jhm614
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With the Federal Tax Credit, the LEAF is at the top of my budget. Without the Tax Credit, I would not be able to consider the LEAF.
Boy it should would be nice to have the extra $5,000 of the car but I to would have had to think for awhile. I not sure but I maybe bought anyways.DaveNagy said:I absolutely would not have ordered my Leaf, were it not for the the two incentives available to us Californians. In fact, if the California rebate fund runs out before my car is delivered, I will walk away from the deal without a second thought.
That is still an incentive.Randmac said:I would still buy without financial incentives because HOV lane access is more important to me.
ttweed said:Without the incentives, I would have thought much longer about converting my wife's '91 Miata to an EV instead of buying a new vehicle.
DownUnderLeaf said:The Prius has a base price of $39990 plus on road costs of around $3500 for dealer delivery and registration etc. This is in AUD which these days is usually 1:1 to USD.
LakeLeaf said:DownUnderLeaf said:The Prius has a base price of $39990 plus on road costs of around $3500 for dealer delivery and registration etc. This is in AUD which these days is usually 1:1 to USD.
Ouch! That's twice the price we paid for our 2010 Prius.
Is the Prius worth that much there?
What kind of MPG's do you get with TDI's there? (i.e. how stringent are the emission standards - like Europe or like California?)
mogur said:Interesting... So far the poll is running 2 to 1 against purchase without rebates... This is obviously far from a scientific poll but would seem to indicate that EVs are going to be a much harder sell if and when the rebates dry up...
DaveinOlyWA said:i think this discussion will be laughed at when gas hits $4 a gallon and stays there. in my household even with less than average driving (for 2 drivers) and much greater than average fuel economy we still spent $1400 for gas when it was very unpriced. my average for the year was like $2.70 (after 3% Costco discount) which i dont think we are going to see again.