$$$$.....Regular Fuel makes a real difference.
03-12-19, 08:17 AM
#91
Lexus Champion
The new RAV4 Hybrid is only going to be an $800 premium over the equivalent gas versions. Perhaps the future is now....
03-12-19, 08:28 AM
#92
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03-12-19, 08:38 AM
#93
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touché and that is good news!
03-12-19, 09:54 AM
#94
Lexus Champion
I calculated a 36 month break-even point on my Highlander Hybrid and I'm at 32 months now. Since we got ours, the price premium for the hybrid went down drastically, so yes, a break-even point is absolutely possible for the hybrids.
03-12-19, 09:59 AM
#95
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03-12-19, 10:16 AM
#96
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Interesting thought, but cold winters usually affect the price of heating oil for homes and businesses more than gasoline. Extremely cold weather often prevents as much driving and demand for gasoline.....for one thing, a lot of batteries die and/or engines won't start. Snowstorms and slick roads, of course, often mean more accidents and fender-benders....which means that vehicles are spending their time in the body shops, rather than out on the road burning gas.
03-12-19, 10:36 AM
#97
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Correct me if I'm wrong but I think both gasoline and heating oil (generally diesel?) is just crude refined differently for different purposes. So if more crude is allocated to be refined into heating oil, the effects of less driving is offset by higher demand for heating oil. I wouldnt know about less driving in NY anyways since its traffic sun or snow.
03-12-19, 11:09 AM
#98
Lexus Test Driver
Interesting thought, but cold winters usually affect the price of heating oil for homes and businesses more than gasoline. Extremely cold weather often prevents as much driving and demand for gasoline.....for one thing, a lot of batteries die and/or engines won't start. Snowstorms and slick roads, of course, often mean more accidents and fender-benders....which means that vehicles are spending their time in the body shops, rather than out on the road burning gas.
Who lets a dead battery stop them? You typically just jump it and move on. I can't imagine engines failing to start is a big enough issue to impact gas prices, at least not in any car made in my lifetime.
And those people whose cars in the shop after an accident typically drive a rental. They don't just sit at home and do nothing until their car is fixed. Unless they live somewhere with a robust public transportation system, they are still driving something during that time.
03-12-19, 12:07 PM
#99
I like the technical sophistication of my RX hybrid but getting better city mileage is not the reason I enjoy the car. Yes, I suppose the gas savings will pay for the incremental purchase price and/or the possibility of higher maintenance expense, and then some. But I just love the smoothness, with no up or down-shifting. And the utter calm at traffic lights with the ICE turned off.
It's like how I appreciate the new GE9x jet engines used on the new Boeing 777 because they represent the pinnacle of efficiency in terms of thrust versus fuel consumption. A lot of intelligent research went into their design.
By the way gas here in Oregon is about $2.50 at Costco.
It's like how I appreciate the new GE9x jet engines used on the new Boeing 777 because they represent the pinnacle of efficiency in terms of thrust versus fuel consumption. A lot of intelligent research went into their design.
By the way gas here in Oregon is about $2.50 at Costco.
03-12-19, 12:22 PM
#100
Lexus Fanatic
For the last couple of years, I'd agree, as gas prices in the U.S. have generally been stable, but this is the first significant increase I've seen in a while.
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03-12-19, 01:09 PM
#101
Lexus Fanatic
So benefits in order.....1 60 min per day recoup'd 2 6000 miles less wear/tear on the LS430 3 $913 in fuel saved (this goes down if premium goes down in price)
03-12-19, 07:22 PM
#103
Just paid $2.79 for premium here in the Denver metro area and it's up almost a quarter over this time last week.
Thankfully my wife works from home and I have only a couple mile commute and we only really drive our RX when the weather is bad or at least once a week otherwise we drive our Ford Focus which gets 28mpg around town so I can't complain too much.
Thankfully my wife works from home and I have only a couple mile commute and we only really drive our RX when the weather is bad or at least once a week otherwise we drive our Ford Focus which gets 28mpg around town so I can't complain too much.
03-13-19, 12:21 AM
#104
We're still seeing regular at around $2/gallon. Relatively low state taxes and lack of a special blend seem to keep our prices low. One thing I did notice on the last couple of trips to California is that I get about 2 mpg better on Arizona gas than on California gas. Could it be that their special low emissions blend has less energy per gallon?
03-13-19, 02:58 AM
#105
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In Europe, the prices of fuel goes up on a regular basics.
We have actually aour 5.74 $ a gallon, and we know fuel is actually extremely low priced on the market. There is no single reason for that high price, just that oil companies want to make profit.
Until know, USA seemed to be an exception on the chess board. Maybe, now, industry will start to milk you as unfairly as everyone else ? (just an hyphotesis though).
We have actually aour 5.74 $ a gallon, and we know fuel is actually extremely low priced on the market. There is no single reason for that high price, just that oil companies want to make profit.
Until know, USA seemed to be an exception on the chess board. Maybe, now, industry will start to milk you as unfairly as everyone else ? (just an hyphotesis though).