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I don't know what it is about

tmccarthy0 — Wed, 11 May 2011 23:07:36 +0000

In reply to Wanna buy a green car?

I don't know what it is about that picture, but it makes me want to go out and buy a 69 Bug.

Great blog Donal!!!

This just reminds me that in

Richard Day — Wed, 11 May 2011 23:06:26 +0000

In reply to Wanna buy a green car?

This just reminds me that in 1978 I purchased a four door, foor on the floor, forest green Ford. hahahaha

I swear I got 30mph

Nobody coveted my dear automobile.

And they figured I could not have any stereo worth breaking into. hahahaha

Edmunds says they include

Donal — Wed, 11 May 2011 19:16:50 +0000

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Edmunds says they include depreciation - which would affect resale value - in True Cost:

At this point you are probably wondering how Edmunds comes up with these figures. There are eight components of TCO^®: depreciation, interest on financing, taxes and fees, insurance premiums, fuel, maintenance, repairs and any federal tax credit that may be available. The costs are researched and placed into a series of proprietary algorithms developed by Edmunds' statisticians. The result is an estimated total ownership cost for a five-year period.

I'm guessing that the Civbrid was the right car for your driving needs, though I know it would be the wrong car for mine. I drive mostly 200 mile highway trips, and the mild hybrid would just be dead weight on those sort of trips.

Are you including resale

Verified Atheist — Wed, 11 May 2011 19:02:55 +0000

In reply to Wanna buy a green car?

Are you including resale value? When we had to buy a new car, we went with a Honda Civic Hybrid, and the extra cost over the non-hybrid paid off quite some time ago, once you factor in their respective resale value.