[Rhodes22-list] Hybrid Cars

Tue Oct 10 10:11:16 EDT 2006

Elle,

I wrote a book, 15 years ago, called "How to Sell Your Home in 5-Days".  
Every time there is a housing downturn they ask me to update it--it's an 
easy book to promote--this is the third edition.  The method really 
works, the book has remained in bookstores for 15 years, people still 
use the method every weekend to sell their homes at the highest possible 
prices.

I don't know the itinerary yet.  I've been in the 50 largest cities in 
the US, except for Salt Lake City and Las Vegas.  They will send me out 
to all the big ones again over the next 5 years.  I'm hoping the 
publicity person who books the tours has some sense of geography, which 
has not always been the case.  I used to think I could visit friends 
during the tour, but this didn't work out.  The tours are grueling, 
there is an enormous amount of pressure, and you talk so much you get 
hoarse.

Bill Effros

L. Sailor wrote:
> Bill,
>
> How about an itinerary for your tour?  What book will
> you be promoting?
>
> elle
>
> --- Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Thanks, Hank,
>>
>> I did the same math, and came to the same
>> conclusion.  But I have a 
>> special need, and that is why I'm buying the car.  I
>> will be doing a 
>> book tour next Spring, the first of many.  I drive
>> from city to city 
>> because it's so much less a hassle than flying.  My
>> interest in the 
>> Toyota Camry is its range, which is better than 600
>> miles on a tankful.
>>
>> When you do the morning news you often have to be at
>> the TV station 
>> before 6:00 am.  If you have driven a couple of
>> hundred miles to get to 
>> the next city late at night, you don't want to have
>> to drive around to 
>> find an open gas station, either late at night or
>> early the next 
>> morning.  I like to sleep as close to the first TV
>> station as possible, 
>> and often they are located in remote places with no
>> nearby gas 
>> stations.  The huge range allows me to drive from
>> one city to the next, 
>> hitting all the local TV stations the next morning
>> before I have to fill 
>> the tank and get to the next town.
>>
>> This is also the reason for not buying a diesel.  In
>> many places diesel 
>> is just too hard to come by.
>>
>> The last time I did this I bought a Camry that had a
>> 500 plus mile 
>> range.  I didn't often get to the bottom of the
>> tank, but a few times I 
>> did.  I liked the car--it was comfortable and quiet
>> for repeated long 
>> trips.  The new one is supposed to have the same
>> attributes, and the 600 
>> mile range is the big draw for me.
>>
>> Bill Effros
>>
>> Hank wrote:
>>     
>>> Bill,
>>>
>>> On the subject of hybrid cars, we recently bought
>>>       
>> a new car and we were
>>     
>>> looking at the Honda Civic, both standard and
>>>       
>> hybrid.  For us, the 
>>     
>>> math just
>>> didn't work out and we ended up buying the
>>>       
>> standard version. I'll show 
>>     
>>> you
>>> what I mean.  FYI, both of the cause were
>>>       
>> comparable equipped with the 
>>     
>>> only
>>> real difference being the drivetrain.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Honda Civic
>>>
>>> MPG
>>>
>>> Gas Cost/Gal
>>>
>>> Annual Miles
>>>
>>> Gas/year (Mileage/MPG)
>>>
>>> Gas Cost/year
>>>
>>> Veh Cost
>>>
>>> # of years to break even
>>>
>>> Regular
>>>
>>> 30
>>>
>>> 2.5
>>>
>>> 15000
>>>
>>> 500
>>>
>>> 1250
>>>
>>> 18000
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hybrid
>>>
>>> 50
>>>
>>> 2.5
>>>
>>> 15000
>>>
>>> 300
>>>
>>> 750
>>>
>>> 22000
>>>
>>> 8
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> At a savings of $500 a year in gas, it would take
>>>       
>> 8 years for the 
>>     
>>> hybrid to
>>> break even with the normal engine version because
>>>       
>> of the increased 
>>     
>>> purchase
>>> price. To me, that is just not economically
>>>       
>> feasible.
>>     
>>> Hank
>>>
>>> On 10/9/06, Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Saroj,
>>>>
>>>> Just found this.  Be careful on geothermal.  My
>>>>         
>> brother tried it and got
>>     
>>>> burned--no, that's a bad word word in this
>>>>         
>> instance--he got frozen--it
>>     
>>>> sucked so much water out of the ground that there
>>>>         
>> was none left for
>>     
>>>> cooking or bathing--not to mention that it got
>>>>         
>> lukewarm very quickly.
>>     
>>>> Bill Effros
>>>>
>>>> PS -- I've rented the straight diesel cars in
>>>>         
>> Europe and they are
>>     
>>>> sensational.  You can't tell they are diesels any
>>>>         
>> more except when you
>>     
>>>> keep passing gas pumps without needing any more
>>>>         
>> fuel.  I am seriously
>>     
>>>> considering a hybrid Camry for myself.
>>>>
>>>> Saroj Gilbert wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> I've heard the deisel - electric cars are
>>>>>           
>> available in Europe now.. so
>>     
>>>>> maybe not so far away.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am planning on geothermal which should
>>>>>           
>> certainly help with the
>>     
>>>>> cooling... as it turns out I have to dig a well
>>>>>           
>> on this property even
>>     
>>>>> though it is fairly Urban... a very old and
>>>>>           
>> small neighborhood where
>>     
>>>>> most have wells already so no impetus to
>>>>>           
>> provide city water.  which is
>>     
>>>>> just fine with me. The well drilling company I
>>>>>           
>> plan to use already has
>>     
>>>>> experience drilling the geothermal holes as
>>>>>           
>> well... so one-stop
>>     
>>>> shopping.
>>>>         
>>>>> Also already planning on the SIP approach...
>>>>>           
>> trying to blend the
>>     
>>>>> energy-efficiency with some interesting
>>>>>           
>> architecture aside from the
>>     
>>>>> typical Colonial or brick ranch that is common
>>>>>           
>> in this area.  Thought
>>     
>>>>> seriously about doing a dome, but decided
>>>>>           
>> against it for this area for
>>     
>>>>> asset-protection reasons.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the good info!
>>>>>
>>>>> Saroj
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad
>>>>>           
>> Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com>
>>     
>>>>> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
>>>>>           
>> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>     
>>>>> Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 1:01 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Good News - Gas
>>>>>           
>> Prices Falling
>>     
>>>>> Bill & Saroj,
>>>>>
>>>>> Bill, the Jetta will work for me.  I've owned a
>>>>>           
>> couple of early 80's
>>     
>>>>> diesel
>>>>> Rabbits and a diesel Audi 4000 (same drive
>>>>>           
>> train) The Rabbit hatchback
>>     
>>>> is
>>>>         
>>>>> coming back but I prefer a sedan.  I flew GDL,
>>>>>           
>> Mexico all last month
>>     
>>>>> where
>>>>>           
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