I took a trip Monday and drove like a "normal" person with the cruise on at 70 miles per hour. The area is hilly and my 6 cylinder 4 liter truck has trouble maintaining speed going up hill. I figured the HCH would have more trouble being only a 1.3 liter 4 banger, WRONG! The little guy had plenty of power on the road and didn't vary more than one mile an hour. The price was paid in mileage. The car normally gets in the high fifties and I figured that driving 70 miles per hour would lower the mileage down into the EPA highway range of about 51 mpg but driving 70 miles per hour lowered the mileage all the way down to the EPA city range of 46 mpg. I babied it completely on the way back to save the tank.

After the trip I agree with Xcel, the car could get 70 mpg if it was drivin on the highway at 45 miles per hour with no stops. This is not an option for me so my goal is to keep the mileage up around 60.