Watch This Before Buying a Hybrid Car
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Date: 2019-05-28
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12voltvids
Scotty I have 2 Hybrids. A 2006 Ford Escape Hybrid, now with 180, 000 miles on it, pretty much trouble free. The brakes lasted 95, 000 miles, and the half shafts needed replacing at 130, 000. The only part that has failed on the electronic side is the power steering module. My other car is even more complex, probably the most complex car ever built, a 2012 Chevy Volt. As it sits now, it has 145, 000 miles on it, and has not had a single mechanical or electrical fault. I recently had new tiers put on, and at the 120, 000 mile point there was still over 90% of the front and rear brake pads remaining. My volt also, after 8 years still gets exactly the same range on the battery before the engine starts. Yesterday I managed to get 38 miles freeway speed driving before the engine fired up. Yes, they will require a specialist to service the electrical parts, no question there, but the reliability has been so good that they have not required a trip to the dealer. The local mechanic was able to do the brakes and half shafts on the Escape Hybrid. They are not as scary as you make them sound, and my volt has PAID FOR ITSELF in the 8 years I have been driving it. Thats right, at the 7 year mark, I calculated that the full cost of the car has been recovered on fuel and maintenance savings that I was doing on my old gas guzzler. Just my 2 cents, but from my own personal experience I will never own a gas or diesel powered car again. I am fully on board with the plug in hybrid design. It is the best of both worlds. Electric car when you want it, and gas car when you need it.
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Scotty I have 2 Hybrids. A 2006 Ford Escape Hybrid, now with 180, 000 miles on it, pretty much trouble free. The brakes lasted 95, 000 miles, and the half shafts needed replacing at 130, 000. The only part that has failed on the electronic side is the power steering module. My other car is even more complex, probably the most complex car ever built, a 2012 Chevy Volt. As it sits now, it has 145, 000 miles on it, and has not had a single mechanical or electrical fault. I recently had new tiers put on, and at the 120, 000 mile point there was still over 90% of the front and rear brake pads remaining. My volt also, after 8 years still gets exactly the same range on the battery before the engine starts. Yesterday I managed to get 38 miles freeway speed driving before the engine fired up. Yes, they will require a specialist to service the electrical parts, no question there, but the reliability has been so good that they have not required a trip to the dealer. The local mechanic was able to do the brakes and half shafts on the Escape Hybrid. They are not as scary as you make them sound, and my volt has PAID FOR ITSELF in the 8 years I have been driving it. Thats right, at the 7 year mark, I calculated that the full cost of the car has been recovered on fuel and maintenance savings that I was doing on my old gas guzzler. Just my 2 cents, but from my own personal experience I will never own a gas or diesel powered car again. I am fully on board with the plug in hybrid design. It is the best of both worlds. Electric car when you want it, and gas car when you need it.
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Robert Colucci
Scotty. I have to disagree with many pointsI have been driving them since 2007. They have atkinson cycle engines. And they get better mileage that u think. Ive had an 07 Camry. And Ive had many used prius and they have been great cars. I recommend used. Just be careful and choosy and have it checked out. And u can do repairs on them and the batteries never went out. Ive had A Prius for 191k miles and the current one over 200k and never had battery issue. Ive heard they can go around 250k before the battery. And u can repair them yourself or have them redone cheaply. Not several thousand. Back in 07 08 i averaged 44mpg on the camry, and usually could get better. On a competition for mileage i got into the 60s. Point is mileage is better than u think. Like u said they rarely break down. So they are worth it.
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Scotty. I have to disagree with many pointsI have been driving them since 2007. They have atkinson cycle engines. And they get better mileage that u think. Ive had an 07 Camry. And Ive had many used prius and they have been great cars. I recommend used. Just be careful and choosy and have it checked out. And u can do repairs on them and the batteries never went out. Ive had A Prius for 191k miles and the current one over 200k and never had battery issue. Ive heard they can go around 250k before the battery. And u can repair them yourself or have them redone cheaply. Not several thousand. Back in 07 08 i averaged 44mpg on the camry, and usually could get better. On a competition for mileage i got into the 60s. Point is mileage is better than u think. Like u said they rarely break down. So they are worth it.
