Intersting hybrid thread on the MSN Money board...

burritos · 06-27-2006, 06:55 PM

Some of the people here are less ignorant than I had anticipated.

http://moneycentral.msn.com/community/mess...&ThreadID=29369

**Tideland Prius** · 06-27-2006, 07:04 PM

brandon · 06-27-2006, 07:24 PM

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Some of the people here are less ignorant than I had anticipated.
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Gosh I hope you're being sarcastic...

Most of the posters on that board seem clueless, especially the author Liz. Being ignorant is one thing, but posting "facts" about hybrids when you are fully aware you don't know anything about the topic, now that's a good definition for stupidity.

And 20 times the maintenance cost?!? I think I've spent less than $150 in almost 2 years of ownership; oil changes and tire rotations every six months.

richard schumacher · 06-29-2006, 09:51 AM

MSN doesn't support Safari. Screw 'em.

edselpdx · 06-29-2006, 10:00 AM

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Yep. Me too.

EricGo · 06-29-2006, 10:06 AM

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Or Camino. Or Firefox.

Triple screw 'em.

EricGo · 06-29-2006, 10:17 AM

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And 20 times the maintenance cost?!? I think I've spent less than $150 in almost 2 years of ownership; oil changes and tire rotations every six months.[/b]

I spend about $30 annualy on self-done synthetic oil changes every six months. I will be buying tyres come this winter, at about 40K miles.

OH YEAHH .. I almost forgot. I wax my car twice a year.

Catskillguy · 06-29-2006, 10:27 AM

Would this person be 'anticipating' the replacement of the hybrid batteries and a $3000 talked about cost in to the maint. costs? That's the only way I can see them coming up with that figure.

john1701a · 06-29-2006, 11:09 AM

This absolutely astonishingly quote came from a post on that forum this morning...

I posted a question about the recharging of the batteries, and wondered how it was done. This was a legitimate query on my part.

I immediately was hit with ridicule and mocking from the sanctimonious amongst us, pointing out it was obvious, even to a half brained person how this was done. I was called a moron for not realizing the obvious. Duh, you plug it in.

Yes, I realize you plug in the car to an outlet... but I for one, do not have off the street parking with access to an outlet.

Talking about a misconception being taken advantage of to the extreme. I had no idea some of the anti-hybrid efforts were that effective.

McShemp · 06-29-2006, 02:09 PM

Those posters are nutz!

06-27-2006, 07:04 PM	#2
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06-29-2006, 11:09 AM	#9
john1701a Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,530 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: Pioneer #3 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 3	This absolutely astonishingly quote came from a post on that forum this morning... I posted a question about the recharging of the batteries, and wondered how it was done. This was a legitimate query on my part. I immediately was hit with ridicule and mocking from the sanctimonious amongst us, pointing out it was obvious, even to a half brained person how this was done. I was called a moron for not realizing the obvious. Duh, you plug it in. Yes, I realize you plug in the car to an outlet... but I for one, do not have off the street parking with access to an outlet. Talking about a misconception being taken advantage of to the extreme. I had no idea some of the anti-hybrid efforts were that effective. __________________ JOHN http://john1701a.com 48.0 MPG average @ 103,446 miles

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06-27-2006, 06:55 PM	#1
burritos Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: California Posts: 2,525 My Car: 2006 Prius Package: #1 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 1	Some of the people here are less ignorant than I had anticipated. http://moneycentral.msn.com/community/mess...&ThreadID=29369

06-29-2006, 09:51 AM	#4
richard schumacher ichorous liquor Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: United States Posts: 3,868 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #6 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	MSN doesn't support Safari. Screw 'em.

06-29-2006, 10:27 AM	#8
Catskillguy Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Mid Hudson Valley NY Posts: 536 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Would this person be 'anticipating' the replacement of the hybrid batteries and a $3000 talked about cost in to the maint. costs? That's the only way I can see them coming up with that figure.

06-29-2006, 02:09 PM	#10
McShemp Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: SA, TX Posts: 334 My Car: 2006 Prius Package: #5 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Those posters are nutz!