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Originally Posted by briansabeans
I'm sure I'm just asking to get flamed, but this is a legitimate topic. For me, if you are going to "go hybrid" and get a fuel efficient car, why would you get a much less fuel efficient car just because it has a hybrid engine?
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You won't get flamed too bad here, almost everyone here thinks a lot like you do.
That said there are great reasons to have hybrid SUVs/pickups. A hybrid SUV will actually save just as much gas as a hybrid car. Here is the math:
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A regular Civic (29 mpg EPA combined) would use 414 gallons a year (12, 000 miles).
A hybrid Civic (42 mpg EPA combined) would use 286 gallons a year.
Total savings 128 gallons per year.
A Tahoe (17 mpg EPA combined) would use 706 gallons a year.
The Tahoe 2 mode (21 mpg estimated) would use 571 gallons a year.
Total savings 135 gallons per year.
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Certainly not everyone with a SUV "needs" one but some people do and some people are going to buy one anyway so in those cases a hybrid provides a higher mileage alternative.
You are not going to pull a boat or a big landscape trailer behind a Prius.....