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geniusfde
Oh my God On high way speed, most hybrid cars wont use electric motors. (some Kias and others capable to run electric up to 70mph) mostly hybrids run electric on pickup. Prius is a pretty fast car. No snail. Drive one before you talk about them. Also about ac, the refrigerant on hybrid cars is the same as regular cars (except 1234yf. Dorman batteries last more than 4 years (so far) and working. No soldering in the hybrid battery pack. Ive fixed several packs. The hybrid future is for the hybrid plug-in. They can run distances without running combustion engine. The fuel tank on that car is smaller. Thats why not taking too much space in the trunk. The batteries are behind the rear seats. Dont stick your tongue on battery for God sake. tongues are mostly used for food talking.
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Oh my God On high way speed, most hybrid cars wont use electric motors. (some Kias and others capable to run electric up to 70mph) mostly hybrids run electric on pickup. Prius is a pretty fast car. No snail. Drive one before you talk about them. Also about ac, the refrigerant on hybrid cars is the same as regular cars (except 1234yf. Dorman batteries last more than 4 years (so far) and working. No soldering in the hybrid battery pack. Ive fixed several packs. The hybrid future is for the hybrid plug-in. They can run distances without running combustion engine. The fuel tank on that car is smaller. Thats why not taking too much space in the trunk. The batteries are behind the rear seats. Dont stick your tongue on battery for God sake. tongues are mostly used for food talking.
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udmbfck x
Right now in cars direct the difference is about 4, 000 for a new base Camry vs a base Camry Hybrid. So the 2 questions to ponder are: 1) How long are you planning to keep the car? If a very long time until it dies, also consider the higher expenses on hybrid repairs as per Scotty. 2) How many miles will you drive it in a year? Then the other issue is gas prices. Right now, Chevy and Ford are hedging their bets on SUVs, since they cannot compete in the passenger car business against the Japs (and Koreans) and gas is cheap. at least in the foreseeable future. Pull out that calculator. Anyways if I were to buy a vehicle this size I would consider the more fun to drive Accord non-hybrid or even a Mazda 6. Dont get me wrong, the Camry is a great, reliable car.
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Right now in cars direct the difference is about 4, 000 for a new base Camry vs a base Camry Hybrid. So the 2 questions to ponder are: 1) How long are you planning to keep the car? If a very long time until it dies, also consider the higher expenses on hybrid repairs as per Scotty. 2) How many miles will you drive it in a year? Then the other issue is gas prices. Right now, Chevy and Ford are hedging their bets on SUVs, since they cannot compete in the passenger car business against the Japs (and Koreans) and gas is cheap. at least in the foreseeable future. Pull out that calculator. Anyways if I were to buy a vehicle this size I would consider the more fun to drive Accord non-hybrid or even a Mazda 6. Dont get me wrong, the Camry is a great, reliable car.
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Roger F
Good points Scotty. I have the 2018 Honda Accord Hybrid (it uses the Atkinson cycle engine by the way. The cost of the hybrid version over the normal gas version was only 1, 500. Insofar as mileage, it gets around 50 mpg in town but on the interstate 70 mph with cruise on and air conditioning, it only gets about 41mpg. Scotty you are absolutely correct talking about highway vs city. If you drive mostly highway, you are totally wasting your money buying a hybrid. Also note that the EPA estimated milage for hybrids is way off on some vehicles concerning its highway estimates. If you drive a combination of highway & city, it may be closer to the estimate.
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Good points Scotty. I have the 2018 Honda Accord Hybrid (it uses the Atkinson cycle engine by the way. The cost of the hybrid version over the normal gas version was only 1, 500. Insofar as mileage, it gets around 50 mpg in town but on the interstate 70 mph with cruise on and air conditioning, it only gets about 41mpg. Scotty you are absolutely correct talking about highway vs city. If you drive mostly highway, you are totally wasting your money buying a hybrid. Also note that the EPA estimated milage for hybrids is way off on some vehicles concerning its highway estimates. If you drive a combination of highway & city, it may be closer to the estimate.
