I picked up our new MMH tonight. It was an interesting purchase--I liked the CR-V's driving dynamics and "Hondaness" more, but the "hybridness" of the MMH trumped the CR-V for both my wife and I.

I'm very interested to see the differences between the IMA and whatever they are calling the HSD/Ford system. It was crazy to drive almost a mile in stop and go traffic without the ICE spinning. It seems to favor city driving as opposed to highway speeds though since it is always burning gas above 40mph. I did a round trip version of my daily commute to pick up the HCH parked at my office, and averaged 34mpg (reported). That beats the 25mpg (premium) I would have gotten in my Outback, but obviously can't hold a candle to the 50+ I get in the HCH.

The MMH will be the ski/road trip car and the HCH will be the daily commuter/grocery getter. I'm stoked to have two hybrid options!

Commuter car, grocery getter, and summer road tripper--average 10k miles per year.


Winter road trips and ski trips, bad weather commuter and my wife's "daily" driver--expected average 4k miles per year.