Posted on 04/09/2012 3:22:24 PM PDT by dila813
While the choice of fuel-efficient hybrid vehicles for sale in the U.S. continues to grow, more buyers than not are deciding against the technology when they go to buy another car.
Only 35% of hybrid vehicle owners chose to purchase a hybrid again when they returned to the market in 2011, according to auto information company R.L. Polk & Co.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Precisely. The battery technology can be tweaked to work off the rough edges, but there's no tweaking the laws of physics. The greenie-weenies just need to get over their peasant superstitions about nuclear power.
FNC ran another story on this today. Here’s how nuts the hybrid craze is...for comparison:
I spent $6200 on my old ‘87 T-Bird last year — new heads, headers, duals, pistons, valve springs, new(er) cam and intake. According to the trip computer, highway gas mileage jumped from 24mpg to 27mpg (which is what a 5.0L version was rated for when new). If I took all of my tools out of the trunk, I bet I could get it to 28mpg.
The car is old, so a few years ago I spent $5200 and had it repainted had all rust fixed (done correctly — two primer coats, with acid etching and sanding in between, then paint + clear coating).
So for a total of about $11,500 the car has basically been reset. What do hybrids cost again?
Pictures please!
With or without the crony hook-ups from politicians?
What a beautiful car and great job keeping it up to snuff.
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