BEND OVER, I MEAN WAY OVER, FOR THE HYBRIDS

Mainstream journalists are ignoring—what else is new?---- the fact that there's another propaganda campaign being conducted by the usual suspects to get us all to just love hybrids. Well, here's a few negatives for you. The true long-term costs of owning a hybrid have either been ignored or largely swept under the rug. The fact of the matter is that it's not just the battery replacement which will run between $2,000 and $5,000 (outside of basic warranty coverage) that will have to be dealt with by consumers - the sub-systems in hybrids are frightfully expensive too, and no one has even bothered to mention that fact. As for the argument that the more hybrids there are on the road, the more the costs to repair them will go down? Check this out: The buyers of used hybrids will face the music of horrendous maintenance costs. Buyers for used hybrids will be presented with a kaleidoscope of problems, from batteries and sub-system replacement, to the fact that seriously pricey extended warranties will be absolutely mandatory and will have to be tacked on to the cost of ownership. What this is going to do to the actual resale value of these used hybrids remains to be seen, but suffice to say the true cost of hybrid ownership is a story that's being ignored by the environmentalist lefties in the media. Right now it looks like a hybrid that cost 25k new will cost at least 15K in maintenance after ten years. How much will you pay for a ten year old car? How about for a 5 year old car that will bust you up for huge costs in five years?

Because battery replacement will cost at least $2,000 per car after nine years of ownership; that means the older the car the more expense the new owner will face. All existing data states that when you get on the highway the gas mileage is worse than on compacts through many mid size cars. In terms of mileage, diesel beats any hybrid to death right now; 90 mpg to 40 at best.

The Left Environazis will insist on a whopper of a tax credit to “make” people buy hybrids. The way it looks now that tax credit will have to be around 4K. People who now own them report only modest gasoline savings and actually higher mpg on highways.

Test results? We don't need no stinking test results....Here's one anyway: The Seattle bus company that tested hybrids is disappointed with their performances vs. cost analysis. Can't wait for that to appear in a Newsweek paragraph.