Hi, Guest
If the battery tech / electric power storage tech of ANY kind was worthwhile, I guarantee the automakers who aren't intimately involved with hybrids right now would be singing a MUCH different tune.
I guess a rough analogy would be moving from a house with electric heat and hot water to a house with forced-air natural gas heat and natural gas-fired hot water. Better yet, one of those on-demand hot water systems. When you can heat for a fraction of the price of electric heat (ironic, isn't it?), why not?
It's a gas-burning mindset we all have, nothing more. If all of our daily routines could be (and indeed, many could) standardized around an electric vehicle, or electric-primary vehicle, we'd do it. There have been several times now when I've reassured myself that the "toys" that fit behind the Escape are coming, and that justifies my V6 4WD purchase.
I mean, even the new Hybrids are rated to tow 1,000lbs. My little utility trailer is hardly rated for 1200 gross.
I'm going to need a hell of a reason not to get a hybrid 4WD vehicle on my next purchase, or whatever the city-geared transportation type is at that time, given my mostly city driving bias.
I guess a rough analogy would be moving from a house with electric heat and hot water to a house with forced-air natural gas heat and natural gas-fired hot water. Better yet, one of those on-demand hot water systems. When you can heat for a fraction of the price of electric heat (ironic, isn't it?), why not?
It's a gas-burning mindset we all have, nothing more. If all of our daily routines could be (and indeed, many could) standardized around an electric vehicle, or electric-primary vehicle, we'd do it. There have been several times now when I've reassured myself that the "toys" that fit behind the Escape are coming, and that justifies my V6 4WD purchase.
I mean, even the new Hybrids are rated to tow 1,000lbs. My little utility trailer is hardly rated for 1200 gross.
I'm going to need a hell of a reason not to get a hybrid 4WD vehicle on my next purchase, or whatever the city-geared transportation type is at that time, given my mostly city driving bias.
Daily driver 1: 2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sport "S"
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.