Hi Tink:

___It was only a few months ago I posted ~ 25% of GH - hybrid owning members (this included the AH, Escape HEV, HCH, Insight, Prius I and II’s) that were posting tank over tanks were hypermilers … I will look at it again in a few days. In any case, the AH is truly a first rate hybrid with only the just released RXh having more amenities and none having its real world performance!

___As GreenAndBlue mentioned, I bet most hybrid owners that are not achieving hypermileage have unique and undesirable driving conditions and/or terrible routes (cold temps, short commutes, mountains, continuous high elevation rolling hills, 70 + miles per hour speed limits, heavily congested city routes, or unbelievable traffic as GreenAndBlue has to endure ) that kill them because anyone with an averaging and especially those with an instantaneous FCD can adjust their habits to achieve hypermileage imho.

___My Honda bias will show in the following … All except for the Prius II owners as the % achieving hypermileage status falls far short of the Honda hybrid owners as a whole. I have my own opinions as to the reason why but I will save that for a more animated thread when the opportunity presents itself

___Finally, my PZEV has certainly proved its worth in the FE to date but given my driving style, I would have preferred a 2.0L i-VTEC variant of the K24 (a K20 if one was available?) or the European 2.2L iCDTi instead. I will simply never use the K24’s 160 HP/161 Ft.-Lb’s under any condition that I can think of but I can certainly understand those w/ the AH’s far superior performance capabilities that would and do

___Good Luck

___Wayne R. Gerdes
___Waynegerdes@earthlink.net