decision (I also have to drive a few and see if I even like them). But gas prices do kind of sway the mind, don't they?

[retailguy]

Ding Ding, Ding!!!

You've just hit on my biggest concern. I've heard that the are expected to last about 100,000 miles and that some of teh cells would be able to be repaired once they lose their ability to store energy, but what will we do with all those batteries??? As this car will be used and I will want to keep it for a long time, these are things that I am considering in making a decision (I also have to drive a few and see if I even like them). But gas prices do kind of sway the mind, don't they?

Well, they don't really sway my mind. I'm either really stupid, or all those econ classes sunk in more than I thought.

Quite honestly, I don't really care if gas gets to $7.00 a gallon, I'm still going to use my car for what I need/want to use it for.

Practically speaking, if fuel continues to rise, something else will fall, or income will have to rise. There is no other alternative. Joe six-pack only has so much money to spend (that describes all of us btw), and someone has got to buy all this junk they are importing from every corner of the globe. Those prices will have to fall.

But, really, I do want to know what is going to happen with all the batteries. My early prediction is that "green" artists will make sculptures with them, similar to the "abstract" sculptures made today with old rusty metal....

[MJZiggy]

I wonder what they're made of, can they be broken down into component parts and recycled? I would imagine SOMEONE must have thought of this and it's not just you and I who are wondering about it...

I do think the hybrids are great for people who commute on freeways and end up in traffic jams a lot. No fumes. That's just not how I drive.

[retailguy]

I wonder what they're made of, can they be broken down into component parts and recycled? I would imagine SOMEONE must have thought of this and it's not just you and I who are wondering about it...

I do think the hybrids are great for people who commute on freeways and end up in traffic jams a lot. No fumes. That's just not how I drive.

Well, that's me. I drive 40,000 miles a year, and I wouldn't own one of the damn things. Do you know that the Honda Accord hybrid gets FIVE miles to the gallon more than the gas accord? Any idea how long it would take to see a gas savings with that beast?

I watch these ads and just laugh. Now they have a full-size hybrid pickup truck. Yep, pullin the 5th wheel with that thing to save some fuel.... LMAO.

Hybrids have their place in the world. Unfortunately, like everything else, those that NEED them the most can't afford them.

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hoes down

[GBRulz]

I don't think hybrids are the answer. The answer is the government requiring higher fuel efficient vehicles, period.

While my lease isn't up on my Pathfinder for 2 more years, I'm glad to see that some SUV makers (honda) are putting out higher fuel efficient vehicles. Although I can't totally complain about my Nissan SUV that gets about 20-21 on the hwy. It just sucks taking $60 to fill it up.

[b bulldog]

AT LEAST THE DIESEL PRICES AREN'T SKY HIGH THIS SUMMER. It would be nice if one politician actually cared about this. Bush is awol and what in the hell did the environmentalist Albert Gore do???? NOTHING!!!!

[GBRulz]

busy with his movie about Global Warming

[b bulldog]

i DRIVE A CREW CAB, DIESEL THAT GETS ME 22 ON HWY 51

[b bulldog]

Havwe you ever eaten at bent's Camp in L O'Lakes?

[GBRulz]

A couple friends stayed there and I went to visit about 5 years ago. Didn't eat there, but we had some drinks at the bar. It's pretty cool inside with their lodge look to it all, minus all the deer heads.

[Little Whiskey]

A couple friends stayed there and I went to visit about 5 years ago. Didn't eat there, but we had some drinks at the bar. It's pretty cool inside with their lodge look to it all, minus all the deer heads.

come on GBM, what wrong with "deer heads"??



I was watching smoky and the bandit, and snowman filles up his rig and the the sale was just over 80 bucks!!!

[GBRulz]

I just don't get into "decor" of dead animal carcasses !

A nice abstract art painting would look SO much nicer

[Little Whiskey]

I just don't get into "decor" of dead animal carcasses !

A nice abstract art painting would look SO much nicer

they are called trophies, not carcasses!!