Anyone else tired of this Earth Day Green crap?

[68Charger]

I'd drive a Prius to save money though.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...DGI7Q63U01.DTL

there's "controversy" over this article... and it's been debated- but they make good points...

I commute on a motorcycle (I used to have a Harley, now I have 4 kids and a Honda with 46,000 miles on it), and on bad weather days- a $500 Dodge Neon that gets 36-38mpg, and has 176,000 miles on it now..

from an economic standpoint, I'm WAAAAAAAAY ahead of even a used Prius... after spending $9,000 on a used Prius, and only getting 50mpg (they originally advertised 61 mpg, but later were found to cheat on the EPA test by draining the batteries during the test- which could not be sustained in the real world)

even after spending more on maintenance (because it's a high mileage vehicle.. let's say $2500 total- I can rebuild the engine for less than that- parts are cheap for this car... so I'm now $6,500 ahead of the Prius owner, which would buy 3250 gallons of fuel at $2/gal, enough to go 117,000 miles at 36mpg...

this is over-simplified, but you get the idea... and the Prius is going to need a battery pack & engine when they wear out, at a MUCH higher cost than my lowly little Neon...

I won't get cheers when I arrive at the Academy awards without a Prius, but I don't really care what those people think, anyway..


I've yet to see any hybrid that really saves money in the final analysis... so drive one for a political statement, but you won't save money over a used car...

a pure electric car (for a commuter) is another matter.... but they're not mass produced for use off a golf course... any the range is too short to deliver pizzas for an entire shift...

[robsterclaw]

I feel your pain. I drive up to 200 miles a day, but I cannot seem to get used to with anything but V8s. Both my winter and summer vehicles are V8 all wheel drive.

I drove a prius when it first came out. I felt I was going reverse on WOT.

Is it worthed to purchase another car for $120 in gas saving/month? That's merely $1440 a year AND considering how fast car's value depreciate, you might never caught up even with the $9000 prius. Economy sucks, sorry about loosing your work car.

It's a bit of a bummer losing the company vehicle, but the good thing about it is they will pay 50.5 cents per mile. That's why I was considering a Prius. The car payment, insurance, gas and maintenance would be covered, with about 11 cents per mile "profit". My new Mustang with all the same, would give me 3 cents per mile profit. As much as I'd love to drive the Mustang everyday, I'd hate to put all that mileage on it.

All my research and stuff may be for nothing. PepsiCo just made an offer to buy all the outstanding PBG stock. So as of now everything seems to be on hold. PepsiCo may prefer to have us drive company vehicles instead of paying mileage. I'm not looking forward to another take over of the company. Just went through all that in December.

[ChunkyMonkey]

68 charger.. you work on engines? I need you to rebuild a two stroker for this... 120 miles per gallon down hill baby!

[GunTroll]

Thats bad ass! Street legal?

[ChunkyMonkey]

haha.. street legal in the streets of Bangkok maybe.

I am trying to put scooter engine in it... maybe a mount for Saw on top.

[68Charger]

may have some difficulty finding parts on this continent...

a scooter engine may work for a retrofit... don't think I'd go for a snowmobile engine, that thing does not look like it'd be stable at speed...

there are also 2-stroke golf carts, may be another source?

just get a donkey and a harness.... you could go into the taxi business downtown..


how does one even wind up with something like that?

[jackmode9316]

Im with you 68 charger. I laugh at alot of these new "gas savers"
I drive a 92 honda civic. It cost me about 1200 bucks, and still gets awesome gas milage. (35-40+) Not to mention the repair costs are close to nothing, and easy to DIY to boot.

[ChunkyMonkey]

that thing does not look like it'd be stable at speed...

Allow me to educate you on this topic...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bUWO...eature=related

[68Charger]

I seem to recall there was a similar scene in one of the "Indiana Jones" movies.. involving a small boy with boxes tied to his shoes (so he could reach the pedals)

[Irving]

Anybody ever seen Ong Bak, Thai Warrior? If you haven't you should, because it's the best martial arts movie ever.