My Yaris has been getting hella good gas mileage... and it is non hybrid...
I think I have actually been getting over the listed mpg....


"DH" <dh@stargate.com> wrote in message
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> "Dori A Schmetterling" <info@nospam.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> Doesn't pass any So What? test.
>>
>> No analysis of fleet make-up and total energy cost.
>>
>> The Toyota Prius is particularly good at salving rich Hollywood stars'
>> consciences.
>>
>> A friend has one. Not that fuel efficient.
>>
>> DAS
>
> Not that fuel efficient compared to what?
>
> I don't have a Prius, yet, but three of my friends do. None live in
> Hollywood. They all love their Priuses and are very happy with the gas
> mileage. They get 45 to 53 in town, where they would normally get, at
> best, in the upper 20's with an economy car. We have a lot of l-o-n-g
> stoplights here and a car that recaptures braking energy and doesn't idle
> saves a LOT of fuel.
>
> And they're happy with the highway fuel economy but the improvement is not
> as impressive - they typically get 45-48 on the highway and a Corolla,
> driven reasonably, might achieve low 40's.
>
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>> "Spam away" <Trashhere@spam.net> wrote in message
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>>>A good summary of the 12 best and worst green vehicles.
>>> http://www.greenercars.com/bestof.html
>>>
>>> In the best list it's all Asian makes. Most here know who they are!
>>> In the worst Mercedes has 4 places and Chrysler has 2, giving DC 50% of
>>> the worst vehicles.
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