Should I Buy a Hybrid Car to Save on Gas?

By Colin Jones

When you pull up to the gas station pump and fuel your car up with $10-$70 worth of gas, you may find yourself heaving a huge out sigh. How on Earth did gas get to be so expensive? Should you check out one of those new hybrid cars you saw on the news? Everyone's talking about hybrid cars anyway. Hybrid cars and other types of cars may seem like a good idea, but before you go out and do something rash, maybe you should ask yourself some basic questions about how you can begin to save money on petrol.

There are so many options now including everything from not going out to purchasing a hybrid car, but you have to find out what is best for you. You can only do that by posing yourself the following questions.

Perhaps you should drive less often?

For sure, you could spend the rest of your life at home watching films, but how would you get by then? I know what you're thinking! You will walk more and so get more exercise. That could be true, but what will happen when you get bored with walking or riding your bike? How are you going to be able to get to the gym then? And, have you forgotten about work? You know you love listening to your books on tape while you are sitting in traffic at the end of the workday. Should you drive less? Perhaps not then. But what should you do? Well, have you ever considered buying a hybrid car?

Perhaps, I should buy a car that is more economical on gas?

Yes, of course you could do this, but what about when the vehicle starts to get older and it becomes less fuel-efficient than you thought it would be? Moreover, because you know you have a car that is getting more mileage out of fuel, you are going to start driving more miles than you travelled beforehand.

How about getting up earlier each morning to look for the cheapest gas prices in the area?

Really, who has the time to do all that? If you really think about it, you would probably spend your time more profitably finding the right answer to the real question. Do you really want to spend extra time looking for a cheap fuel station? What would your boss think if you arrive late for work and tell him you were trying to save money on gas? And anyway, how long do you think you'd keep that up?

Should I find a way to run my car on electric batteries?

Let's see, you certainly don't want to have to recharge your car's batteries every day before you go to work because that might make you late as well. However, with a hybrid car, that would not be a consideration. So, the next question should be obvious.

How about purchasing a hybrid car?

Perhaps you should. It's possible that buying a hybrid car would be a sensible method to avoid higher fuel prices. Would your car depreciate as soon as you drive it off the forecourt? A hybrid won't do that so quickly as it brings the buyer in more and more money as they save on petrol. A hybrid car just might be a good choice here. However, it's still a good idea to conduct further research on a hybrid car.

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