I agree,...except for the diesel part,...Bought any Urea yet? How about $5 dollar a gallon diesel?...Lets not get into insurance rates either,...Not to mention repair costs of a diesel, (diesel parts prices are equal with quality ricer parts),...Not to cast a negative light on your diesel, or your ricer, they're just not for me.
I looked hard at the "hybirds" before I bought the $14,000 Caliber,...Gets 35 mpg @ 70-75 mph,...costs me 50 bucks to go 400 miles. It was cheaper for me in the long run to put gas in the Cali than to spend north of 25 grand on something "greener"....and uglier.
Total cost for the Caliber for 5 years, (which includes initial cost, gas for 5 years, financing, insurance and normal maintanence) is around 30 grand.
Maybe sometime in the future, "hybirds" will be more affordable to joe lunch box types like me, but until then I'll be "ridin dirty"....
