reflections
My first political comment. I'm 83, so buying a Prius cannot possibly pay for itself in my lifetime. However, I feel strongly that we as a country MUST wean ourselves from the oil dependency to the Arabic world. I'm from Detroit where I lived for 46 years. I have friends who criticise me for buying a "Jap car", and sending my money to the Japs who we fought in WW II. My reasons : First, our own car companies, Ford, Gm.,
and Chrysler were derelict in not seeing that the end of the SUV era was here, dictated by high gas prices. The Japs saw it coming 5-10 years ago. The two best hybrids on the road today, are the Toyota Prius, and the Honda Accord.
The American companies are waking up only because they're
bleeding money trying to sell huge SUVS, and Hummers! Sure they are now going to bring out Hybrids, but I will bet that they are too big, and after the first rush will not begin to eat into Toyota and Honda, who will also by then have larger models.
THe Hybrid is not the final answer, I believe that fuel cells will be the wave of the future, and will last for decades.
As to sending money to Japan, Toyota has created more jobs in America, than any other manufacturer.
Wake up Detroit, and then wake up our government!
RHD
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hi bob, i dont know anything about cars but i know that here they are not so big as in the usa because here in france gas is so expensive (i think more expensive than in your country), so as for me i had one red Renault 5, than one black Renault clio, and now i have a grey renault clio which i inherited from my father! so you see always french makes!
The Prius we bought is a Hybrid. Runs on gas and a battery, charged by the gas engine. This give milage of about 40 miles per gallon in the city, and 50 in the country. It is a major step toward weaning this country from our oil dependency on the arab countries.
BobD
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