Toyota Prius: Small Town Efficiency

"John Ahlstrom" <net> wrote in message
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Hi John,

You probably aren't going to get 50 mpg will all these short trips however
you will burn less gas than almost any other car since the short trips eat
their gas as well. I take a 3-mile trip to town every other day and get a
mere 35 - 38 mpg on those trips. On those 500 mile trips, however, if you
drive 55 expect better than 50 mpg. My other car is a Ford Explorer. The
Prius is much more fun to drive and will use $14,000 less gas in 100K miles
at $1.68/gallon, not to mention how much less it will pollute our air.

"Bill" <now> wrote in message
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That's because of the added weight. Gotta lay off those donuts, Bill

John Ahlstrom wrote: 

With a town that small surely it would be more environmentally friendly
to just walk or ride a bike. Or would that be an 'Un-American' thing to do?
 

With that sort of trip at high speeds for long durations of time a high
efficiency diesel vehicle would be more fuel efficient than a hybrid.
 

The rest of the world seems to get the impression that Americans are
hideously crippled chubby people that are so incapacitated they need an
SUV to transport themselves down the road.
If you do in fact have legs it would be far more beneficial to the
environment and your health to just walk or ride a bike.

"Kubalister" <spam.here> wrote in message
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That works for me in nice weather, but I was somewhat more inured to
bicycling in the rain when I was younger. Of course, I left quite a bit of
skin on the road in those days, too :-(
I haven't even tried bicycling in the snow.

OTOH, I've never had a job where I had to be dressed nicely - that makes
cycling impractical and makes walking less attractive in any but the best
weather.

Carrying a large tool box would also make things tricky without a car. My
point is: probably better not to assume others have it as easy as we do.

Mike

"mark_digital©" <com> wrote in message
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Right, that and the beer. :-)

"Kubalister" <spam.here> wrote in message
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I lived in Europe for a few years and took advantage of the fabulous public
transportation. The population density, more than anything else, makes
public transportation work very well. Take a good look at North Dakota,
Iowa, South Dakota, Montana... oh hell I could list 3/4ths of our states,
and you will discover that public transportation is only practical in the
largest of their cities and in those, it has to be subsidized. If most
Americans lived shoulder-to-shoulder then America could be accurately
compared to "the rest of the world".

"Bill" <now> wrote in message
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OK, that's all I needed to here. Pull over. License and registration please.
mark_

"John Ahlstrom" <net> wrote in message
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I can't answer your question but it sounds like your car will be in pristine
condition when it comes time to trade it in.
mark_