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Old 12-22-2005, 03:40 PM
kipin kipin is offline
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Foregt the hybrids unless she is doing a lot of highway driving. If she is doing city driving there is very little benefit to owning one.

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This is definitely backwards.

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really? i thought the hybrids use mostly gas in the city and electric when up to speed on the highway? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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Wrong. The battery does not have enough power to move the car above 30 MPH and it is charged by the brakes, so stop and go driving is what makes the hybrid shine.
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