Re: Need battery information

I always wondered where that little piece of fiction came from...  I always thought it was a joke... you know like gullible not being in the dictionary.

35 years, Wow!  Like somebody with the need to be seen in as useless a vehicle as an H3 is goung to keep it for even 3.5 years...

The article points out that the damage of a statement like that is done, so hard to un-ring a bell...  But I seriously doubt the lie actually convinced anyone on either side of the aisle to change their mind.

Some jokes are just funnier than others.

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One of the majors did a bad thing when they didn't honor the warranty on their batteries, but I believe that it's been settled. The batteries are still the weakest link in the drivetrain, but they are getting better.  Here's the thing, if you have a budget for either the H3 or the Prius, the Prius will end up costing you a fraction of the H3 over it's lifetime.  As long as it does the job you need, then it's the wiser choice. 

As I mentioned above, I don't thing the facts (or the fiction) had a snowball's chance of altering the decision of a potential car buyer.  The choices are just so far apart that no meaningful comparison is possible.

Some jokes are just funnier than others.