On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 17:26:43 -0700, L Sternn
Who Says Cars Aren't an Investment 4131On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 00:32:38 -0400, Magnulus That is not true. Steel recycling drastically reduces steel quality, which means you have to add a high percentage of new...
It was I who made the claim that other factors are deciding their purchase. It was N E One though, who butterted I don't care about the environment just because I don't have my current car junked and run to buy a Prius.
No. The question was, whether it would benefit the environment if I junked my current car and got a Prius instead. It wouldn't, quite on the contrary.
And when your fabulous Prius is already in the junkyard and you have just damaged the environment more by having its successor built, my car will very likely still be on the road.
Only a tiny fraction of Prius drivers junked an old clunker, most of them sold their car to buy the Prius, which means, their car is still on the road and according to their buttertion still 'polluting'.
Possible but unlikely. Most cars are handed down from buyer through a number of used car buyers until it is junked.
You haven't backed anything up, so why should I?
It seems to me you need to justify that Prius at any cost.
It is a bit less, but not a lot. The mileage Toyota claims is beyond optimistic and I guarantee you, that I wouldn't get more than maybe 30-40mpg in everyday driving with it, simply because Id have to wring out that puny engine to its last bit to get the same performance I get with my car at a very relaxed pace.
As you haven't offered anything other than what appears not even a hunch on your part, but a bunch of vague suspicions, I see no reason why I should offer something.
Where did I write that the hybrid is worse? I wrote, that replacing a good car with a Prius is bad for the environment, and that's a fact.
Chris
