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Consumer Reports Sizes Up Hybrid Costs | Consumer Reports Sizes Up Hybrid Costs |
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| Written by Kacey Green | |
| Monday, 06 March 2006 | |
Consumer Reports, Reports : 3/3
These reporters are always talking about the premium price of hybrids. They are full of it! An Insight can be had for less than $19,000, and a base package Prius can be had for less than $24,000. What these reports often leave out is the savings on maintenance, the non-monetary savings, and the fact that gas prices aren't going down. If you only buy a hybrid for the gas savings you are buying for the wrong reasons. If you are buying a hybrid you have to take in the whole picture, hybrids help the environment, some states allow driving in the carpool lane, less foreign oil, etc. Today's hybrids lack many expensive mechanical parts found in traditional automobiles. Hybrids don't have starters or alternators, they use their brakes less and can save several brake jobs over their lifetimes. They also leave out the tax breaks that hybrid owners receive just for doing right by the environment. Trackback(0)
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