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are buying hybrid car worth the money?
is it worth it paying alot more for a hybrid car to save some gas?
someone also told me that they need their batteries replace every few years and it cost a lot too?
anyone have a hybrid car or know anything about it ...any recommendation would help thanks...
Depends on a lot of things...
You have to ask "Why are you trying to save gas?"
If you are trying to save gas because you want to reduce our dependency on foreign oil and reduce the need for further domestic drilling...then yes. Get a hybrid, and good for you!
However...
If you are doing it just to save money by using less gas, you won't. Typically, you need to be driving your car between 3-5 years to make up the higher cost of a hybrid. Some are even more! A Civic Hybrid (Argueably the best hybrid...the Prius might get better mileage, but it's an awful car) the starts at $22,600, which is roughly $2000 more than the comparably equipped EX w/ nav. That means that you'll need to save $2000 on fuel just to break even. If you spend $40 a week on fuel, you are spending a little over $2000 on fuel. A hybrid will give you about 20% better mileage, which is $400 a year. So, to rack up $2,000 in savings, you have to drive for 5 years. If you drive a lot in downtown areas, you use the batteries more, so you save more fuel than you do if your commute is on a highway. Not much difference between the models with highway driving. A base civic sedan starts at $15,400, though. Just by not getting a few options, you save yourself $7,000 by not getting the hybrid! Especially when you know that the hybrids not only have expensive batteries that will need to be replaced eventually, there is also the complicated regenerative braking system which makes simple brake service also very expensive.
Now, If you are buying it to save the planet, you should only be buying a used hybrid. Replacing a perfectly good car with a new one (even if it's a hybrid) is worse long term, as you're comsuming more raw goods by buying a new car. If your car is super awful, though like...a 1971 Buick or something, then you'd still only want to buy a standard car because the nickel and other metals in the batteries for hybrids are not only extremely toxic, expensive, and labor/resource intensive to dispose of/recycle, but the mining of these metals are incredibly bad for the environment.
If you want to save fuel, just buy a smaller, lighter car. Even better? Drive the speed limit, and drive as if you never want to touch the brake pedal. You'll drive more carefully (you won't race up to red lights) and you'll save LOADS of fuel. The best out there right now is probably the Toyota Yaris hatchback. Compared to even the Smart, you only give up 11% fuel economy, but you get 50% more power, 50% more cargo space, you can carry 4 rather than 2 people, it costs less, and you get the entire Toyota Dealer/service network and reputation. Plus, because it's pretty small, you can park it ANYWHERE!
If you want to save the planet? Stay in your car. If your car is really horrible, buy a used car. NOT a hybrid.
Only buy a hybrid if, as I mentioned, you want to reduce our need for foreign oil, and domestic drilling.
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