-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 02/28/07 20:24, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 07:16:52PM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: [snip] >> > I know what you mean. I drive a '97 Mazda. I get 33-36 MPG in mixed > city/highway (daily commute and such) and closer to 40 MPG on road > trips where it's nearly all highway. > > I find it hilarious that some people I know have purchased hybrids at > horribly inflated prices (oooh, but they got a tax break, so it's OK) > based on the greatly overblown fuel economy numbers pushed by the > manufacturers. When reality hit and they realized they were *lucky* if > they got 45 MPG highway and even less in city driving, they were less > than impressed.
Hybrids are not supposed to get great mileage on the highway. Their forte is stop-and-go city/suburb driving. The lack of transmission in hybrid vehicles has always troubled me. > Besides, Al Gore has a good reason. He needs to arrive securely and on > time and so can't be bothered to actually practice what he preaches. > > Regards, > > -Roberto > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF5jvsS9HxQb37XmcRAv0pAJ93DxcFO0g3WTOUopaYhO4Mbca9swCgqF9+ Imi5u3bNz6ep4hPNHTJu7F0= =d981 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
