hybrids

bondthenguyen · Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 8:16 pm Post subject: hybrids

are there any hybrid elkys out there? i heard of one that is a mid engine but is it possible to make a hybrid El Camino.

texaselky · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:16 am Post subject:

Mines a hybrid.......It burns gas AND rubber!!!!
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bondthenguyen · Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:18 pm Post subject:

Snaggle To0th · Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:23 pm Post subject:

Hybrid as in transplanting LS1's into your elky? I think if someone made a elky hybrid they just wasted their money and should of used a more compact and lighter vehicle such as a 91 Honda Civic Wagon.

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ElkyHolik87 · Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 3:10 pm Post subject:

I think that hybirds are retarded especially that stupid prius i hate that car with a passion, the othere day one cut me so i droped it in first punched it and blew the doors of it Laughing 4

. my friends little honda hatch back EX gets 40 to a gallon and its like a 90 i think, and those retarded prius's get 35 to a gal i heard how dumb is that . if i ever heard of a gathering of preus's i would go there and smoke my tires off do some donuts in there face Laugh

. a hybrid elky deserves to be in the hall of shame
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Spencer99 · Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 7:47 pm Post subject:

Snaggle To0th · Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 9:44 pm Post subject:

yeah with the money you spend to make it a hybrid, might as well BUY a hybrid. yeah Toyota claims to make the new Supra with 500hp and alsoa hybrid!
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Spencer99 · Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:38 am Post subject:

haha that would be awesome! i wasnt really commenting on making your elky a hybrid, more along the lines of all cars should be hybrid lol. i think it would be better for the environment, and cheaper as technology develops.
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Spencer99 · Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:40 am Post subject:

hey, maybe they they should make that new 361-hp 2008 pontiac G8 a hybrid aswell! Poke Tounge

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ElkyHolik87 · Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 3:19 pm Post subject:

[quote]you could still have all the power you want, but gain ALOT of MPG. [quote]

if thats the case Spencer99 then im all for it.
Im just baseing my respones one the prius. correct me if im wrong but they get 35 mpg if thats the case then there building a crock of a hybrid. i dont know if you guys heard of a mustang (it was the 5.0 body style) that this guy has been building for ten years thats 500+ hp something like 0 to 60 in under 4 seconds and gets 110 miles to a gallon on vegetable oil, go figer. the hybrids there comeing out with are shams. look him up i saw this on the news earlyer this year, i dont know if he has a web site i wouldent doubt it though. i also wouldent doubt if a major manif bought him out and destroyed it along with buying all the pattents
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78 Hot Rod Elky · Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 3:33 pm Post subject:

I bought a Prius for the wife and it really surprized me on the power they have get this 293 ft/lbs of torque using both engine and electric motors when needed. She gets 48mpg overall 52mpg hwy and if you can keep it under 45mph you can get up to 60 which I have just driving around town keeping to the streets. Plus it has more leg room both front and rear then most mid size cars. 10 year 120000mi. warranty bumper to bumper.

I did not buy this to be green either, it is a well built car. also it cost $27,000 so your gain in milage does not justiy your investment. I bought it because it is a nice car.
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Spencer99 · Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:24 pm Post subject:

yea i actually dont mind the prius's and they can get around 60 mpg quiet easily. thats cool to hear about that mustang, but the problem with running vegetable oil is that it takes alot to get the oil (planting, growing, harvesting, refining process, ect.). I think its more of a hastle than its worth. that whole deal with E85 ethanol didnt make any money at all, and personally, id rather eat my grain then burn it in my car lol.
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Snaggle To0th · Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:54 pm Post subject:

If the Prius really got 35mpg then they wouldnt be releasing the 5'th gen of them in 2010 and with 50 more horsepower and 10 more MPG. They might get 35mpg due to wrong driving habits! But the Prius is the only FULL 100% Hybrid and is the best one in the nation...The Civic CANNOT touch the Prius.

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Ericjon262 · Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:48 pm Post subject:

does anyone know what an environmental wreck the batteries are.

ya you reduce carbon emmissions, but the production of the batteriesis probably worse, and then you have to figure in disposal of said battery when it dies, ya I've heard that toyota buys them back but what about the ones they don't get back?

combining two good things doan't uasually make one better thing.
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Spencer99 · Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 11:30 pm Post subject:

hey thats a good point. i never thought of that. i know the new batteries are lithium ion, not acid based like car batteries. but i never thought of how they would dispose of them. i guess we have that same problem with household batteries aswell. im pretty sure they are non toxic and can be recycled...
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