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PhishPhood · 01-25-2008, 02:21 PM

Summary: It looks and feels like any other Tahoe. No compromises of note.

However Edmunds ( along with everyone else ) continues to make the same mistakes in every analysis of this type when they estimate that it will take 15 yrs to recoup the extra price.

The whole concept is faulty because they consider that the price of fuel will remain the same until the end of time. It simply is wrong. If this is such a critical measuring metric then fuel costs have to be estimated a lot better than their current method.

In addition they should have done the analysis the way any small business would do it. Forecast some inflationary factor for fuel then add the cost of the vehicle to the cost of the fuel for both a the 2-Mode and a non-hybrid then compare the costs. The one that costs less is the better buy. Depending on the owner a potential resale value might have to be factored in as well. None of this is done.

01-25-2008, 02:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
PhishPhood 6.2 Liter Vortec V8 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Further on up the road.. Posts: 2,730	Re: Inside Line tests Tahoe Hybrid Summary: It looks and feels like any other Tahoe. No compromises of note. However Edmunds ( along with everyone else ) continues to make the same mistakes in every analysis of this type when they estimate that it will take 15 yrs to recoup the extra price. The whole concept is faulty because they consider that the price of fuel will remain the same until the end of time. It simply is wrong. If this is such a critical measuring metric then fuel costs have to be estimated a lot better than their current method. In addition they should have done the analysis the way any small business would do it. Forecast some inflationary factor for fuel then add the cost of the vehicle to the cost of the fuel for both a the 2-Mode and a non-hybrid then compare the costs. The one that costs less is the better buy. Depending on the owner a potential resale value might have to be factored in as well. None of this is done.