Comments on: Reasons Someone Buys a Hybrid

By: g8trman307

g8trman307 — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:54:44 +0000

how ’bout the “I’m so much better than you are”?

By: Steph

Steph — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:06:59 +0000

make a graph

By: philip

philip — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:06:22 +0000

And the production requires special compounds and components which have to be shipped from all over the world and require a lot of energy to make, which makes the production of a hybrid have a larger environmental footprint than the production and use of several normal cars.

So next time you see someone drive a hybrid, remember to ask them: “Why do you want to pollute the earth?”

By: lola

lola — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:37:17 +0000

Honestly…who thinks they look cool? practically everyone drives them where I live…they are like a school uniform…but I don’t know anyone who thinks they are “cool”. Heck, no one talks about them, except people who don’t drive them and seem to take the fact that people choose hybrids and some kind of weird insult to no-hybrid drivers.

By: Floss

Floss — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:01:32 +0000

Please note my correction below my original comment. Thank you.

By: Cowlifornia

Cowlifornia — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:28:19 +0000

well, if the major US car companies could actually run themselves without paying out the arse to overpaid unions… their might be some competition. as it is, toyota now makes many modles in the US, including hybrids.

By: :D

:D — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:21:51 +0000

Matt Damon!

By: Isaac

Isaac — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:51:22 +0000

The Outback wasn’t really the choice to “save money.” That was something we were really looking to do, but we couldn’t find a used Outback (that is, a used Outback with less than 100,000 miles) and they were just too expensive for the relative amount of features.

We did the math. And Consumer Reports’ Annual Auto Issue from a year or two ago backed us up. Now, we were doing the “cost comparison” at around $4 a gallon (no I don’t live in California), so that was part of it.

A used Prius would have been a good deal… but we couldn’t find one that very day. We got lucky with finding the Prius. And it’s niiiiiiiice.

By: Rudie0Cant0Fail

Rudie0Cant0Fail — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:59:26 +0000

The partition for ‘looks cool’ needs to be way smaller. I think that’s the main reason nobody buys a hybrid; they look like crap.

Make a hybrid that looks like a mustang, and you’ll sell the f@ck outta that thing.

By: hissy

hissy — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:09:49 +0000

I can outsmug all of the Prius owners. I drive a Prius that I borrow from a carshare company. It’s even a locally owned nonprofit.

By: onlinenow

onlinenow — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:18:24 +0000

oh my god! these things REALLY, ACTUALLY matter!

go blow yourself. all of you.

By: Confused

Confused — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:33:47 +0000

Time out. You’re choice to save money was between a Ourback and a Prius?

I take it back, you are definatly trying to save money by making smart consumer choices. Not only is the Prius not costly for comparative vehicles, but Subaru’s are up there with Land Rovers and Hummers with reasonable pricing for produts.

I now see that you’re not trying to be trendy by picking specific brands or products to be “cool” but to save money.

Thanks for your clarification.

/end sarcam

By: Ahem

Ahem — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:07:35 +0000

That’s why it’s called competition. Because sometimes manufacturers outside a country make a better product than the ones inside.
USA has exported gazillion-dollar worth of products. You weren’t expecting it to work just one way, were you?

By: Your Mom

Your Mom — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:02:05 +0000

Yes, it was time to replace the car anyway. So I bought a used hybrid and saved a ton on gas. Plus I got a rebate from my work.

By: Your Mom

Your Mom — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:01:24 +0000

I don’t even buy gas once a month any more. It is so infrequent, I forget which side the tank is on!

By: Your Mom

Your Mom — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:59:59 +0000

I bought a USED car, not a NEW car. And it didn’t cost $20,000. So you’re wrong again. Twice.

Also, my old car was your face and I’m tired of riding around on that.

By: Ceefax

Ceefax — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:50:20 +0000

“some cars have to be shipped over here, using thousands of barrels of oil”

And non hybrid cars just appear on your doorstep in a puff of magic smoke.

By: catgirl

catgirl — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:33:52 +0000

You’re right. The biggest reason people buy hybrids is to save money on gas. It’s actually cheaper for me to drive to work than take public transportation. I only need to buy gas about once a month.

By: catgirl

catgirl — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:31:58 +0000

Yes, the size of a man’s SUV is inversely proportional to the size of certain body parts.

By: Isaac

Isaac — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:22:37 +0000

Well, we found that it would have saved us money to get the Prius. Our Camry (15/20 cty/hwy if we were lucky) had just completely crapped out on us after 250,000 miles, and we really needed a new car. Ultimately, it came down to the Mazda5, the Subaru Outback, and the Prius. The Mazda and the Subaru didn’t get all that much better gas mileage (around 20/25 cty/hwy for both of them), and when you configured them with all the gadgets, the Prius didn’t cost much more than the Outback. So, those 45 miles per gallon were ultimately the final push towards the Prius. (And yes, some of the used Outbacks we were looking at did cost more than the Prius.)

By: sp-addict

sp-addict — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:17:11 +0000

I love this reference.

By: Floss

Floss — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:50:13 +0000

I’d like to re-phrase and say “buy a Prius” instead of “buy and Hybrid” as I understand there are now some American car companies with Hybrids.

