States find other ways to tax hybrid cars for using too little gasoline

GeorgeTH · 2005-02-15, 05:51 PM

What a stupid idea in face of Global Warming and too many people driving gas guzzling SUVs... Unless they find a way to factor the weight of a vehicle into the formula - then it could be fair.

The again: I can't understand the hype about hybrid cars either. In Europe thay have high fuel prices for decades, and many of their small to medium Diesel powered cars do about the same milage as a twice as expensive hybrid vehicle.
It's just in other parts of the world Diesel doesn't get the same acceptance. A friend of mine in Germany drives a BMW 320 DIESEL - Jesus, what a beautiful car to drive at over 190km/h (~120 mph) on the autobahn! And you cover easily around 700-800 km with one tank of fuel...

2005-02-15, 05:51 PM	#4
GeorgeTH Don't let a programmer design your front-end pages! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: currently on the road in CA Posts: 781	What a stupid idea in face of Global Warming and too many people driving gas guzzling SUVs... Unless they find a way to factor the weight of a vehicle into the formula - then it could be fair. The again: I can't understand the hype about hybrid cars either. In Europe thay have high fuel prices for decades, and many of their small to medium Diesel powered cars do about the same milage as a twice as expensive hybrid vehicle. It's just in other parts of the world Diesel doesn't get the same acceptance. A friend of mine in Germany drives a BMW 320 DIESEL - Jesus, what a beautiful car to drive at over 190km/h (~120 mph) on the autobahn! And you cover easily around 700-800 km with one tank of fuel... __________________ Have a nice day! Last edited by GeorgeTH; 2005-02-15 at 05:58 PM..