Hi All,

I thought it only fair that I post an update.
I did purchase a car. I got a used VW TDI automatic diesel (with 53k on it)
I've gone through 2 tankfulls so far, and have done 42mpg and 45mpg respecively.
I'll have to revisit hybrids again once I wear this car out.
Thanks to everyone who replied. and thanks to this forum for pracitical infromation on hybrids.

some factors that made my decision for right or wrong
(i was choosing between all car types not just between diesel and hybrid).

matenance
diesel engine 10,000 miles between oil changes.
no tunups (eg no sparkplugs, wires etc.)
costs
lower fuel cost (diesel is much cheaper at the moment)
low mantenance costs, oil tunups etc.

est. fuel costs per year:
diesel 1466 (40,000 miles 1.65 per gal @45 mpg)
hybrid 1560 (40,000 miles 1.95 per gal @ 50 mpg)
gas 2228 (40,000 miles 1.95 per gal @ 35mpg)
gas 3120 (40,000 miles 1.95 per gal @ 25mpg) - what i retired

my savings per year est. 1644 (not including tunup and oil change savings)
I est about 300 per year maintenance savings over my old car.

Total savings of 1944 a year.

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