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Originally Posted by xcel
Hi Dtdriver:
___Please, not only are you selling yours as well as many others HCH’s short but you are condoning minimal FE. This makes absolutely no sense whatsoever to me. Why would you consider a hybrid purchase with such low expectations? Considering your previous automobile FE experiences, it was too bad that your past vehicles only received 20 when they too were worth so much more. Do yourself a favor and read, learn, and practice. I cannot fathom receiving just 40 in an HCH no matter the conditions or where one drives.
___Good Luck
___Wayne R. Gerdes
___ Waynegerdes@earthlink.net |
I hate to say it but can see 40mpg in the right
(READ: WRONG) conditions. I'll just use summer as an example. DTDRIVER doesn't list where they're from so we could assume it's a big city with lots of stop signs/lights and slow moving traffic. It might be so hot he/she may have to run the A/C all the time at 60 degrees just to make it bearable.
I've driven my HCH all around the country and found when I was "up north" I was able to acheive much higher MPG's then when I was back home in Florida. Not sure if it was road conditions, lack of old people clogging up the roadways stopping for stop signs that weren't there (that was a joke), or just cooler so the A/C doesn't have to be blasting all the time.
The location might normally get well below EPA #'s for all vehicles. Example: An Element that normally gets 20mpg in the city for everyone else may get 15 under his locations particular conditions. I know, I'm in a place that's similar. Things I changed I to get my mileage up from the 42 MPG I started with.
Increase tire pressure (duh!, we've said it a million times)
Swap to synthetic oil
Put miles on the car. Once it's broke in, there's a huge MPG increase.
Attempt not to have A/C on 60 degrees all the time (this was rough)
Change my commute times (can't change route, 1 way there & back)
Change driving methods (loose the Type A driving mentality)
Those are the all the things I did to go from 40-42MPG I started with up to the 45-47 MPG range I am in now. I said it once and I'll say it again, some peoples locations just won't allow them to achieve stellar MPG #'s no matter how efficient they drive. That being said, they shouldn't stop trying.
Come to my area and see how good MPG's you can get. "Everyone else" with HCH's I've talked to in my area that have generally the same commute as me can only achieve 42-43 MPG's.
AL