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Dees (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 10:01 AM Original message |
Tell me everything you know about hybrid automobiles. |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
1. The Japanese own the patent rights ....... |
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Coastie for Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 10:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. But GM "bought" and "muscled" |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-05 11:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
37. Then Why Isn't GM Building Any Hybrids? |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
2. Want one...but no dough yet |
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trogdor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
3. OK. |
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Coastie for Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 10:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Sort of |
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SCDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
4. I love mine |
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silverlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
5. I have a friend that just purchased a hybrid Civic |
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Ernesto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
6. I'm also interested in learning anything I can on the subject |
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KlatooBNikto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 10:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. There are two types of hybrids.True hybrids are those that have sufficient |
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CabalPowered (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
7. We have a Prius. Love it...one small problem.. |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
8. Wife got 58.6 mpg... |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
10. Buying one will get you put |
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kansasblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
11. the Honda |
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SCDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 10:28 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. You could jump in and drive it |
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Ernesto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 10:29 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Sounds like they should be theft free for a while! n-t |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
15. Prius owner for going on four years now |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
17. My experience: |
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trekbiker (724 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
18. here's another option... |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 02:01 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. hate to go off topic, but if you're a form as well as function type, |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 03:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I'd hate to crash in one .... they are tiny. |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 05:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. according to crash tests...apparently they are very safe n/t |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 09:31 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. They would be destroyed by the average SUV |
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Coastie for Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 10:38 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. That is another good reason to "limit" SUV's |
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Nobody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 03:09 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. My CRX two-seater won in a SUV/CRX duel |
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American Tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
19. I always used to hear that hybrid automobiles were painfully slow |
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Coastie for Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 10:28 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. The "hybrid" model is used in |
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Ernesto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 11:53 AM Response to Reply #19 |
30. "nearly impossible to find" |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-05 12:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. when we looked last year it was a 6-month waiting period for Prius |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
20. I love my Toyota Prius |
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Dees (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
21. Thanks to everyone!! |
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Bamboo (258 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
23. What would Budda drive? |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
29. Another option is biodiesel |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
31. I've had the Honda Hybrid almost 3 years |
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SeveneightyWhoa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
32. Larry David drives one! |
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bush_is_wacko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
33. PRIUS.... That's all you need to know. It's still the best one out there! |
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Nobody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
34. I'm buying an Insight and will get it in about a month or so |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-05 11:40 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. We Have Been Curious about the Insight For A Couple of Years |
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