I bought myself a base-model Magnetic Gray (w/ gray cloth interior) tonight. It had just come in and had 2.8 miles on the odometer when I got there, and 5.2 by the time I had bought it (from short sprints around the dealership, such as for prep and whatnot) showing a tank average of 15.7 mpg. After my 102-mile drive home at speeds 70-85 miles per hour but almost always at 80 miles per hour, the tank mileage was 36.2 mpg. I was impressed, given the car is brand new and the tires are at "ordinary" pressure (probably 32 PSI but I didn't check). Oh, the route was very hilly too, from San Bernardino down to San Diego on Interstate [2]15. Temperature was 64 degrees, at night.

I'll post real impressions and stuff later, probably tomorrow. But I'm happy. My HCH had around 12360 miles when I traded it in.

Only downpoint is I let myself be ripped off. They gave me just $18500 for my car, which is low, but more importantly they added worthless $1300 chrome wheels to the TCH. Actually they initially offered $17k for the car and charged $2300 for the wheels, but that's basically just bait-and-switch; I still paid too much either way. Oh well. I was too impatient to wait 5 weeks for a car I put a deposit on at another dealer to come in, so whatever. Anyway I can't recommend Toyota of San Bernardino for that reason.

At least I'm happy with the car!