25 Car With Mpg Good As Hybrids

[jack black]

Originally Posted by roxy1

saying it can come close on mostly highway driving is realistic. saying the prius, in mostly highway driving, isn't worth the cost has certainly been established.

Here we go, we came back the full circle to the initial post that claimed that hwy (only) numbers of some small cars are close to what hybrids can deliver.

There is no disagreement here. My point is that most people live and drive in cities, and no car (even small) can touch hybrid city MPG. This is well reflected in the real life fuelly numbers.

So pointing out that you or someone can somehow (probably slow driving) get 50 mpg is useless. Look, I can get 70 mph in mu Prius if I drive it slow enough, but I have enough sense not to brag about it.

As to what's "worth" the cost and what's not, most people spend $30,000 on a new car in this country. They typically get a gas guzzler. Is it "worth" it? Apparently it is for them.

For full disclosure, I paid $21,000 for my prius when new in 2010 and very happy with the car. I owned 11 different cars so far (all imports, 4 Toyotas) and Prius is the best car (but not most expensive) I have ever had. Very "worth" to me.

If you really wanted to save some money on a car, you wouldn't buy Yaris either, you would buy a beater manual Saturn and they deliver 30-40 MPG. My friend recently bought a 2002 one with low miles (no oil burning) for only $1200 and he likes it a lot. Any Toyota of this age would be in the $5000 rage.