Wow! 28 MPG!
05-26-2008, 12:15 PM
#12
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RE: Wow! 28 MPG!
A hybrid's MPG decreases precipitously with increased speed. going from 60 to 70 mph might decrease mpg by 15 or more depending on driving conditions. Once the little gas engine is the sole provider of power.. it acts just like any other car.
05-26-2008, 04:19 PM
#15
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RE: Wow! 28 MPG!
Ah yes, but the incipid Prius has to be hammered to get up the slightest incline [compared to the Stang].. Plus, most of the time in a prius, you're Red lining it in an inane attempt to escape from rednecks and bikers whose aim in life is to eradicate unworthy vehicles from our asphalt, and rightly so [8D]
(Don't get me started on Hybrids either)
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(Don't get me started on Hybrids either)
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05-26-2008, 05:03 PM
#16
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RE: Wow! 28 MPG!
Why do you think the prius is so slow? A co-worker has one and it drives just like any other average car. its not fast like a corvette but it not a yugo either.
ORIGINAL: marcuskeeler
Ah yes, but the incipid Prius has to be hammered to get up the slightest incline [compared to the Stang].. Plus, most of the time in a prius, you're Red lining it in an inane attempt to escape from rednecks and bikers whose aim in life is to eradicate unworthy vehicles from our asphalt, and rightly so [8D]
(Don't get me started on Hybrids either)
[&:]
Ah yes, but the incipid Prius has to be hammered to get up the slightest incline [compared to the Stang].. Plus, most of the time in a prius, you're Red lining it in an inane attempt to escape from rednecks and bikers whose aim in life is to eradicate unworthy vehicles from our asphalt, and rightly so [8D]
(Don't get me started on Hybrids either)
[&:]
05-26-2008, 05:20 PM
#18
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Location: Sugar land, TX
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RE: Wow! 28 MPG!
i pushed 32mpg a couple of weeks ago going exactly 70 for 2.5 hours going on a downhill road.. it was great.. im still on the same tank too an im going to be pushing 400 miles on a tank(which is great cause i usually barely get 200 miles out of one)
