Toyota Prius sales pass Ford Explorer

[Hummer Aficionado_VT]

Originally Posted by H2wifey

I guess there is a lot of tree huggers

Trees need love too!

[Yetti]

heres a little something to chew on. I was sitting in a Chinese Restraunt the other day having lunch and was listening to a group near me. about 5-6 guys were discusing hybrid vehicles. they sounded like engineers from some forigen company. as they were tallking I caught a couple of them say wait till the vehicle in question hits the market because every 5 years the owner will have to go to the dealer and pay $5000 to replace the batteries! I was just chuckling in my stirfry when I heard this. if you think about the fact a hyrid is going to take as much as 17 years to break even on the extended costs then this should add a few years to that if its true.

[mikejr]

Originally Posted by Yetti

heres a little something to chew on. I was sitting in a Chinese Restraunt the other day having lunch and was listening to a group near me. about 5-6 guys were discusing hybrid vehicles. they sounded like engineers from some forigen company. as they were tallking I caught a couple of them say wait till the vehicle in question hits the market because every 5 years the owner will have to go to the dealer and pay $5000 to replace the batteries! I was just chuckling in my stirfry when I heard this. if you think about the fact a hyrid is going to take as much as 17 years to break even on the extended costs then this should add a few years to that if its true.

And I am sure those batteries will conveniently be excluded from the warranty. Hell my laptop is only a year old and the batteries conked out. Still think its quirky technology at best.

[wpage]

When I think of my Explorer fondly. When I bought the H3 I orderd one and put up a internet add for the Ford. Based on a dealer promised delivery date...
Bout 1/2 hour after I pressed the button on the add some dude calls and shows up with his wife 2 hours later with cash to buy the exploder!
Of course I do it and Shreveport pulls my rig off the line for a 3 week quality control check so I am screwed.
Not the point. It sucks that The Breakthrough Ford explorer gets ousted by the Battery's included Prius
Going the way of the Bronco!

[Big Dad]

Originally Posted by mikejr

And I am sure those batteries will conveniently be excluded from the warranty. Hell my laptop is only a year old and the batteries conked out. Still think its quirky technology at best.

It's not an HP is it?