Either way, it is great mileage!!
Thanks
Tom
> [Original Message]
> From: Ron Davies <rdavies1@cox.net>
> To: <tomfelts@earthlink.net>; Rizzo Steven D LtCol AETC/A5RU
<Steven.Rizzo@RANDOLPH.AF.MIL>; <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Date: 5/6/06 12:12:29 PM
> Subject: RE: Request: How do I handle this problem?
>
>
> "Mileage is 36 town and 26 freeway."----------------------reverse???
>
> _______
> No, strange isn't it?
> Hybrids get great city mileage because they are running on batteries and
can
> sit in slow or stalled traffic using almost no gas.
>
> On the highway it drops because they run completely on the engine and it's
> not a small or light car it's an SUV.
>
> You can't use the HOV lanes alone in CA unless you get 45mpg like the
very,
> very light Prius. The hybride model has better acceleration than the
> straight gas Lexus version.
>
> It's transition technology IMHO that's why we leased it for 3 years
instead
> of buying and the price difference came down to a workable level. Other
> company's versions are so much more expensive that at $3 per gallon it
would
> take 15 years to break even. That's stupid. However, it's still a great
car,
> comfortable, safe but fast and decent gas mileage.
> Ron
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