Comments on: Question of the Day: Would you buy a fuel-efficient car to save money or the environment? http://www.egmcartech.com/2008/10/27/question-of-the-day-would-you-go-for-a-fuel-efficient-car-to-save-money-or-the-environment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=question-of-the-day-would-you-go-for-a-fuel-efficient-car-to-save-money-or-the-environment Auto News, Car Reviews, Live Auto Show Coverage Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JVC http://www.egmcartech.com/2008/10/27/question-of-the-day-would-you-go-for-a-fuel-efficient-car-to-save-money-or-the-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-623335 JVC Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:41:07 +0000 http://www.egmcartech.com/?p=27367#comment-623335 I prefer performance cars and/or sporty SUVs.<br><br>I would buy a fuel efficient car (e.g. Audi Q7 3.0 TDI 31mpg) to preserve the environment. If it allowed me to save money, great!, if not, I don't really care. I'm not that well off to not care about saving money but I also believe that people will always find excuses to not be "Green". It so happens that the popular excuse now is affordability. I bet that if you look at most people's budget you would find they are not willing to give up trivial expenses in order to serve a higher purpose then themselves. <br><br>There is something to say about a performance SUV that gives you 31 mpg and still feels sporty. Try matching any boring hybrid drive to that highway performance - which is where most spend their time driving their family SUVs.<br><br>I am curious to know who BMW polled. Was it BMW owners or random drivers because the trend for BMW drivers is that they mostly lease their vehicles (to drive more vehicle for the money). This would imply a biased response to the question given that money concious people will lean towards saving money.<br><br>As a side note, I like the interesting statistic that Audi posted recently during their Diesel Across the country event ... if all americans were to switch to a diesel drive with similar fuel efficiency as Audi's TDI engines we would save 1.5 million (or was it billions?) barrels of oil per day or the equivalent, they said, of all the oil imported from the Middle East. Talk about cutting off oil dependency! I prefer performance cars and/or sporty SUVs.

I would buy a fuel efficient car (e.g. Audi Q7 3.0 TDI 31mpg) to preserve the environment. If it allowed me to save money, great!, if not, I don't really care. I'm not that well off to not care about saving money but I also believe that people will always find excuses to not be “Green”. It so happens that the popular excuse now is affordability. I bet that if you look at most people's budget you would find they are not willing to give up trivial expenses in order to serve a higher purpose then themselves.

There is something to say about a performance SUV that gives you 31 mpg and still feels sporty. Try matching any boring hybrid drive to that highway performance – which is where most spend their time driving their family SUVs.

I am curious to know who BMW polled. Was it BMW owners or random drivers because the trend for BMW drivers is that they mostly lease their vehicles (to drive more vehicle for the money). This would imply a biased response to the question given that money concious people will lean towards saving money.

As a side note, I like the interesting statistic that Audi posted recently during their Diesel Across the country event … if all americans were to switch to a diesel drive with similar fuel efficiency as Audi's TDI engines we would save 1.5 million (or was it billions?) barrels of oil per day or the equivalent, they said, of all the oil imported from the Middle East. Talk about cutting off oil dependency!

]]> By: JVC http://www.egmcartech.com/2008/10/27/question-of-the-day-would-you-go-for-a-fuel-efficient-car-to-save-money-or-the-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-610148 JVC Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:41:07 +0000 http://www.egmcartech.com/?p=27367#comment-610148 I prefer performance cars and/or sporty SUVs.<br><br>I would buy a fuel efficient car (e.g. Audi Q7 3.0 TDI 31mpg) to preserve the environment. If it allowed me to save money, great!, if not, I don't really care. I'm not that well off to not care about saving money but I also believe that people will always find excuses to not be "Green". It so happens that the popular excuse now is affordability. I bet that if you look at most people's budget you would find they are not willing to give up trivial expenses in order to serve a higher purpose then themselves. <br><br>There is something to say about a performance SUV that gives you 31 mpg and still feels sporty. Try matching any boring hybrid drive to that highway performance - which is where most spend their time driving their family SUVs.<br><br>I am curious to know who BMW polled. Was it BMW owners or random drivers because the trend for BMW drivers is that they mostly lease their vehicles (to drive more vehicle for the money). This would imply a biased response to the question given that money concious people will lean towards saving money.<br><br>As a side note, I like the interesting statistic that Audi posted recently during their Diesel Across the country event ... if all americans were to switch to a diesel drive with similar fuel efficiency as Audi's TDI engines we would save 1.5 million (or was it billions?) barrels of oil per day or the equivalent, they said, of all the oil imported from the Middle East. Talk about cutting off oil dependency! I prefer performance cars and/or sporty SUVs.

