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    Posted: 19 May 2006 at 12:19pm
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[br]Do we count hybrid SUVs twice, or once? Their drivers cause a lot of smug too, you know.

MDC, You can count those in your neighborhood anyway you want. It's doubtful you'll need more than your fingers on one hand.
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Do we count hybrid SUVs twice, or once? Their drivers cause a lot of smug too, you know.
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Looking in the Washington Post, the % hybrids is 1.5% of all vehicles; yet 35% are SUVs. Look in your neighborhood and see which one you can find - hybrid or SUV.
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Uh sludge....most gullible and easily marketed too segment in the nation? Folks who buy into the latest trendy item all in the name of being cool? Most of them live next door to the Joneses?

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[:0] WTOP radio reported today that Prince William County has FOUR TIMES the national average of hybrid vehicles per household. [:0]

Must be lots of fule economy and ecology-minded car owners there -- or could it be the HOV-bennie? [;)]
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NoSUV, I also thought I read somewhere that the Accord Hybrid has a horsepower increase over the EX which may be reflected in better 0-60 and 1/4 mile performance as well. If you are heavy on the pedal, that should be another factor to consider.

Also, regarding the tax credit, I don't believe there is a guaranteed, fixed tax credit. Honda has a fixed pool of money and after that pool is gone, there is a declining scale I believe. So the early buyers get the full tax credit but late comers may not.



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[br]Wagonman, perhaps we need to get the assumptions eliminated and move toward facts. Let's compare something from the manufacturer's website and do a real side by side. Why not go with Honda Accord since they make both a hybrid and conventional version?

'06 Accord Hybrid (AH) lists at $30,990 with EPA of 25/34.
'06 Accord EX (EX) lists at $27,300 with EPA of 20/29.

Difference in cost is $3690; put in the $2400 tax credit and the difference is $1290. EPA difference is 5mpg.

Using 20K miles per year (justified previously in this thread), and an average of 30 mph AH; 25 mph EX, you'll spend a difference of $400/year at $3/gal.

Payback is 3-4 years.
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Wagonman, perhaps we need to get the assumptions eliminated and move toward facts. Let's compare something from the manufacturer's website and do a real side by side. Why not go with Honda Accord since they make both a hybrid and conventional version?

'06 Accord Hybrid (AH) lists at $30,990 with EPA of 25/34.
'06 Accord EX (EX) lists at $27,300 with EPA of 20/29.

Difference in cost is $3690; put in the $2400 tax credit and the difference is $1290. EPA difference is 5mpg.

Using 20K miles per year (justified previously in this thread), and an average of 30 mph AH; 25 mph EX, you'll spend a difference of $400/year at $3/gal.

Payback is 3-4 years.
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I'd lean twds that one if I was to buy a hybrid..we've been mulling the possibility of a hybrid purchase after our current car note is paid in full. I like Nissan's personally.

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[?] What model truck? [?]
Only Ford hybrid I've seen advertised is the small SUV, named the Escape.
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Does anyone know the avg cost of the Ford Hybrid truck?

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