# What hybrid car should I buy? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [January 1, 2014, 2:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-hybrid-car-should-i-buy/234400 "2014-01-01T14:47:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Clean\_Baldy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clean_baldy/32/7308_2.png) [@Clean\_Baldy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clean_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 11:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-hybrid-car-should-i-buy/234400/41 "2014-01-03T11:02:29Z")
> [@Saxon](#): > > the price difference alone would take way to long to make up for with the additonal fuel economy > > i just looked into it with my prius gen 3, buying out the lease was cheaper by far than leasing or buying a new volt Seriously asking, since I haven’t looked. What is the pricing on a Prius? On top of that, what will the monthly fuel costs be? A Prius is ~50 MPG every day, all day, right? A Volt… I got 399 MPG over the summer, able to do at least 42 miles on EV alone every day. I have only used the engine for 8% of my driving time so far. In the winter, I’m getting only about 200 MPG, since the engine kicks on more due to the weather. In 6 months, I’ve spend only $61 on gas so far. I have a fully loaded lease for around $360/mo. A standard option Volt (no leather/NAV/backup camera/BOSE) is less than $300/mo. Come spring, I’m sure my overall MPG will be about 200 due to the cold, with my stats showing I’ll probably use about $130 gas all winter. ([Voltstats.net](http://Voltstats.net)) I’m not sure what the math of the Prius pans out to. I know they’re a lot cheaper MSRP. Hows the cost of fuel per month? I guess it’s give some/take some. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 11:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-hybrid-car-should-i-buy/234400/42 "2014-01-03T11:10:50Z")
Jam is looking at buying a mid-2000 prius, not a brand new one. ---
**Author:** ![Clean\_Baldy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clean_baldy/32/7308_2.png) [@Clean\_Baldy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clean_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 11:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-hybrid-car-should-i-buy/234400/43 "2014-01-03T11:17:01Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > Jam is looking at buying a mid-2000 prius, not a brand new one. Oh, OK. $150/mo or so? Yea… the Volt isn’t exactly in that price range… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![neonglh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neonglh/32/4951_2.png) [@neonglh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neonglh)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 11:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-hybrid-car-should-i-buy/234400/44 "2014-01-03T11:40:29Z")
> [@Clean Baldy](#): > > A Prius is ~50 MPG every day, all day, right? No, it’s around 42 in the winter and 45 in the Summer, combination highway and city driving. The newer (2010+) ones are a little bit better (add 1 - 2 mpg). ---
**Author:** ![llink78](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/llink78/32/8037_2.png) [@llink78](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/llink78)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-hybrid-car-should-i-buy/234400/45 "2014-01-03T11:45:25Z")
> [@Blue Eyed Devil](#): > > LMFAO!.. Wait… you are being serious? [http://www.carsdirect.com/car-safety/how-to-disable-prius-traction-control](http://www.carsdirect.com/car-safety/how-to-disable-prius-traction-control) had to look it up. I for sure thought he was kidding. ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 12:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-hybrid-car-should-i-buy/234400/46 "2014-01-03T12:27:33Z")
> [@Clean Baldy](#): > > Oh, OK. $150/mo or so? Yea… the Volt isn’t exactly in that price range… 🙂 Yeah, like I said, $10-$15k. 200 mpg? That’s pretty crazy! either way I think I’m settled with a gen 2 Prius. And for all the people saying that they suck in the snow… You guys are as bad as the boat owners who daily drive a full sized truck all year because they “have to tow my boat!” What, 6 times a year? We have really deep, crazy snow (I live in buffalo) a total of a week or 2 a year? I have an awd SUV for that! My Jetta hasn’t moved in a week! Fuck that shit! this time next year the Prius will sit for a week if we get crazy snow, and the element will get us everywhere! Shit. ---
**Author:** ![neonglh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neonglh/32/4951_2.png) [@neonglh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neonglh)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 12:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-hybrid-car-should-i-buy/234400/47 "2014-01-03T12:38:52Z")
> [@Jam](#): > > either way I think I’m settled with a gen 2 Prius. And for all the people saying that they suck in the snow… You guys are as bad as the boat owners who daily drive a full sized truck all year because they “have to tow my boat!” What, 6 times a year? We have really deep, crazy snow (I live in buffalo) a total of a week or 2 a year? I have an awd SUV for that! My Jetta hasn’t moved in a week! Fuck that shit! > > this time next year the Prius will sit for a week if we get crazy snow, and the element will get us everywhere! Shit. We got a set of cheap snow tires for our Prius and it’s a tank. It’s far better than my TDI in the snow. ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-hybrid-car-should-i-buy/234400/48 "2014-01-03T14:28:18Z")
I have a set for my Jetta, a friend of mine with a Prius recently put oem vw mk4 5 lug wheels on his Prius using a set of $20 hubcentric rings. Like a boss ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-hybrid-car-should-i-buy/234400/49 "2014-01-03T14:51:42Z")
I have been contemplating the same thing, Jam. Another thing to consider, and I say this with a sigh, is a dual fuel cavalier. 01-04 I think. They use a 5.5 gallon tank for CNG and also run on gasoline. Transition seamlessly. Last I checked CNG was $1.24/g. I know a guy commuting in one and he is getting 30mpg on CNG. I checked gas buddy and found 87 octane at delta sonic at for $3.58/g. So for the price of one gallon of gasoline you get the equivalent of 86 mpg out of the same amount CNG. Pretty good, only you have to daily a cavalier. ---
**Author:** ![Saxon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@Saxon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Saxon)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 4:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-hybrid-car-should-i-buy/234400/50 "2014-01-03T16:48:16Z")
> [@Clean Baldy](#): > > Seriously asking, since I haven’t looked. What is the pricing on a Prius? On top of that, what will the monthly fuel costs be? A Prius is ~50 MPG every day, all day, right? A Volt… I got 399 MPG over the summer, able to do at least 42 miles on EV alone every day. I have only used the engine for 8% of my driving time so far. In the winter, I’m getting only about 200 MPG, since the engine kicks on more due to the weather. In 6 months, I’ve spend only $61 on gas so far. I have a fully loaded lease for around $360/mo. A standard option Volt (no leather/NAV/backup camera/BOSE) is less than $300/mo. Come spring, I’m sure my overall MPG will be about 200 due to the cold, with my stats showing I’ll probably use about $130 gas all winter. ([Voltstats.net](http://Voltstats.net)) > > I’m not sure what the math of the Prius pans out to. I know they’re a lot cheaper MSRP. Hows the cost of fuel per month? > > I guess it’s give some/take some. it depends on how many miles you drive as well, my daily commute is over 100 miles so i would get significantly less gas mileage than you in a volt lease was 245 a month for a 2010 and i average 54mpg summer and 47mpg winter (mostly highways but i have a couple large mountains too) when you can pick up a gen 2 or 3 for under 15,000 and get that kind of fuel economy the volt is almost 20,000 more cash price id imagine for the lease pricing they have a stupid high residual and 0.0001 lease factor to get to those figures you are speaking of i know if i didnt drive more than 20,000 miles a year i wouldnt even look at a hybrid [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-hybrid-car-should-i-buy/234400.md?page=2)