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Originally posted by kulrblind
You forget that you're not shelling out $20k to save on gas, you're also getting a car for that money. If you're swapping a 2003 car for a new hybrid, I could see your point.
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If you already have a car that runs well, the amount you'd spend on a hybrid could keep it fueled up for years.
Furthermore, if you want to buy a new car anyway, you could buy something comparable to a hybrid for about $6k less. A regular car that gets 30 mpg would cost $500/year in gas if you drive 15k miles. A hybrid getting 45 mpg would cost $333. A difference of $167/year. Better plan on keeping that hybrid for a while, because at that rate it'd take 36 years to cover that difference in cost.