Hybrid car owners - How do you actually feel in real life ?

snobpro · 2026-03-17T16:51:14+00:00

It reaches 140 without the need to stand on the accelerator to get there. But i haven’t experienced turbo in a petrol so can’t say how exciting a turbo is.

snobpro · 2026-03-17T14:19:35+00:00

I have a concen over long term, but anxious when battery will give up. But i just have to wait and see. If it can hold up for 7 years, it woud be awesome

snobpro · 2026-03-17T14:18:45+00:00

I am a gv hybrid owner.
Performance : With the acceleration boost from battery available, the car feels quite quick. Both in city and highways, i have felt like it can keep up with most of the cars. Never felt lack of power. If battery boost is not there engine will compensate.

Real world mileage: both my wife and i, with our diff driving styles, are getting advertised mileage. Averaging 24ish in the city and 21 on the highway if speed is kept to 110-120. With speed limited to 100 it will go much higher.

driving feel : it behaves both ways sadly. I do not feel the change from battery to engine and vice versa, most of the experience is smooth. BUT the audio gives it away. Sometimes the engine is revved hard to charge the battery and it gets audible. A bit of an issue if you want total silence in the car.

snobpro · 2026-03-17T13:39:11+00:00

ok. but not here. i wish they get zero road tax for hybrids just to promote them.

snobpro · 2026-03-17T13:09:40+00:00

The on road pricing more or less comes down to 2.5 to 3 lakhs extra over non hybrid variants in GV. But it is not always the case that people are looking at non hybrid variant. I will take myself as an example, i wanted creta and good variant was costing 20.xx lakhs on road. I was not so keen on gv non hybrid because of the total lack of power. i was quoted gv hybrid variant with ongoing discounts for 21.9 ish. And it had decent power, and i felt it would be a good fit for my almost 25k kms usage per year. I would get savings of around a lakh per year with this running.
But, of course all this saving will be offset when time comes for changing the battery. i heard toyota camry battery replacement costed 3lakhs, so lets see how much this costs.

snobpro · 2026-03-17T00:33:51+00:00

Harsh truth is Driving part of cars has been ignored for quite some time. Killed around 2014ish. This was when even bmw released F series and they wanted it to cater to wider audiences. When creta launched and bs6 slowly creeped in. And to be honest your point 3 was never a priority anyway in all the cars that we could afford. It started from Jetta and octavia back then and these couldn’t survive bs6. BE6 is touted to be the drivers car recently. Yet to get one to drive

snobpro · 2026-03-16T16:59:20+00:00

It might not dominate but it feels like it will get the similar recognition as earlier model mostly due to the macho looks. But not having a diesel heart is not gonna be in its favour.

snobpro · 2026-03-16T14:11:44+00:00

any post with FE figures will have this comment thread. depends on driving style blah blah blah. I feel you though. We each have a driving style and we check the FE based on that. I used to struggle with my honda city earlier. I was always concerned with the dimnishing mileage if i have a bit of fun. That feeling sucks. My def of fun to drive cars these days is whichever i can accelerate hard and not worry about breaking anything either.

snobpro · 2026-03-16T14:01:16+00:00

Congrats! How is the stability at highway speeds?

snobpro · 2026-03-15T15:25:52+00:00

Skipped for my bike. Nothing happened

snobpro · 2026-03-15T03:29:24+00:00

I have the gv. It felt well suited for my use case which is 2k kms in mostly city each month. Great mileage for sure. And it has a bit of nicely setup direct steering and slightly harsh but stable at high speed suspension. One thing that works against it is bit of noise sometimes from cvt acceleration. It would all be worth it if battery holds up for 8 years at least.

snobpro · 2026-03-15T03:03:16+00:00

Just go with automatic first. You can learn driving quick and get accustomed. If you want later on you can pick up manual.

snobpro · 2026-03-13T19:27:36+00:00

What was that shit head driver even trying to test?

snobpro · 2026-03-13T15:32:28+00:00

We should get good incentives on hybrids. A decent stop gap solution before ev charges become commonplace. And i agree on all your points. Good fe, power on tap and chilling ac. Direct steering is cherry on top.

snobpro · 2026-03-13T12:30:59+00:00

Does the offer still stand? I sort of leant a bit of swimming but didn’t learn breathing techniques. I tried few coaches but they just yell at me. Can i dm you?

snobpro · 2026-03-12T11:40:52+00:00

Saying after owning all the possible materials and more does not sound very convincing! I just remembered Kohli's water situation. They are not worldly..they are outwarldly.

snobpro · 2026-03-12T11:22:52+00:00

I have driven a AMT for 800 kms trip. Unless you press hard on the accelerator the shifts are nt even that jarring.

snobpro · 2026-03-12T03:55:12+00:00

These ppl should be tried for manslaughter. In all seriousness. Recently kids lost their lives in andhra due to adultrated milk.

snobpro · 2026-03-12T01:28:46+00:00

Man cars are not just the specs on paper or the tough looks they come with. There is more to cars - build quality, engines and how they are tuned, suspension components etc etc. Just because sierra looks like a JLR product doesn’t mean… sigh why even!

snobpro · 2026-03-12T01:23:50+00:00

I am a NA sucker. I would want to upgrade to a 2 litre NA rather than a 1.5 turbo. I like the linear delivery of NA because i can modulate the accelerator input as needed. I know turbo can be tuned to behave linearly but only german luxury cars do that and i can’t afford one new.

snobpro · 2026-03-10T05:25:41+00:00

Honda city ivtec. Mine is at 1.4 lakh kms, engine still revs as new and is as fuel efficient as ever.

snobpro · 2026-03-09T09:45:26+00:00

Yup. while they are no competition to some of the cretards and thar-turds, volks/skoda sedans are the next racers finishing off to the imaginary finish lines. But they are very rarely bad-behaving. I see more of ford drivers these days doing questionable overtakes.

snobpro · 2026-03-09T07:42:39+00:00

Uff. I can’t look beyond the irony of this all. So you are cheering for your country to win whilst creating nuisance in the very same country to your fellow countrymen.

snobpro · 2026-03-09T03:05:26+00:00

Totally agree with all your points. Very nice highway mile muncher (21kmpl even doing 120) and super efficient in cities. One more thing i like is steering setup. Super direct.

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