’06 Civics set new benchmark, but Hybrid costs you in 2 ways
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’06 Civics set new benchmark, but Hybrid costs you in 2 ways
....The hybrid, which comes only with a stepless or "continuously variable" automatic, is rated significantly higher by the EPA - at 49 mpg in the city and 51 on the highway.
Impressive, for sure, but Civic Hybrid drivers pay a price for being able to thumb their noses at Big Oil and help save the planet - in higher purchase price and lower performance....
Impressive, for sure, but Civic Hybrid drivers pay a price for being able to thumb their noses at Big Oil and help save the planet - in higher purchase price and lower performance....
http://www.newsday.com/news/columnis...ess-columnists
BTW, I am in total disagreement with this article !!
Last edited by lkewin; Feb 9, 2006 at 10:53 AM.
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Re: ’06 Civics set new benchmark, but Hybrid costs you in 2 ways
Originally Posted by lkewin
As reported on Newsday.com
http://www.newsday.com/news/columnis...ess-columnists
BTW, I am in total disagreement with this article !!
http://www.newsday.com/news/columnis...ess-columnists
BTW, I am in total disagreement with this article !!
"The Hybrid gets the same rear drum brakes as the cheaper DX and LX sedans, and in the Hybrid the brake pedal has an artificial and somewhat nonlinear feel because a variable amount of the stopping is being done by friction in the electric motor rather than contact between brake pads and discs or drums."
Friction in the Electric Motor????? doooh....
If there is any, it is very negligable. Thomas Alva Westinghouse must be rolling...
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Re: ’06 Civics set new benchmark, but Hybrid costs you in 2 ways
lower performance
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