[Shop-talk] camry hybrids

[Scott]

On 1/29/2013 10:31 AM, pethier at comcast.net wrote:
> The important factor here is how you are going to drive a car.  If you spend a lot of time on the freeway in normal traffic, the hybrid is a waste of money.  Any cheap econobox is gong to do better than hybrids in overall costs.
>
> If you spend all your time in short trips around town and sitting in traffic-jams in nice weather, the hybrid is the way to go.  A plug-in hybrid even better.

That's what I meant to say with my original post. Phil can just post for 
me from now on.

My commute at the time was two miles of neighborhoods, five miles on the 
interstate, then a hundred yards to the office. That's the sort of 
environment where a Pruis wouldn't beat a non-hybrid.