Considered a Prius
It looks like I went through about the same thought process as many others. Prius was not readily available, The TDI people wanted a premium over sticker. I bought a Mini and am very happy. It is of very high quality. I was intrigued with the Prius, but I one thing bothers me. It seems that many owners talk of their decision based on more on anger and self-righteous moral and intellectural superiority over larger-car drivers than their love of driving. If I felt that way, I would be contemptuous of Prius drivers when I use my primary transportation, my motorcycle, which gets 65mph and has a very low environmental impact.
The Mini uses a 1.3 liter engine, gets 35mpg, and it may still be on the road in thirty or forty years, like it's antecedents, because I won't have to make a life or recycle decision whether to buy new batteries or not every five to eight years (and add old batteries to the landfill).
If your mathematicians amortize your battery costs as a consumable, even if Toyota pays for them, you wouldn't compare quite so favorably to the Humvee. Just some thoughts
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It looks like I went through about the same thought process as many others. Prius was not readily available, The TDI people wanted a premium over sticker. I bought a Mini and am very happy. It is of very high quality. I was intrigued with the Prius, but I one thing bothers me. It seems that many owners talk of their decision based on more on anger and self-righteous moral and intellectural superiority over larger-car drivers than their love of driving. If I felt that way, I would be contemptuous of Prius drivers when I use my primary transportation, my motorcycle, which gets 65mph and has a very low environmental impact.
The Mini uses a 1.3 liter engine, gets 35mpg, and it may still be on the road in thirty or forty years, like it's antecedents, because I won't have to make a life or recycle decision whether to buy new batteries or not every five to eight years (and add old batteries to the landfill).
If your mathematicians amortize your battery costs as a consumable, even if Toyota pays for them, you wouldn't compare quite so favorably to the Humvee. Just some thoughts