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<blockquote data-quote="FullAuto" data-source="post: 1970353" data-attributes="member: 5110"><p>In the spring, I bought my wife a 2012 Camry LE Hybrid.&nbsp; She drives it like a normal car.&nbsp; It averages 40mpg pretty consistently.&nbsp; I drive a 2010 Camry LE 4cyl gas for my company car.&nbsp; I average 24-25mpg pretty consistently.&nbsp; I have driven it to Dallas and Illinois though and got 30mpg on the highway (hauling a$$).&nbsp; The hybrid was ~$5k more than the gas version.&nbsp; We&#039;ve had it 7 months and it will roll 14k miles this week.&nbsp; At 24,000 miles per year, that&#039;s 600 gallons in the 40mpg hybrid vs 960 gallons in the gas version.&nbsp; At $3/gallon, it will take 5 years to break even.&nbsp; At $3.50/gallon, it will take 4 years.&nbsp; If we drive it more, it wil take less time.&nbsp; We are driving it to Florida next summer so I&#039;m planning on about a 3.5- 4 year break even.&nbsp; The battery pack has an 8 year, 100k mile factory warranty with a life expectancy of 150k.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="FullAuto, post: 1970353, member: 5110"] In the spring, I bought my wife a 2012 Camry LE Hybrid. She drives it like a normal car. It averages 40mpg pretty consistently. I drive a 2010 Camry LE 4cyl gas for my company car. I average 24-25mpg pretty consistently. I have driven it to Dallas and Illinois though and got 30mpg on the highway (hauling a$$). The hybrid was ~$5k more than the gas version. We've had it 7 months and it will roll 14k miles this week. At 24,000 miles per year, that's 600 gallons in the 40mpg hybrid vs 960 gallons in the gas version. At $3/gallon, it will take 5 years to break even. At $3.50/gallon, it will take 4 years. If we drive it more, it wil take less time. We are driving it to Florida next summer so I'm planning on about a 3.5- 4 year break even. The battery pack has an 8 year, 100k mile factory warranty with a life expectancy of 150k. [/QUOTE]

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