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Hybrid no good on hills?

  • 04-01-2018 05:44PM
    #1
    waffleman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 580 ✭✭✭


    My father wants to buy a toyota hybrid petrol 1.8 C-HR

    We went around a few dealers today and when we went to a Nissan dealership. Salesman basically said hybrids are the wrong way to go in a county like Donegal (plenty of hills) as the hybrid battery would be seldom used and the MPG wouldnt be anywhere near a diesel Nissan Qashqai. His exact words were "Donegal is still diesel country".

    Is there any truth to this? Will the petrol hybrid be nowhere near the diesel Nissan for MPG?

    My father would do roughly 15,000 km per year.


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  • #2
    Del2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,166 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    A sales person saying that the oppositions product is not suitable, well I never heard of that.

    Unless you live in an area with only up hills the hybrid will recharge on the way down, so on the next hill you'll use less petrol to get up it.


  • #3
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,546 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    That's nonsense about the battery -a hybrid would be fine in a situation like that.

    Should be pointed out that the Qashqai is a much bigger car than the CHR which is closer to a Juke in size.

    The Nissan would probably be more efficient though.


  • #4
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,487 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Lol. The Nissan salesman is telling you a tall tale about hybrids because Nissan don't have a hybrid SUV in their range for him to sell you and he wants you to buy something what he has.


  • #5
    waffleman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 580 ✭✭✭waffleman


    Yes Im aware salesmen can tell tall tales to push their own products - that would be the reason for posting this thread.

    Thanks for the replies.


  • #6
    corks finest
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,963 ✭✭✭corks finest


    waffleman wrote: »
    My father wants to buy a toyota hybrid petrol 1.8 C-HR

    We went around a few dealers today and when we went to a Nissan dealership. Salesman basically said hybrids are the wrong way to go in a county like Donegal (plenty of hills) as the hybrid battery would be seldom used and the MPG wouldnt be anywhere near a diesel Nissan Qashqai. His exact words were "Donegal is still diesel country".

    Is there any truth to this? Will the petrol hybrid be nowhere near the diesel Nissan for MPG?

    My father would do roughly 15,000 km per year.
    drive 1. 4 insight hybrid, if u want to hurt your engine etc floor it in s mode, personally! i only use s mode on v steep hills, i stick to 80 km uphill, regenetate going down, should have no sweat with a 1. 6~1. 8


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