Comments on: Buyers want hybrid not E85

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:35:26 +0000

You must be a very closed minded bunch of people if you would prefer Hybrids to E85. Firstly there is no link to world food shortages and E85 thats proven. Secondly there is less CO2 emission produced from making E85 compared to making Hybrid battery cells, proven. Thirdly we all don’t have to buy new Hybrid cars to obtain the benefits. $600 and your running on E85. And thats with any engine not just flex-fuel vehicles. PROVEN! Wake up Australia to the real benefits to be had with E85. Its the future and will be reason we are able to have another golden age.

By: maximark

maximark — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:47:13 +0000

‘hybrid is not only cheap to run but reliable as well!’
You must be joking.Check my earlier post of RACV running cost report; $210 per week to run,$40G to buy, doesn’t sound cheap to me.

By: OH WHAT A FEELING!

OH WHAT A FEELING! — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:11:30 +0000

realcars there has never been a battery replaced in a 2nd gen prius yet! there are taxis around that have done over 300,000kms in cairns and darwin that have never replaced a battery!hybrid is not only cheap to run but reliable as well!

By: realcars

realcars — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:05:22 +0000

I wouldn’t be wearing my Sunday best on that 5 yearly visit to the Toyota dealer to replace the batteries.LOL.

Think of a number and double it.LOL. Ha Ha Ha

Oh what a feeling!!!!

By: realcars

realcars — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:58:44 +0000

“heading down the toilet and this is just their hands clinging to the rim”.Have to remember that one.LOL

By: Sexythang

Sexythang — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:32:27 +0000

how do you afford a new car every 5 years?? let alone 1 that you have to fix the battery before you sell or lose some value for a near dead battery.

By: corny

corny — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:07:55 +0000

GM ’s sudden stewardship of the environment is simply a way to continue to make gas guzzlers thanks to E85 an extremely inefficient fuel. The CAFE standards call for all car companies to achieve an average MPG for all vehicles. I believe the most recent number is 27 MPG. Well if you make the biggest money off of 10 miles per gallon SUV’s you would hate to say good bye to them wouldn’t you?
The CAFE standards has a loophole, that being that an E85 vehicle operating on E85 miles per gallon are ONLY figured against the actual amount of gasoline in the blend (15%) if you divide 100% fuel by 15% gasoline you get the multiplier to the mpg (666) therefore a gas guzzling 10 MPG SUV is given credit for 66.6 MPG. If you sell one SUV like this you can have 5 vehicles only achieving 20 MPG and this gas guzzling SUV and you average more than 27 MPG overall while not one of their vehicles really met the standard.
GM is not the only one taking advantage of this free ride Ford and Chrysler are too. The big three are heading down the toilet and this is just their hands clinging to the rim.

By: NIK516

NIK516 — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:56:17 +0000

Seen plenty of wankers in normal cars dont worry about that.
and i do believe 62 % would buy one even if it does cost more, because they understand the sooner we start moving away from pure petrol cars the faster we will start to invest in cars that have zero emissions.

new technolagys are always expensive at the start but then after a few years they get cheaper to make.

as for the battery problem, they can last for more then 5 years the same amount people usually buy a new car.

By: c1ockwork

c1ockwork — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:45:15 +0000

As Golfschwein said, 62% huh? 62% consider a hybrid for their next car; 61.5% quickly come to their senses and buy something that’s: Actually better for the environment / Actually cheaper to run / Not so stupidly priced for the quality of vehicle you get / Fun to drive / Able to overtake more than 1 semi-trailer per overtaking lane / Doesn’t turn you into a smug, pretentious Wanker.

By: crazychook

crazychook — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:52:24 +0000

Sounds like another stupid survey!

By: laurie

laurie — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:56:56 +0000

Just wait until someone buys a secondhand hybrid and has to pay for battery replacement it’s not like going to Woolies and buying heaps of AAA batteries

laurie

By: maximark

maximark — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:53:18 +0000

NOT FOR ME. Check out the RACV anual running cost report below;

Small:
Hyundai i30 SX CRDi 1.6L 5dr (a) (diesel) $151.55
Hyundai i30 SX 2.0L 5dr $152.08
Honda Civic VTi 1.8L 4dr (a) $162.12
Holden Astra CD 1.8L 5dr (a) $162.43
Ford Focus CL 2.0L 5dr (a) $162.72
Mitsubishi Lancer ES 2.0L 4dr (a) $164.04
Toyota Corolla Ascent 1.8L 5dr (a) $164.91
Mazda3 Neo 2.0L 5dr (a) $169.80
Ford Focus TDCi 2.0L 5dr (diesel) $173.55
Honda Civic Hybrid 1.4L (a) $185.05

Mazda Mazda3 Diesel 2.0L 5dr $185.68
Holden Astra CDTi 1.9L 5dr (a) (diesel) $186.97
Toyota Prius Hybrid 1.5L 5dr (a) $211.19

I dont think the Toyota Prius Hybrid’s fuel efficiency could pay off for its $40K drive away price and $211 weekly running cost.

By: Golfschwein

Golfschwein — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:52:33 +0000

Did I read this too quickly? 62% of buyers are considering a hybrid for their next vehicle? Where do they get this tosh from? I’m not knocking hybrids, and never have, but the percentage of people who actually give over their hard-earned is another matter entirely, surely.

By: Glen

Glen — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:50:49 +0000

Why don’t we use methanol? Its fermented from wood and every sawmill on earth has plenty of sawdust that could be used for fermentation. So no extra trees are being logged to keep the greenies happy.

By: Carl

Carl — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:54:38 +0000

If the car suited my needs i would consider a DIESEL or LPG hybrid only! Petrol hybrids don’t save enough money at the bowser and ethanol is pushing up food prices…..and when food is used for fuel the most vulnerable people on the planet suffer the most!!!! So that makes Ethanol morally bankrupt.