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Re: NFC: Any hybrid daily drivers out there?
From: Dan Warlick (edwf430bellsouth.net)
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:07:02 -0700 (PDT)
Can we bring back the old Styrofoam hamburger containers at McDonalds too?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Rentiers" <rentiers [at] mac.com>
To: "Daniel" <edwf430 [at] bellsouth.net>
Cc: <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 11:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] NFC: Any hybrid daily drivers out there?


Boys those politicians are all burning more jet fuel before lunch than
you're gonna consume in your lifetime. They just discovered another 30
billion barrel field off Brazil - third largest after Saudii and
Kuwait. Not to mention all the oil off the coasts of CA and FL, ANWR,
the oil shale of WY and CO, the oil sands of Canada etc. Put your foot
to the floor and smile.

ken


On Apr 26, 2008, at 9:23 AM, Stephen Sherman wrote:

First I don't have a hybrid, I HAVE an 89 GEO METRO that when new go
50mpg
highway and now a 130,000 miles later  gets 42mpg highway and 37
city. It
has room for 4 plus luggage.

The sad part is that the media is making a big deal out of hybrids
and the
'SMART CAR' that has half the capacity and not as good a milage.

They should be pointing out milage has gone down instead of up since
89.

I also have a 2004 Avelanche that gets 15mph hwy down from 18 mpg
hwy that
my 2002 Avelanche got (with the same engine).

The 1986 Porsche 944 Turbo gets 20mpg hwy

and the 1981 Ferrari 308 GTSi gets 18mpg hwy.

Combined gallons per year is 1000 including mowing my 5 acres.

Stephen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Reynolds" <kjtar [at] cox.net>
To: "Stephen" <sherman [at] wildblue.net>
Cc: <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 7:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] NFC: Any hybrid daily drivers out there?


So, 5 liters per 100 kilometers would equal out to around 47 miles
per
gallon.  Not too shabby.  I get around 20 mpg with the Mercedes,
Karen
usually gets mid to high 20s with her Integra, and my '96 Camaro SS
has
gotten a bit more than 17 on occasion, but I expect 16 when I drive
it
"normally".  Not going to do anything w/o investigating a lot more
(and
it's
fun) but this is just ridiculous.  I know other countries have been
paying
a
lot more for a lot longer.  Maybe we should just "liberate" Saudi
Arabia.
Nah, just kidding, but I'll bet it's been tossed around...
Tom Reynolds
Tulsa, OK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Pless" <ferrarilist [at] pless.com.au>
To: "Tom Reynolds" <kjtar [at] cox.net>
Cc: "'The FerrariList'" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 2:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] NFC: Any hybrid daily drivers out there?


As a matter of fact...my father and girlfriend both drive a toyota
prius.

I love driving it. As long as you drive it in the way it was
intended,
and
not like some sort of sports car, I think anyone would enjoy
driving it.
They get, in the real world, less than 5l/100km
They use less fuel in traffic than on the open road!
The dead silence every time you stop is eerie.
They have all the "mod cons"
The steering feels great.
So far in 3 years of ownership, not one problem (as you'd expect
from
toyota)

Overall, the fuel economy is just a bonus.

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Reynolds [mailto:kjtar [at] cox.net]
Sent: Saturday, 26 April 2008 1:28 PM
To: Peter Pless
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: [Ferrari] NFC: Any hybrid daily drivers out there?

Any hybrid daily drivers out there on the F-list?  I'm seriously
thinking
of
getting a hybrid of some sort. Not that it will make any immediate
economic 
sense (buying a hybrid to "save" money on gasoline expenses) but
I'm just
really getting pissed (in the American sense of the word,
although, Britt
and Francis, if you're out there, I did have a drink tonight and
sorta
plan 
on having another one) at the high gasoline prices.  I paid $3.599
per
gallon yesterday or the day before, and about 6 or 7 days prior to
that
gas 
was "only" $3.299 per gallon.  9.1% price increase in less than 1
week?!?!
Yikes!  That's what, 473.2% per year?
You gotta be kidding me.
Thanks to all,
Tom (about to have one more drink "for medicinal purposes") Reynolds
Tulsa, 
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