> Priuses don't pay for > themselves either I would contend that dollar for dollar, a new Prius will cost much more in maintenance than a TDI converted vanagon, while giving relatively the same fuel economy (you cannnot truly compare a brick to a needle). I say this because after the batteries die, you're stuck with another $10k repair bill. On top of that, I'm sure California has strict heavy-metal disposal fees, which would increase the cost of the repair significantly. just my $.02 of heavily anti hybrid-as-"save the environment"-vehicle bias :D sudhir |
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