By: Floss

Floss — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:49:05 +0000

I just hope that those who buy a Hybrid know that they may not be contributing to helping the environment (some cars have to be shipped over here, using thousands of barrels of oil) and that they are not helping our economy (foreign car company).

By: Jefoid

Jefoid — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:26:42 +0000

I am jefoid, i need to Q_Q moar

By: Harrison

Harrison — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:09:44 +0000

Look, every hybrid driver I’ve ever known has the car for pragmatic reasons. The persona of a hybird driver being a “douche” is such a massive misconception.

By: Kristian

Kristian — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:30:12 +0000

Looked cool?!
ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
XD

By: M4ce

M4ce — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:25:45 +0000

The part that is going to cost you money is the “new car” part. If you wanted to actually save money, buy a second hand car. Not a brand new one, and certainly not a Prius.

There are a few reasons to buy a Prius, but saving money is not one of them.

It will take the rest of your life to save in fuel what you could have saved by getting a sensible second hand car.

By: JustSomeEnglishTeacher

JustSomeEnglishTeacher — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:25:42 +0000

Bought hybrid for: fuel economy (yes, my motorcycle gets better mileage, but it’s miserable in the rain, or snow, or ungodly heat). There was also a nice, cushy tax credit if you bought one the year I did. Didn’t get a Prius, got a Civic Hybrid. It’s over 100K now, and I haven’t had any problems.

By: Cowlifornia

Cowlifornia — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:49:27 +0000

I have seen 1 or 2 at over 200k. !st gen seems to begin acting up after 160k though. 2nd gen seems to keep going and going…

By: Cowlifornia

Cowlifornia — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:46:20 +0000

lols, off topic fail

By: cry me a river

cry me a river — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:42:23 +0000

someone call the wambulance

By: Casa

Casa — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:34:39 +0000

I was obcessed wtih military grade hummers back in the day. The ability to go over, rather than around anything has so much appeal living out in the sticks.

Then some asshole made the civi versions of the hummer, rappers started buying them… grrrr!

By: Max Keeble

Max Keeble — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:38:00 +0000

or you bought a persu hybrid, because they’re awesome, youtube it

By: scott

scott — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:27:20 +0000

Careful though. Buy a hybrid, and you could contribute to the Smug problem.

By: Isaac

Isaac — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:05:51 +0000

Actually, the Prius battery, along with the battery installed in all other hybrids (I can only speak for the Prius because I own one), is supposed to last the life of the car. I know someone with a 2003 Prius (the old sedan-style model) who still gets 50 mpg.

The battery itself actually has an 8-year/100,000 mile warranty. Reports of battery failure in the pre-2004 Prius are very low, and for the Priuses built after 2004, the replacement rate is even lower (some places claim that none of the later-model Priuses have had to have a replacement).

Toyota expects less than 1% of drivers to have to replace the battery over the lifetime of the car, which they estimate will be around 180,000 miles. I’d like to eek out a bit more (my Camry finally died at 250,000), but hey, 180,000 miles is still pretty okay.

By: DRH

DRH — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:56:18 +0000

Invisbl hummer.

By: mom

mom — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:55:36 +0000

… so, you will all get together and discuss how you wish you felt “fresh”?

By: DRH

DRH — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:54:27 +0000

… and is still funny now.

Green bit is about 2x too large, tho’

By: Woo Woo

Woo Woo — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:31:26 +0000

Im throwing a Douche Party for hybrid owners like me! You all are invited!

By: Rad

Rad — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:27:30 +0000

This would have been funny a couple years ago.

By: Confused

Confused — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:17:32 +0000

Boy, you are going to be in for a HUGE suprise when you have to replace the battery then.

By: Jefoid

Jefoid — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:29:34 +0000

Someone is using my name, they are not funny.

Also, would I be a bad person if I wished that “Todd” and the other trolls who are ruining a once-interesting website would die a horrible death involving festering boils?

I believe I may be done with Graphjam for awhile. Bye.

By: willothwisp

willothwisp — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:55:44 +0000

I got mine because I had a 20 y.o. truck that I shared with my Dad and the gas money/sharing was killing me.

By: utsfiji

utsfiji — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:56:35 +0000

Love the graph. So true.

By: Nikky

Nikky — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:56:31 +0000

I got a hybrid for the same reason, I was buying a new car anyway since some idiot had crashed into and totaled mine.

So, perhaps she was buying a new car anyway?

By: Cowlifornia

Cowlifornia — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:20:37 +0000

I would buy the Lexus 450h

That thing HAULS!

Or if I’m cheap, the Highlander Hybrid will do…

By: Your Mom

Your Mom — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:17:50 +0000

Change of Jefoid being an asshole=100%

By: Your Mom

Your Mom — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:17:14 +0000

I bought a hybrid because gas prices were so high and I needed to save money. So your graph- fail.

By: Me

Me — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:16:05 +0000

So what color is your Hummer?

By: Mike IGC

Mike IGC — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:15:24 +0000

To acquire an extra motor and numerous extra batteries for future disposal.