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Old 05-02-2006, 09:28 PM
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Default Re: Will the HCHII catch the PriusII?

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Originally Posted by Nagorak
Pretty much every car gets bad gas mileage above 80 miles per hour. That is a pointless comparison, IMO. I am skeptical that the Prius will do that much better at such high speeds, especially going over mountains and maintaining 70+.
Try it and see. There are some places where Priuses can be rented, or a dealer might have a demo available.

As for your low speed allegation, that also is false. Wayne Gerdes owned an Insight and hypermiled it to 92.5 mpg, but he hypermiled a Prius to ~110 mpg.

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