TonyK,
I appreciate your sympathy. I also own a 2006 Accord EX-V6 6MT which is pretty close to the 2006 HAH and I do get 3-7 mpg more on HAH than on EX-V6 driven under same conditions on the same roads. So I do get to see that hybrid is giving me little more bang for my gasoline bucks. Since I ended up paying the same for HAH as I did for EX-V6 (after state tax incentive for hybrid), I really didn't pay a "hybrid" tax on car price and any money I save on gas is pure saving
So even though it bugs me that I am not seeing as good fuel efficiency as I could, I still get better than I would without hybrid system.