We can delete all the nonsense if @securespark wants.
Don’t fret
at least you seem to be looking at a plug in hybrid. My daughter in law has just traded in her Jaguar Ftype just before its service (to include over $1000 for new brakes all round - at 20,000 miles 
) Thenew car is a Hyundai Santa Fe hybrid six seater to accommodate Mack. 
Just you enjoy a good procrast they do you good sometimes
But what about the classic- take it or leave itNot when you've been doing it your whole life....
Buying things like large appliances or mobile phones or cars means I have to make lists and compare everything down to the last detail.
"This is good", you're thinking...but then I discover that the replacement item doesn't have a feature that the current one does. Or I'm comparing two items like phones, one has a larger screen and no NFC, the other has NFC but a smaller screen.
I can twist myself in knots trying to decide which product to go for. And consequently it can take a long time. Sometimes months and months...
It's the same in a cafe or restaurant. I mean, it doesn't take me months, but I have a seriously hard time choosing what to eat!
If there was just one choice for everything, I wouldn't have a problem!
I'm the same. Anything under £30 are no problem as the amount of gadgets and gizmos I have will testify. But phones, laptops, TVs etc. will take hours of research until I know which make and model I want.Not when you've been doing it your whole life....
Buying things like large appliances or mobile phones or cars means I have to make lists and compare everything down to the last detail.
"This is good", you're thinking...but then I discover that the replacement item doesn't have a feature that the current one does. Or I'm comparing two items like phones, one has a larger screen and no NFC, the other has NFC but a smaller screen.
I can twist myself in knots trying to decide which product to go for. And consequently it can take a long time. Sometimes months and months...
It's the same in a cafe or restaurant. I mean, it doesn't take me months, but I have a seriously hard time choosing what to eat!
If there was just one choice for everything, I wouldn't have a problem!
If done right it seems a hybrid is more economical that straight petrol because it has regen.Plug in hybrids, sometimes thought to be the worst of all worlds. Why lug around a piston engine along with it's gearbox, exhaust etc when you're driving on battery ? Why lug around a heavy battery when you're thrashing those pistons up and down ?
Hybrid vehicles are the most likely to catch fire, more than twice likely than petrol alone which themselves are vastly more likely to catch fire than EVs.
Going to have to pay the current 63.54p/litre inc. VAT duty and going up in September plus the 1.5p/mile EV duty.
Just my thoughts to help with the procrastination, sorry.
Don't hold back...Plug in hybrids, sometimes thought to be the worst of all worlds. Why lug around a piston engine along with it's gearbox, exhaust etc when you're driving on battery ? Why lug around a heavy battery when you're thrashing those pistons up and down ?
Hybrid vehicles are the most likely to catch fire, more than twice likely than petrol alone which themselves are vastly more likely to catch fire than EVs.
Going to have to pay the current 63.54p/litre inc. VAT duty and going up in September plus the 1.5p/mile EV duty.
Just my thoughts to help with the procrastination, sorry.
Just get one or the other, the pick and mix is a compromise for both.
) and wants to consider hybrids, maybe the Geely.
Just seen this. Will approach Mrs S with the idea. Thanks.
I think it depends, on the usage, for long distances with no regen advantage not so good,
And I would imagine any gains in the hybrid accelerating on electric at the start of a long journey, will be lost in having to lug around an electric drive train and battery on that long journey.You'd need to compare two cars (petrol and plug-in hybrid) that have the same petrol engine, for any comparison to be meaningful.
I can't imagine the Gen 2 Prius would be much fun to drive as an ICE only, no hope of getting between 700km and 1,000km on 50L of fuel, or pull out and overtake with the same level of ease ..... but I'd certainly look at a different battery pack, the NiMH battery was ok for its time, but a good LFP or Na+ battery would make it so much better.And I would imagine any gains in the hybrid accelerating on electric at the start of a long journey, will be lost in having to lug around an electric drive train and battery on that long journey.
Edit: Although you do have the extra momentum to keep you rolling further. Hmm, you are right @siteguru, you would have to do a comparison over the same journey. (Where are Mythbusters when you need them?)
