Originally Posted by noisebeam
Huh? My family only got a one time $2000 income deduction for the purchase of a Prius in Oct. 2004. The in pocket benefit of a deduction is a fraction of that and does not come close to makng up for the extra cost I paid over a non hybrid vehicle of similar type. We get no other benefits.
The current lifetime mpg of this Prius is 49.8 for over 15k miles of use.
Al
Do people also get the writeoff for the hybrid SUVs and hybrid performance cars that get like 20 mpg or less?
I don't know much about cars, but I read that many hybrids are "bred" for higher performance rather than better mileage. Is this true?