Originally posted by 1314:
Originally posted by ssmumich00:
hopefully they'll stop driving SUVs and start recycling. . .



Hey now. Don't you have a new V8 4Runner? My Pilot gets better gas mileage than you, too.



You bet, but I would've gotten the V6 if it was an option in OCt 2002, and I would've DEF bought a hybrid SUV even if it was a $3k premium.

Those weren't options then, and since I totaled the last V6 4Runner we had, this was the next best thing. . .and I TRIED to convince Neelam to at least test drive the Prius, which was CRAP, back then. . .she wouldn't have it, needed the SUV for moving crap, transporting pets, Sam's cluc, etc. Point being, if you WERE to buy an SUV, I hope that people would NOW entertain the hybrid technology. The other point also being that if you are driving a Yukon with 22's to be a pimp, that's retarded, when you can just as easily buy a BMW with 22's and get better gas mileage (and better handling, etc.)

But I can't hold that over anybody's head, it's they're money, do whatever with it. . .I just HOPE that now that hybrid tech is becoming more mainstream, that people would buy a Yukon or Escalade or 4Runner or Pilot with an electric motor. . .

BTW, we get the same mileage My colleague just bought a pilot and he averages about 20mpg on the highway and about 17mpg in the city. I average about 16mpg in the city and 20-22 on the highway. . .for a V8, that ain't bad. But I think we're going to trade it in for a hybrid 4Runner when they come out with one. . .FOR the environment, got that SVTCuervo, the liberal wants to save the environment and not ruin it for future generations (please get your Bush-based-head-up-the-ass-let's-drill-in-Alaska-ideas-and-destroy-earth another thought when you go around ranting). . .

Oh yeah, proof of point, this movie was meant to illicit thought and provoke the healthy discussions we're having here. . .

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