Toyota Fueled by Bullsh*t

Hannibal wrote:

Halmfamily wrote:
The issue is with fuel prices so low, comparatively speaking, new technology will not be embraced until it is as affordable as gas powered vehicles. I'd love to own a hybrid or diesel daily driver but the break even point is 7-10 years, even longer on some. For now I'll just keep driving my gas eating, pollutant spewing, green house gas causing Honda Odyssey until the wheels fall off, it sure is comfortable though.

Something wrong with your Honda that it does all that? I've been down the diesel path. I enjoyed every mile. When my wife commented that I was burning $7-800 a month in gas for the F250, I jokingly said I was going to buy a Prius for a work route truck. I went from 12-14mpg to 52~mpg at 50-100 miles a day. Has nothing to do with saving the planet. It's a novelty no different than my diesels were. I work on variable frequency regenerative drives for a living so I find the Prius intriguing as well. If the BS burner takes off, it too will be a novelty. I don't forsee it being mainstream in my lifetime.

With that big a mpg spread your payback would certainly be sooner. Around 5 years. Plus the Prius is easier to park. The ones I have drove as rentals were pretty decent cars I thought.