Anyone Own A Hybrid Car?

[BruiseLee]

I presently own a 1972 Ford Mustang. With it's huge V-8, 4-barrel carb, and 3 speed automatic transmission I can only manage 10 mpg in the city, and 14 mpg on the highway. If I really put my foot on the pedal, I can honestly get less than 2 mpg, and we are talking about premium gas only! Needless to say with gas prices the way they are now, I'm spending a good $100 dollars a week on gas now, which is intolerable.

I've been seriously considering buying a hybrid car. I know Honda makes two, and Toyota makes one. With these babies getting over 60 mpg, wow, what a difference that would make in my gas bill! I spoke with one woman at work who owns one, and she said she got a $5,000 rebate from the government for buying one, which should bring the price down to about $15,000.

Do any of you guys own a hybrid car? Any thoughts on reliability? Performance (I do over 80 mph regularly zipping around the freeways at night)? I tend to keep equipment forever, so cost of parts and ease of maintenance are important to me.

Are they really a viable transportation option, or am I better off just getting a Japanese or German 4 banger?

Bruise

 

[Sorridsky]

i own a petrol VW passat which I had converted to LPG.
its great, paid for itself over and over.
no noticeable performance differences.
however, the only annoying thing is having to pre-plan routes before hand as not all garages sell LPG.

I Also have diesel cars, which you can run on used vegetable oil, with an increase in performance on regular diesel. althought slightly shorter engine life.

 

[Saaby]

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