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anybody thinking of electric cars?

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    1337Rolla oh my

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    anybody thinking of electric cars?

    Now regular gas here has bounced up to 2.25 a gallon.. and I think the prius is a pretty good 1/2 way type vehicle.. but has anybody thought about going completely electric?

    I found this sweet car (prototype) http://acpropulsion.com/tzero_pages/tzero_home.htm :pant:
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    it wouldn't be reasonable in a lot of areas...and they're still WAY too expensive.

    drop the price to around $25k and i could see it as affordable.
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    the prius is a good choice i like the new design og it
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    1337Rolla oh my

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    problem always has been price :( I should run my car on old mc.donalds grease like I saw on this tv show.. the guy's car always smelled like fries.
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    price of the prius? i think in what you would save would be well and above
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    a couple years ago I studied the cost of owning a hybrid vs a regular corolla and tried to see how high gas prices had to go before it was cheaper to operate a hybrid. for the prius, it ended up ~$2.60 a gallon we're still not there yet, but it's getting very close, never thought it would happen.
    (Hybrids are more expensive because of the battery replacement cost) all my numbers were based on the batteries lasting 100K miles.
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    well this summer gas should be that high... i would consider it
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    If it where cheaper I might think of it
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    i think the price is right
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    Considering the fact that I paid only 16,000 for my rolla. its not practical for me
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    well duh your paying for the technical part of the car.. the car is science
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    I know
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    the price isnt going to go down...
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    it's gone down since they first came out...
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    yea thats true there, if I want a electric car I better pray to win the lottery. LOL
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    yea well i remember when they first came up they were in the mid 30s i think dont hold me to that
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    hahaha


    the rav4 ev was $45,000, never came down.. and ya wonder why they sold poorly.
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    the rav4 is a good seller since they beefed up the engine and redesigned them
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    i would take a SMART car, you know, those little ones, the two seaters. i think they look cool. they aren't electric, but they have like a motorcycle engine and get maybe 40+ mpg city, not bad. top speed = 88
    they also have supercharged ones that kinda look like honda2000s, not bad
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    ive seen those i wonder how much upkeep there is with one of those
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    My city recently purchased a Toyota Prius and put it on the front page of my city's newspaper (just to show you how much of a small suburbian town it is)....anyways, they showed the interior and its performance ratings, i cant remember them but i know that the performance on it was awesome in terms of gas mileage (which they needed anyways, cuz they would use that car to travel to Downtown Tulsa's City Hall which is about a 30 minute drive....they showed the interior of it and i was like, dang, that doesnt look too bad....looks like some pimp my ride sh*t cuz of the screen in the dash....
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    0-60 time is fast also
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    funny I started this thread.. cause today the prices rose again... $3.02 for premium, :sad:
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    dag man, its liek $2.05 for regular here, 2 months ago it was $1.70
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    i wish gas stations would have 99 cent day
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    They'll go down sooner or later, just like everything else. The price to build them will decrease, so they can still have a good amount of profit from them and be able to lower the price some. Theyre going to have to in order for them to take off.
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    we have an all electric subaru impreza that runs autoX and road courses down here.. very impressive.. he actually drives it to and from most events!
    Tamago, Apr 7, 2005
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