Comments on: Everyone’s Turning Hybrid – I Really Think So

By: rudyamid

rudyamid — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:42:36 +0000

I want a bicycle since I live in sunny southern California, but I live 25 miles from work so it’s a bit of a hike (or bike). I also wanted to ride a motorcycle, but my wife want none of that.

You’re right, I don’t go through cars like people go through their underwear. It took me 8 years before I ditched my last Civic. I sure hope the IMA battery doesn’t drive me to ditch this hybrid sooner.

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:21:12 +0000

There are significant environmental costs, way above putative carbon reductions, associated with buying a new car regardless of how “green” one might think it is. If you must drive a car you really ought to drive the one you’ve got until it becomes such an old, squeezed lemon that it’s no longer financially viable, at which point you should buy a bicycle

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By: used hybrid cars | Hottags

used hybrid cars | Hottags — Wed, 21 May 2008 09:42:05 +0000

[...] Everyone’s Turning Hybrid – I Really Think So A co-worker once told me that I was crazy to buy a Hybrid car back in 2002. He listed a bunch of bad reasons and we used to argue about them regularly. Below are the list of his gripes and my rebuttals (with a little hindsight thrown …The Blog of Rudy Amid – http://www.amid.com/werd [...]

By: rudyamid

rudyamid — Wed, 21 May 2008 05:38:32 +0000

Hi Zhu,

Good luck finding a hybrid car. In California it’s a little difficult to find, except maybe used ones which people tend to stay away from because of the possibility of the big battery replacement.

By: Zhu

Zhu — Wed, 21 May 2008 02:36:58 +0000

I think it was a smart move. I haven't bought a new car in ages (I left the last one in NZ) but if we have to replace this one, I will definitely consider hybrid! Zhu's last blog post..Jigsaw Falling Into Place