Hello all,

I've done a few web searches looking for anyone driving from the Denver metro to Summit County or Vail with a hybrid. Found a few posts from Prius owners that said they ran out of battery 5 or 10 miles reaching the tunnel. Those posts claimed that maintaining 50mph was very difficult and passing was not possible.

Has anyone of you done the test with the 2008 Highlander? The dealership tells me that the battery pack is much larger so that shouldn't occure. I would really like to hear real life stories from you.

As I told the dealer, I'm not worries about driving in town or road trips on relatively flat terrain. I'm worries about those 30 to 40 mile uphill drives with 4 skiers, gear on top of the vehicule, defroster, heater and all the goodies going at the same time.

I hope a few of you will come back with positive experiences, I think this might answer our needs for a socially responsible AWD family car with a 3rd row of seats.

Thanks!