so very cool... they never mentioned your frozen beard when you get to school in the winter!
our local news station will be doing a follow up story next school year. my daughter begins kindergarten and i will be dropping her off in my bike trailer.
it is going to be a sweet story.
live and let live...unless it violates the pearligious doctrine.
This is a timely question for me as I recently took my girlfriend to the Toyota dealership to get a problem fixed on her car. I asked one of the salespeople there what was the best deal he could get me on a Prius and he told me roughly $20k. So I did some quick math:
13,000 (amount of miles I drive in a given year)
23 (average mpg I get out of my honda element)
565 (number of gallons of gas I buy in a year)
$2,260 (total annual cost of gasolene per year at $4 per gallon)
13,000 (amount of miles I drive in a given year)
45 (average mpg I'd likely get out of a prius)
288 (number of gallons of gas I would buy in a year)
$1,155 (total annual cost of gasolene per year at $4 per gallon)
$1,145 (total gas savings from a prius)
$2,500 (total annual cost of a prius over 8 year estimated life)
$2,500 > $1,145
So, it really made no sense for me to replace my Element with a Prius, being that I'd be losing money on the deal. At $10 per gallon, however, the gas savings would eclipse the cost of the Prius. So I'd say it would take gas prices at about 3 times what they are now to motivate me to act.
You haven't factored in replacing the battery on the hybrid. That'll cost ya.
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so very cool... they never mentioned your frozen beard when you get to school in the winter!
J.M., Jr. High Band Teacher
I raise my Freak Flag High!!
it is going to be a sweet story.
You haven't factored in replacing the battery on the hybrid. That'll cost ya.