I would buy a fuel efficient car (e.g. Audi Q7 3.0 TDI 31mpg) to preserve the environment. If it allowed me to save money, great!, if not, I don't really care. I'm not that well off to not care about saving money but I also believe that people will always find excuses to not be “Green”. It so happens that the popular excuse now is affordability. I bet that if you look at most people's budget you would find they are not willing to give up trivial expenses in order to serve a higher purpose then themselves.

There is something to say about a performance SUV that gives you 31 mpg and still feels sporty. Try matching any boring hybrid drive to that highway performance – which is where most spend their time driving their family SUVs.

I am curious to know who BMW polled. Was it BMW owners or random drivers because the trend for BMW drivers is that they mostly lease their vehicles (to drive more vehicle for the money). This would imply a biased response to the question given that money concious people will lean towards saving money.

As a side note, I like the interesting statistic that Audi posted recently during their Diesel Across the country event … if all americans were to switch to a diesel drive with similar fuel efficiency as Audi's TDI engines we would save 1.5 million (or was it billions?) barrels of oil per day or the equivalent, they said, of all the oil imported from the Middle East. Talk about cutting off oil dependency!

]]> By: Kabluey http://www.egmcartech.com/2008/10/27/question-of-the-day-would-you-go-for-a-fuel-efficient-car-to-save-money-or-the-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-610149 Kabluey Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:05:41 +0000 http://www.egmcartech.com/?p=27367#comment-610149 Moreover, do we care about our present situation that we know of, or the unsure future we can only attempt to protect?? Moreover, do we care about our present situation that we know of, or the unsure future we can only attempt to protect??

]]> By: Neil http://www.egmcartech.com/2008/10/27/question-of-the-day-would-you-go-for-a-fuel-efficient-car-to-save-money-or-the-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-610150 Neil Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:10:02 +0000 http://www.egmcartech.com/?p=27367#comment-610150 Is easy to be 'green" when life in general is easy!<br>I would guess as the economic situation in England is at least as bad as the US many respondants were more worried about paying their mortgage than saving the environment. <br>I hate to say it but a know I am, I would love to be as Green as possible but not if it means living in a radboard box (even if that technically counts as recycling) Is easy to be 'green” when life in general is easy!
I would guess as the economic situation in England is at least as bad as the US many respondants were more worried about paying their mortgage than saving the environment.
I hate to say it but a know I am, I would love to be as Green as possible but not if it means living in a radboard box (even if that technically counts as recycling)

]]> By: cristian armen http://www.egmcartech.com/2008/10/27/question-of-the-day-would-you-go-for-a-fuel-efficient-car-to-save-money-or-the-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-610151 cristian armen Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:23:17 +0000 http://www.egmcartech.com/?p=27367#comment-610151 BOTH!<br>Does anyone want to see their children rich but sick?<br>Does anyone want to live in a dirty rotten house?<br>1st reason environment., second only money. BOTH!
Does anyone want to see their children rich but sick?
Does anyone want to live in a dirty rotten house?
1st reason environment., second only money.

]]> By: zermatt http://www.egmcartech.com/2008/10/27/question-of-the-day-would-you-go-for-a-fuel-efficient-car-to-save-money-or-the-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-610152 zermatt Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:21:57 +0000 http://www.egmcartech.com/?p=27367#comment-610152 Most people vote with their wallets and cars are no exception. What I find interesting here is that this survey is of UK residents and not US citizens. I keep hearing from my Green friends that the US is auto centered and cruel to the environment. They also say that Europe is more enlighten and that the US could learn from them.<br><br>It seems to me that the UK is no different than the US in this regard. Most people vote with their wallets and cars are no exception. What I find interesting here is that this survey is of UK residents and not US citizens. I keep hearing from my Green friends that the US is auto centered and cruel to the environment. They also say that Europe is more enlighten and that the US could learn from them.

It seems to me that the UK is no different than the US in this regard.

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