# Hybrids - cost of ownership
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hybrids-cost-of-ownership/42347
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [January 24, 2008, 8:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hybrids-cost-of-ownership/42347 "2008-01-24T08:18:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2008, 9:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hybrids-cost-of-ownership/42347/21 "2008-01-24T09:44:13Z")
all electric or nothing I say. Fuck this hybrid shit.
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### Author:  [@POOPRA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/POOPRA)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2008, 10:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hybrids-cost-of-ownership/42347/22 "2008-01-24T10:06:08Z")
> [@93dx--hatch](#):
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> Maybe I should think twice about picking up an AWD 6.0 Denali that gets 16mpgs hwy…
yeah and about 10 mpg in the city, I was looking at one to replace my ranger a few years ago and a friend told me they were exceptionally horrible on gas.
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### Author:  [@funkymonkey1002](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/funkymonkey1002)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2008, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hybrids-cost-of-ownership/42347/23 "2008-01-24T10:50:50Z")
> [@theblue](#):
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> the problem for most people in WNY is that they don’t do enough stop and go - city and congested traffic driving, and that’s really where the hybrids shine.
Just going to post up about this. My dad got a prius to replace the forester XT he gave me. He commutes into the city and gets in the high 40’s in the winter and mid 50’s the rest of the year. In the XT in the same driving got around 18-21 mpg on premium as a comparison. In highway driving however the mileage goes down to the mid to high 40’s. It cost about the same as any of the other cars we were considering and has the keyless start/entry system which the other cars we were looking at didn’t. The torque from the electric motor saves it from being completely gutless to drive, traction control system kills any fun around corners however.
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### Author:  [@stmotorsports](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/stmotorsports)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2008, 3:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hybrids-cost-of-ownership/42347/24 "2008-01-24T15:26:42Z")
i still dont understand why automakers havent come out with a diesel hybrid yet, diesels are known for being substantially better on fuel than their gas counterparts so I would think a diesel hybrid would be an even better alternative
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### Author:  [@93dx\_hatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/93dx_hatch)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hybrids-cost-of-ownership/42347/25 "2008-01-24T18:36:49Z")
diesel hybrids LOL, I’ll be happy with a civic diesel that gets 50mpg,
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### Author:  [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2008, 9:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hybrids-cost-of-ownership/42347/26 "2008-01-25T09:54:19Z")
> [@stmotorsports](#):
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> i still dont understand why automakers havent come out with a diesel hybrid yet, diesels are known for being substantially better on fuel than their gas counterparts so I would think a diesel hybrid would be an even better alternative
I’ve been wondering this for years… maybe something to do with the constant starting and stopping of the motor?
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### Author:  [@slasky](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slasky)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2008, 10:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hybrids-cost-of-ownership/42347/27 "2008-01-25T10:00:18Z")
My friend gets better gas mileage in his golf diesel than he did in his prius. TDI \> hybrid.
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### Author:  [@stmotorsports](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/stmotorsports)
#### Post date: [January 25, 2008, 12:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hybrids-cost-of-ownership/42347/28 "2008-01-25T12:10:41Z")
> [@theblue](#):
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> I’ve been wondering this for years… maybe something to do with the constant starting and stopping of the motor?
oohhh yeah… hmm forgot about that one
stupid reality.
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