Monday AM picked up the hybrid. Had 18 miles on it when leaving dealer with a full tank. Now has 68 miles of mostly city, some suburb, 2 miles of rte 95. Took me maybe 20 miles (makes it 38 since picking it up) to find mpg on Trip B. To busy to read manual and staggered through learning the need to know features.

With mpg mode at first the avg. was 24.3. Don't ask how come it was that low. By the time it was shut down for the day it showed 32.8 mpg. Had 2 toyota v6's for 6 years and only twice did avg 30.3. and 30.4. Both times were on highway trips, over 300 miles. Never had avg over 29 on other trips.

Was very satisfied with the avg. on new TCH, considering first day, not being familiar with the operations for the first 40 miles. Smart key entering fascinated my sons and others in the family. Also the "stealth" quietness when stopped at lights, etc. Electric only was easy to keep it in on flats and some small rolling hills from 25 to 40 miles per hour. (ICE did come on occasionally) Used ECON mode only after finding where it was and switching it on. CC was on and used all day. Did notice the regenerative whine when braking for stops and red lights. Should be very easy to adjust to and soon be unnoticeable. Sound system was good like previous toyotas.

Now to read the the tch instruction book and see what else was missed on first day of use.

Can see where it will be a $$$ saver in future fuelings.

More posts in the future on my opinons on it.

Thanks to all who have coached me with the informative replies to my questions.

tjq