Point well taken. I leave it to the reader to judge which option you actually believe saves money.
To get back to the original topic, in the position D4L describes, the best value is likely to keep and maintain the same car, but if you decide to replace it, a used hybrid is the best value by far.
I didn't buy it, it was a hand me down from my parents when they bought a new car in 2016. Who wouldn't take a free car?
I do believe they save money? Of course, they do get better gas mileage. But the mileage savings isn't worth paying a premium of thousands of dollars up front hoping I recoup it 5-12 years down the road. Now that I have experience with a hybrid I can 100% say that I wouldn't pay extra for one unless I recouped my money in the first year. The thousands of dollars in extra cost for a hybrid isn't justified. If you like hybrids for some kind of environmental reason, be a man and just say so. But they DO NOT save any money unless you drive a shit ton of miles and/or keep it forever. Math is math.