[SATLUG] OT: Hybrid Vehicle

[Henry Crockett]

I am not seeing the benefits of hybrid technology (yet). I think you would be much better off to buy a standard auto that gets good mileage rather than finance both the increased cost of the auto & the high maintenance of current battery technology. I would suggest something like the Honda Fit (38mpg), or if you just have to have a hybrid so you will be "accepted" in California - the Honda Civic Hybrid (51mpg). Expect to have a wait for your hybrid, they all the good ones seem to be back-ordered.

Sorry if I sound like an ad for Honda, but I like to keep my cars for at least 10-15 years, hopefully without a bunch of maintenance and Honda/Acura really provides longevity.

Good luck with the new job, & I hope that SF doesn't slide off into the Pacific while you are there ;)
 
Henry D. Crockett, Ph.D. - Associate Professor
Computer Information Systems & Security, School of Business 
Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, TX 78207-4689 
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----- Original Message ----
From: Ernest de Leon <dryicezero at gmail.com>
To: The San Antonio Linux User's Group Mailing List <satlug at satlug.org>
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 11:27:57 AM
Subject: [SATLUG] OT: Hybrid Vehicle

Hello Everyone,

    I have been contemplating trading in my Truck for a Hybrid.  I will be
moving to the Bay Area CA in August, and high gas prices plus city driving
in that area tell me that I should get a hybrid.  I was looking at a few,
and I've pretty much settled on a Ford Escape 4WD hybrid or Mercury Mariner
(Same thing).  I just wanted to ask if anyone else on the list has a hybrid,
what they like and dislike, and what kind of electrical tolerance the car
would have.  I have a habit of installing massive audio/video systems in all
of my vehicles, and I want to put on in the hybrid too.  I just don't know
if it can handle it.  Let me know what you guys think.

Thanks,
Ernest

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# Ernest De Leon

"If Microsoft is 'flexible' it explains how their head got where it is."
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