Comments on: Why do people really buy hybrid cars?

By: luminous

luminous — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 01:05:37 +0000

Fuel efficiency, but not for overall environmental impact. For now those cars are unusual, but most of the manufacturers only see the gas-electric hybrids as a way to secure market share as technology is perfected for fuel cells. Many hybrid owners likely enjoy buying the latest technology. Also, those cars have been heavily subsidided by the manufacturer, with several thousand dollars lost on each unit sold, which is written off as a means of advertising, research and development. Even so, the hybrids tend to be expensive relative to their performance.

By: subatomic

subatomic — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:15:33 +0000

People drive hybrids to BE SEEN driving a hybrid. It’s fashionable to do your bit to save the environment, and the bigger the “hybrid” logo on the back of your Prius, the better. They can do just as well saving fuel by buying a smaller car, or better yet, by simply driving less.

Case in point: Prince Charles owns his own private plane and helicopter, not to mention Aston Martins, Range Rovers, Bentleys, and similar gas guzzling British leviathans, also owns a Prius. Why? Just….Why?

By: DatR

DatR — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:25:05 +0000

People by hybrids to:

Save on Gas
In their mind think, they are saving the environment

By: ProZack

ProZack — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:24:18 +0000

well people wanna get them to do their part in conservation, but I doubt it saves any money. For one as much as they spend for the car, its prolly cheaper to buy gas- and by the time their investment starts to show a savings they will prolly fall apart and need repairs- I would bet repairs on them is double the cost of regular cars

By: motherinprincess

motherinprincess — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:39:31 +0000

I don’t have a hybrid, but I have seriously considered one in the past. Gasoline prices are an issue with me. I also like how they not as pollectible and thus are also better for those with allergies. I would like to see a true hybrid that has the nice bells and whistles in a wagon style car or a small SUV.

One thing that I am still debating is whether it is better to save money on gasoline by driving a hybrid with paying for the hybrid option up front (hybrids usually cost a bit more than a similar car) or to get a nicer better car but pay more for gasoline each week. It is a toss up, imo.

motherinprincess

By: irule

irule — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:35:04 +0000

grow a beard everyone will like you then. steal a cat and eata hamburger while laughing people like that. take the cat to a witch and have it eat the witch then your cat will have powers. grow a beard everyone will like you then. steal a cat and eata hamburger while laughing people like that. take the cat to a witch and have it eat the witch then your cat will have powers. grow a beard everyone will like you then. steal a cat and eata hamburger while laughing people like that. take the cat to a witch and have it eat the witch then your cat will have powers.

By: rysta23

rysta23 — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:08:13 +0000

because they like going slow

By: hummersuv@sbcglobal.net

hummersuv@sbcglobal.net — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:20:53 +0000

they are gay

By: crythsania

crythsania — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:38:50 +0000

In the past few years there was a great tax cut for people who went hybrid…this is the last year for the tax break which the nerfed anyway.

By: pat from ohio

pat from ohio — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:21:25 +0000

I believe there are also some tax credits for buying hybrids