Comments on: Can Hype Sell An Inferior Hybrid? http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/02/can-hype-sell-an-inferior-hybrid/ Business, Better. Since 2005 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Uncle Bhttp://www.triplepundit.com/2009/02/can-hype-sell-an-inferior-hybrid/comment-page-1/#comment-17018 Uncle B Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:26:17 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2009/02/can-hype-sell-an-inferior-hybrid/#comment-17018 VW Jetta Diesel, 1985 model,5 speed standard, never got less than 40 mpg, Canadian gallons, not rip-off Yankee Doodle small gallons though! Often got much better than 40 mpg, but over-all average for 450,000. miles was 53 mpg, including #2 stove oil, jet b, Crisco, Peanut oil, olive oil, scrap oil, and kerosene in the colder winter. Larger tiress, front and back for durability altered mileage recordings too, and a lot of lower speed, back-roads driving, coasting, and careful braking pushed numbers much higher, as high as 63 mpg one time! Used the car like a Jeep, and it never failed me! Give me a Hybrid Diesel/Electric plug-in the size of the Polo the next time! Dream cars, simply dream cars, In comparison, all my gas cars were a disappointing failure in engineering! VW Jetta Diesel, 1985 model,5 speed standard, never got less than 40 mpg, Canadian gallons, not rip-off Yankee Doodle small gallons though! Often got much better than 40 mpg, but over-all average for 450,000. miles was 53 mpg, including #2 stove oil, jet b, Crisco, Peanut oil, olive oil, scrap oil, and kerosene in the colder winter. Larger tiress, front and back for durability altered mileage recordings too, and a lot of lower speed, back-roads driving, coasting, and careful braking pushed numbers much higher, as high as 63 mpg one time! Used the car like a Jeep, and it never failed me! Give me a Hybrid Diesel/Electric plug-in the size of the Polo the next time! Dream cars, simply dream cars, In comparison, all my gas cars were a disappointing failure in engineering!

]]> By: Erikhttp://www.triplepundit.com/2009/02/can-hype-sell-an-inferior-hybrid/comment-page-1/#comment-10412 Erik Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:05:56 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2009/02/can-hype-sell-an-inferior-hybrid/#comment-10412 I hear all of you...when gas was at an all time high the american car companies started bragging about getting 30 to 34 mpg. I thought the same thing about the american public, are they really that stupid? I think they are! Check out the fuel economy of a 1992 Honda Civic DX....it can get up to 43mpg, and that was a car made in the early 90's! American cars have not come a long way at all...they suck! I hear all of you…when gas was at an all time high the american car companies started bragging about getting 30 to 34 mpg. I thought the same thing about the american public, are they really that stupid? I think they are! Check out the fuel economy of a 1992 Honda Civic DX….it can get up to 43mpg, and that was a car made in the early 90′s! American cars have not come a long way at all…they suck!

]]> By: Harvhttp://www.triplepundit.com/2009/02/can-hype-sell-an-inferior-hybrid/comment-page-1/#comment-10411 Harv Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:48:52 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2009/02/can-hype-sell-an-inferior-hybrid/#comment-10411 OK, you Americans need a reality check. 30-40mpg? This is still not good! I get 48mpg on my daily commute, which is on fast country roads. I get even better economy on the motorway. Want to know why? <p> I drive a SMALL CAR. Yeah, baby! Say it loud; I'm small and I'm proud! <p> It's a Skoda (VW design, Czech engineering!), and it's a lot of car for its teeny price tag. But it's only got a 1.2 litre engine. It won't burn up the road; it won't burn up too much fuel either. <p> Until they can make a state-of-the-art hybrid that gets better mileage than my boring, conventional, petrol-sipping, WONDERFUL little Skoda, the car companies have failed. Glossy marketing and glib slogans aside - if you want to drive green, drive SMALL. ;)</p></p></p> OK, you Americans need a reality check. 30-40mpg? This is still not good! I get 48mpg on my daily commute, which is on fast country roads. I get even better economy on the motorway. Want to know why?

I drive a SMALL CAR. Yeah, baby! Say it loud; I’m small and I’m proud!

It’s a Skoda (VW design, Czech engineering!), and it’s a lot of car for its teeny price tag. But it’s only got a 1.2 litre engine. It won’t burn up the road; it won’t burn up too much fuel either.

Until they can make a state-of-the-art hybrid that gets better mileage than my boring, conventional, petrol-sipping, WONDERFUL little Skoda, the car companies have failed. Glossy marketing and glib slogans aside – if you want to drive green, drive SMALL. ;)

]]> By: Kennyhttp://www.triplepundit.com/2009/02/can-hype-sell-an-inferior-hybrid/comment-page-1/#comment-10410 Kenny Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:30:46 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2009/02/can-hype-sell-an-inferior-hybrid/#comment-10410 I drive a 93 toyota corolla (manual transmission) that gets over 37mpg highway. I actually calculated it out on a 550 mile drive, and that was my average. I can get about the same in the city if I am careful about how and when i shift. I get frustrated when I see lower figures advertised. I dont understand how we havnt improved on technology of 17 years ago... I drive a 93 toyota corolla (manual transmission) that gets over 37mpg highway. I actually calculated it out on a 550 mile drive, and that was my average. I can get about the same in the city if I am careful about how and when i shift.
I get frustrated when I see lower figures advertised. I dont understand how we havnt improved on technology of 17 years ago…

]]> By: Timhttp://www.triplepundit.com/2009/02/can-hype-sell-an-inferior-hybrid/comment-page-1/#comment-10409 Tim Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:44:25 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2009/02/can-hype-sell-an-inferior-hybrid/#comment-10409 I've seen the ads for Chevy cars touting "over 30 mpg" as if it's a feature that beats Toyota. I drive a Civic which gets 36-40 mpg city, and have to laugh and ask myself, is the American consumer that stupid to believe this kind of crap, or is it the American car companies who are the idiots? I’ve seen the ads for Chevy cars touting “over 30 mpg” as if it’s a feature that beats Toyota. I drive a Civic which gets 36-40 mpg city, and have to laugh and ask myself, is the American consumer that stupid to believe this kind of crap, or is it the American car companies who are the idiots?

]]> By: mcochttp://www.triplepundit.com/2009/02/can-hype-sell-an-inferior-hybrid/comment-page-1/#comment-10408 mcoc Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:02:53 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2009/02/can-hype-sell-an-inferior-hybrid/#comment-10408 yeah, I can't believe they are touting 34-mpg! i can get 30-mpg from my 1993 Subaru wagon. yeah, I can’t believe they are touting 34-mpg! i can get 30-mpg from my 1993 Subaru wagon.

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