Luckily I am against traffic to and back from work. I get around 28-30 mpg with my 10th gen, Say the Hybrid gets 15 more mpg, that's so tempting. Don't get me wrong, when I was younger, I would opt for the Type R, the civic is the best commute car for me, not for long trips tho.
Well you need to do the math that includes how many miles you drive per year, and how long you expect to keep the car. Then, judge whether the savings are worth the difference in the driving experience (if you feel or assume that it would be better in the Si).
Let's use your rounded value best/worst case figures for fuel economy: 30 MPG for the Si and 45 for the new Civic Hybrid, and that you drive 12,000 miles a year.
In one year the Si would consume 400 gallons, while the 45 MPG Hybrid would use 266.67 gallons, a difference of 133.33 gallons.
If you keep the car for (say) 12 years and 144,000 miles, probably an overestimate the way these fuel economy figures seem aggressive, then that's 1600 gallons less fuel - at $4/gallon, $6400 over twelve years.
That's just under $45/month.
The less you drive, the closer the two are in IRL fuel economy, or the cheaper gas is where you are, the less difference the hybrid makes in final cost.
For example, if you only drive 9,000 miles annually and would keep the car for just 7 years, that'd be 300-200 = 100 gallons saved per year with the Hybrid, a total of 700 gallons saved, or $2800 - just over $33.33/month.
(Adjust the savings up a bit as you'd probably run the Si with 91 Octane Premium fuel but 87 Regular in the Hybrid.)
MSRP-wise, the 2024 Si is $29,950, the 2025 Civic Sport Hybrid (non-Touring) has an MSRP of $28,750, and the Sport Touring Hybrid $31,750.
So which is it?
If you bought the Hybrid "for the fuel savings" but would spend a lot of time thinking about "what if I'd gotten the Si" while driving it, is that worth $33-45 a month, plus the price difference, plus whatever other features are different (leather, stereo, etc.)?
Or, if you bought the Si for more than the Sport Hybrid, would you be thinking "man, I just daily drive this car, who the hell cares if it has a limited slip diff and rev-matching six-speed manual, I just drive 15 miles a day each way in traffic or straight-ass highways 90% of the time" and thinking of how $45/month is not chump change?
i am in noMass
