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Old 04-30-2007, 09:41 PM
Quiyst Quiyst is offline
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Default Re: Milage When Driving Fast

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Originally Posted by RAS View Post
Thanks.

What makes you say the hybrid Camry is not an "around town" car? I drove one and it seemd like a dog off the line. I had to really push the pedal down to get it to move at all. My Prius is much peppier. Is that your issue?
Nope, sorry, I meant as far as gas mileage is concerned. It doesn't do anywhere near the numbers that a Prius will, and the normal "city is better than highway" numbers for hybrids in general doesn't seem to apply to my TCH.

I had a peppy car -- a Jeep with the 5.7L Hemi engine. Trading being able to fly off the line (while towing a boat, in the Jeep's case) at 16 MPG vs. having more than enough power to get me through my day at 40 MPG seems to be a decent trade in the days of $3.00 gas.
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