Thoughts on hybrids?

[89th]

I plan on getting an Odyssey in the next year or two.

[Axtremus]

As for the hybrid vs. non-hybrid question, factor in one out-of warranty hybrid battery replacement if you’re thkinkng “long haul.” Life expectancy of the hybrid battery is somewhere between 5 and 7 years.

[xenon]

Test drove both today. Went with the Toyota

Was heavily leaning Odyssey before the drives.

[George K]

@xenon said in Thoughts on hybrids?:

Test drove both today. Went with the Toyota
Was heavily leaning Odyssey before the drives.

What changed your mind?

[Mik]

You could not go wrong with those candidates.

[xenon]

@george-k said in Thoughts on hybrids?:

@xenon said in Thoughts on hybrids?:

Test drove both today. Went with the Toyota
Was heavily leaning Odyssey before the drives.

What changed your mind?

It drove like a car (in a good way). I thought the Honda would be a lot better in term of pickup, but the hybrid system has a nice response from stop (the Odyssey can dig much deeper though). And the inner and outer fit/finish just felt much much more modern.

The 50% better fuel mileage was a bonus. Ended up paying $5k more than a similarly specced Odyssey though.

[Doctor Phibes]

Taking ownership of ones first mini-van is part of the hell that announces the fact that you're approaching middle age.

Whilst, like erectile disfunction, it may be unavoidable, I see no reason to celebrate it, or even to tell anybody else about it.

Dressing the discussion up as being about 'buying a hybrid' is just a distraction from the dreadful truth.

I apologize for my bluntness, but somebody needed to say it.

(Doctor Phibes - recovering former Sienna owner)

[George K]

@doctor-phibes said in Thoughts on hybrids?:

recovering

As if...

[Mik]

A real man is not defined by what car he drives. His wife will tell him that.

[brenda]

@mik said in Thoughts on hybrids?:

A real man is not defined by what car he drives. His wife will tell him that.

Exactly. She will have a far more detailed definition to provide.

[xenon]

@doctor-phibes hahahahah

[Mik]

@brenda said in Thoughts on hybrids?:

@mik said in Thoughts on hybrids?:

A real man is not defined by what car he drives. His wife will tell him that.

Exactly. She will have a far more detailed definition to provide.

Isn’t that the truth.

[LuFins Dad]

@xenon

[Doctor Phibes]

@mik said in Thoughts on hybrids?:

A real man is not defined by what car he drives. His wife will tell him that.

Right after she tells him to go buy "us" a loser-cruiser.

[jon-nyc]

I have avoided and will continue to avoid the minivan.

I rode in a Sienna almost every weekend for 3 years and it seemed like a fine car. My buddy had one and we had boys the same age and would take them out Saturdays

[Klaus]

Minivans rock. I don't understand the problem many people have with them, who'll then go on to buy an SUV, which is basically the same thing except that it sits 10 inches highe, costs $10K more, and has worse mileage (says the owner of a SUV).

Obviously there are nicer looking cars, but if one has a large family and/or a lot of stuff to haul, this is usually not on the top spot of the priority list.

[jon-nyc]

Thanks a lot, Xenon. Now I'm getting Toyota Sienna ads...

[Doctor Phibes]

@klaus said in Thoughts on hybrids?:

I don't understand the problem many people have with them,

My main problem when I owned one was all the shit I took from people about it. I'm finally getting to unload it.

[jon-nyc]

@doctor-phibes said in Thoughts on hybrids?:

@klaus said in Thoughts on hybrids?:

I don't understand the problem many people have with them,

My main problem when I owned one was all the shit I took from people about it. I'm finally getting to unload it.

You still have a minivan? You fucking wuss.

[Mik]

Form follows function. I loved my Odyssey.