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[quote=Anonymous]For us, it was a no brainer and we now have two hybrids, a Ford Escape hybrid which is our "big" car for travel and occasional commuting and the Prius which is our local commuting car.  We put about 12-15K miles per year per car.  I figured that I would save about 250-300 gallons of gas per year for the cars.  So around $800-1000 per year in gas about half per car.  The hybrids cost around $3K more than the comparable non-hybrids, so around 4-5 years and the hybrids would have made up the cost different.  I've had the truck for 8 years and the Prius for 5 years, so at this point, all of the cost savings just goes into my pocket.  It was actually less because when I got the truck, we still got over $2000 tax credit (which is no longer applicable).  I vaguely remember that I estimated that it took me around 20-22 months to pay off the difference in price at then gas prices.  We got some dealer incentives when we purchased the Prius that also made it a good buy at the time.  I think I estimated that it took us right about 5 years to pay off the difference in price at the time we bought it.

I love the fact that I have an SUV that can run about 400 miles before a fill-up and then only take about 12-14 gallons to fill and we have a car that can run over 450 miles before a fill-up and then only take 8-10 gallons to fill.  I save a lot of money on gas.[/quote]

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