The hype out there on the road is all about hybrid cars; non-fuel guzzlers that give an excellent return on your fuel investment. The hybrid brings alongside it a crowd of advantages though there are some downsides to it as well.
Benefits
The mileage offered by a hybrid is to die for. If your guzzler was returning only 22 miles a gallon, the hybrid will double this figure and then some. It’s no wonder that the EPA milestones are easily beat by those in these kinds of cars.
Two heads are better than one. This common saying is put into practice in the hybrid. A car assessment under the hood reveals that alongside the conventional fuel engine sits a powerful electric engine. Talk about putting heads together to lessen a problem.
Since the gasoline engine does not run at low speeds, there is an ethereal quality to the silence when starting up the car. The same in an urban setting means that you are always at low speeds, give or take. This means that there is less stress on the fuel engine thus less maintenance costs incurred.
The durability of the hybrid parts is quite truthfully surprising. The used car value remains more or less similar. An example is the battery which stays functional for a long time. In the Prius Toyota goes ahead to offer a warranty of 8 years or 100,000 miles exhibiting the faith they have in the part.
Problems
It’s all good in the city where the speeds do not relay go high. It’s whole different ball game when it comes to clear stretches of freeway ahead of you. The temptation to floor the pedal is too big to ignore and when you get that hybrid flying you start to notice that the fuel economy is not as rosy as thought to be.
An electric engine can only propel a big vehicle for so long. It is for this reason that most hybrids are small and thus lack a third row that most people would want for their family outings and such. Like other cars, hybrids (the Prius for example) have a 12V battery to power the accessories. This is easily accidentally drained if one leaves on a light by chance.
Prices of hybrids are closely associated with gas prices as well. The higher the gas price, the higher the hybrid price as the demand for them increases.
It is at this point you would opt to go in for a used hybrid since it has been fitted with more functionalities by the previous owner.
