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RetroACTIVE:

--- Quote from: shardian on March 17, 2008, 11:17:55 am ---What you really need to do is sit down and calculate how much you spend on gas now, and compare it to the gas savings and the cost of the vehicle.

If I were to change vehicles myself, I would want to recoup the difference in 3 years, assuming the price of gas stays roughly the same.
When I've ran my numbers, going from a 23 mpg car to a 30mpg car I would save $400 a year in gas for my commute. So basically, I would only buy a car that would be $1200 above what I could get by selling my car.

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Absolutely... my commute is about 17 miles (stop and go (more stop!) highway traffic) each way... I would really like a car I could plug in that would run for about 60 miles on electricity  8)...  I just need a cheap commuter car... I could nitpick the numbers but anything is better than 8-12mpg  :cry: at this point for me.

Thought I'd throw the topic around to see how people feel about different cars... reasons/likes/dislikes... Honda and Toyota are almost given in this category anyway.

shardian:

--- Quote from: RetroACTIVE on March 17, 2008, 11:23:12 am ---
Absolutely... my commute is about 17 miles (stop and go (more stop!) highway traffic) each way... I would really like a car I could plug in that would run for about 60 miles on electricity  8)...

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Build one!
http://www.e-volks.com/index.html

RetroACTIVE:

--- Quote from: shardian on March 17, 2008, 11:25:11 am ---
--- Quote from: RetroACTIVE on March 17, 2008, 11:23:12 am ---
Absolutely... my commute is about 17 miles (stop and go (more stop!) highway traffic) each way... I would really like a car I could plug in that would run for about 60 miles on electricity  8)...

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Build one!
http://www.e-volks.com/index.html



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nice! 

I wonder if this will ever get off the ground?
http://www.chevrolet.com/electriccar/?seo=goo_electric_car

HaRuMaN:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on March 17, 2008, 11:04:29 am ---
Man, that's stubbier up front than their brochures make it seem... how does it handle?

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Handles great, it's very nimble in traffic, I have no problems maneuvering.  To me, it feels like it has a slight degree of oversteer, not hard to get used to at all.  It is taller than a Civic, so you will feel a bit more body roll in a hard corner.

Side view:

ChadTower:

Does it feel like the suspension could handle carrying an average sized cab in the back?

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