Subject: RE: fuel
Author: Paul P. Linn
Date: Aug 14, 2005, 10:44 AM
Post ID: 1719295411
The only thing that bugs me about these hybrid vehicles is the cost involved
in replacing the batteries after a few years. I work with deep cycle
batteries on a daily basis and they will only last 5 years after being
discharged and charged so many times. Maybe they have reduced the cost in
the last few years, but I was looking at a Honda hybrid a few years back
just for interest sake and it was over $3K for a new set of batteries for
it!
Loop content:
Elvira is in the home stretch of completion. Just waiting on my wheel to
come back from being trued again ( last time the guy did a crappy job and
then I found some cracks between the spoke holes) and I have the fenders and
side covers to finish. She has made many many transformations in the last 4
years but I think she is in her final configuration now. She will be my hack
hauling custom.
Paul
-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Telford [mailto:jr-@avalon.net]
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 12:56 PM
To: Loopfram-@topica.com
Subject: RE: fuel
| You can by them books and send them to school, but they just tear out the pages and use them in the little house out back. |
Ok, that's funny.
I agree with Todd and others- so when I drive, it's a hybrid. My truck
just sits mostly, but it's nice to have available. We were getting
toward needing a new car and it just worked out well. 44 mpg
occasionally, 36 is about the worst. It's better gas mileage than my
Guzzi V11 sport.