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Mr. Gator
What about Chevy diesal cruze it get about 48 to 50 brand new thats nice miles per gallon like the old Toyota Prius but what do you think scooty cause I been searching those vehicle for a while and I heard your video about the diesal cars and I was still thinking about it again cause I want to lease one for about two years and then maybe get a better one or just get a nice vehicle that wont beak that much but also look online and I saw a cruze diesal with about 160000 miles and that is not trouble free miles I think not but I like to tried it out and see or there is a better way to lease a car a better one thanks Scotty for your videos
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What about Chevy diesal cruze it get about 48 to 50 brand new thats nice miles per gallon like the old Toyota Prius but what do you think scooty cause I been searching those vehicle for a while and I heard your video about the diesal cars and I was still thinking about it again cause I want to lease one for about two years and then maybe get a better one or just get a nice vehicle that wont beak that much but also look online and I saw a cruze diesal with about 160000 miles and that is not trouble free miles I think not but I like to tried it out and see or there is a better way to lease a car a better one thanks Scotty for your videos
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Warren NZ
Well I can attest that my Lexus GS450h (h for hybrid) gets about 11L/100Kms in town and around 8L/100Kms (or better) on the highway. I dont know if thats a Lexus thing but as far as reliability goes, the car is 12 years old and NOTHING has ever gone wrong. And as a full size, 4 door, luxury sedan that goes 0-100 in 5. 2 seconds its no slouch either. Also Ive asked countless taxi drivers with a Prius if theyve ever had to change the battery and exactly NONE have said yes and many of them have well over 100, 000 Kms on them (one had 350, 000 Kms on it with the original battery. So Im not sure where your advice is coming from on this one.
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Well I can attest that my Lexus GS450h (h for hybrid) gets about 11L/100Kms in town and around 8L/100Kms (or better) on the highway. I dont know if thats a Lexus thing but as far as reliability goes, the car is 12 years old and NOTHING has ever gone wrong. And as a full size, 4 door, luxury sedan that goes 0-100 in 5. 2 seconds its no slouch either. Also Ive asked countless taxi drivers with a Prius if theyve ever had to change the battery and exactly NONE have said yes and many of them have well over 100, 000 Kms on them (one had 350, 000 Kms on it with the original battery. So Im not sure where your advice is coming from on this one.
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TONY B the TECH TIGER
Scotty I traded in my 2011 piece of junk equinox and got my full amount I owed (dealer knew us personally and overpaid imho but Im not going to stop him ha ha ha, anyway I traded for a 2014 Ford cmax energi phev with 66k, I prayed and prayed for another car and I felt like this one was Gods will for us I went from 16 MPG to over a hundred overnight (almost I had to get my outside plug in fixed at 80 a new fuse and upgrade to a higher amps) Im getting a thousand miles easily on a tank of gas and with that tank Im paying less than 12 per month for gas as opposed to about 200 how can you argue with almost 200 extra per month?
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Scotty I traded in my 2011 piece of junk equinox and got my full amount I owed (dealer knew us personally and overpaid imho but Im not going to stop him ha ha ha, anyway I traded for a 2014 Ford cmax energi phev with 66k, I prayed and prayed for another car and I felt like this one was Gods will for us I went from 16 MPG to over a hundred overnight (almost I had to get my outside plug in fixed at 80 a new fuse and upgrade to a higher amps) Im getting a thousand miles easily on a tank of gas and with that tank Im paying less than 12 per month for gas as opposed to about 200 how can you argue with almost 200 extra per month?
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Matthew Huszarik
Price differential is exaggerated it is only 2000-3000 and newer hybrids now get much better gas mileage than non-hybrids. Check out Toyotas web site they give you all the numbers. We have a 2015 Avalon hybrid we love the car no problems and a solid 36miles/gallon we also had a 2006 Avalon not exactly the same car but it got only about 23miles/gallon same diving parameters. The hybrid cost us a couple thousand more than the non-hybrid. We plan to purchase only hybrid or fully electric cars in the future. Presently we are in the market for a RAV4 hybrid and we will be seriously looking at the Tesla Model Y when it comes out.
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Price differential is exaggerated it is only 2000-3000 and newer hybrids now get much better gas mileage than non-hybrids. Check out Toyotas web site they give you all the numbers. We have a 2015 Avalon hybrid we love the car no problems and a solid 36miles/gallon we also had a 2006 Avalon not exactly the same car but it got only about 23miles/gallon same diving parameters. The hybrid cost us a couple thousand more than the non-hybrid. We plan to purchase only hybrid or fully electric cars in the future. Presently we are in the market for a RAV4 hybrid and we will be seriously looking at the Tesla Model Y when it comes out.
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