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Will purchasing a hybrid car save me alot of money on gas?

I got an 07' honda accord now, and at 54.00/ full fill up every week and half...which is pretty good.....but, considering purchasing a hybrid car..... what you think?????

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1. Yes very much so specialy when gas is a £1
2. bad move..if you trade in a 07 it will take 20 to 25 years for the gas saved to even out...stay with what you got till u pay it off.
3. On the highway to some degree but there are many other vehicles that get better gas mileage than a hybrid. In town no...................
4. Consider how much a new Hybrid is going to cost you. It will get you better mileage, but not enough to make it worth your while. Consider how many miles you will need to drive your new hybrid to break even. About 150,000 miles to break even from what it will cost you to sell your 07 Honda and buy an 08 hybrid. Then, at about the point where you break even, you need to replace the battery pack, and you start over. If you don't replace the battery pack, you have a worthless hybrid, and you still lose. Even selling your 07 and buying a new 08 sub-compact that gives you better mileage still doesn't make sense. Your car depreciates a lot the first year. Wit what you lose on your Honda, and what you pay for a new 08 sub-compact, you still have to drive it many years to break even.
5. We were also considering purchasing a Hybrid, since they do get excellent gas mileage and they're "Green" (better for the environment), but the higher price and battery replacement after 80,000 miles turned us off for now. So the next best gasoline cars are the Toyota Yaris, Toyota Corolla and the Honda Fit. I'm still not sure which one to buy.
6. The only real way buying a new hybrid saves you money is if your old car is done and you were going to trade it in anyways for a new car. Because otherwise it takes 5-10 years to make up the difference in price between most hybrids and their non-hybrid versions. Take your avg gas use per month and add car payment if you have it and then compare what it would be for your theoretical hybrid for gas and car payments and see how long it would take for you to come out saving money on gas.
7. I think hybrid cars are pointless. They weigh too much to be efficient, cost too much to purchase and service and are a PR excercise. If you want a truly fuel efficient car, wait a year or so and purchase a Loremo which will do 150mpg because it is light and efficient. The most economical car you can buy at the moment is a diesel Citroen C1/Toyota Aygo (same car, different badge) which will return 70mpg.
8. If you drive allot try getting a manual car they save money and the newer BMW manuals save lots of gas with there standby and such.
9. unless you find a very good deal on a used hybrid it will take a very long time before the money you save at the gas pump will offset the increased cost of a hybrid. your not polluting the earth as much as a normal car but other than that right now the cost is too high to "save" money. the cost and reliability of the batteries is yet to be seen.
10. Hybrid cars are beginning to look a bit of a dead duck, the up front purchase cost is to high and the fuel savings are to low, one of the problems in my opinion is that the engines fitted are to small meaning that when the engine is operating it has pull all the excess weight batteries etc. while also charging the batteries thereby ruining any expected fuel economies