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Originally Posted by Tim K
My city commute is about 3.5 miles across the city in rush hour traffic....and back on a cold engine. Followed 8 hours later by another 3.5 mile drive across the city in rush hour traffic...and back on a cold engine.
My City numbers are about 25-26mpg in the cold and 27-28 when it is warm.
My highway numbers are always above 30mpg. I tend to cruise at 65mph and get about 33mpg. My wife tends to push 75mph and gets about 31mpg. I've gotten as high as 35-37mpg on a 150 mile highway trip.
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Tim, you would be a perfect candidate for a PHEV or totally electric car because of your short trips. If you could plug-in/charge your battery at home, then drive to/from work on total electric, imagine the savings.
A PHEV in these circumstances would probably require to use stabilizer in your gas tank, to keep the gas from going stale on you. What a nice problem that would be.
