Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 4/21/2005 6:04:40 A.M. Dateline Standard Time, abridge@gmail.com writes: On 4/21/05, Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com> wrote: > In the US the Prius sort of makes sense, if you drive a _lot_. > Mainly, you get the benefit of driving a car which is somewhat more > socially responsible. In Europe, turbodiesels, which are a huge > portion of the market, make sense. The premium you pay for a diesel > car is less than the premium for a Prius, diesel fuel is cheaper than > gas and there is a huge choice of a lot of models from all > manufacturers. Some get substantially better mileage than the Prius > and many handle better or have other features. > In Louisiana, currently the price of diesel is 10 cents higher than gasoline. We looked hard at the VW TDI, and I almost bought one, even though they were stingy with their markdowns. In the end, I got a comparably equipped Prius for less,; they get about the same mileage on the road, and of course the Prius beats it in town. But it finally all came down to one thing. Kathy loved the color on the Prius! Regards, Sonny _http://www.sonc.com_ (http://www.sonc.com)