I live in Green Bay. I have a 2006 HyHi. I have not reset my mpg reading since Nov., 2007. The reading is now 23.3/Gallon. It is not good. I get 33 mpg during the summer. Distance to work is 8 miles. If you drive 5 mile short trips living in BC, I do not think you can get much out of it.

I'd take 23 mpg in a heartbeat. Even if our driving drops that to 21, it's still a big advantage given that we'd only get 14mpg or less for comparable 6-7 pass AWD non-hybrids in the same driving conditions, and currently get 9 mpg winter city driving when using the Yukon XL.

We live in the Nelson area of BC (Mountaineous and -20C in the winter - we don't have to plug it in in the winter) and have had our 2006 Highlander for close to two years. Milage in the summer ranges from 6.2 litres to 8.5 per 100km. In the winter it averages 9.5 to about 10.5 per 100km. I'm assuming that it is because we want heat in the vehicle to stay warm and to get heat, the gas engine is going to come on. We are very happy and surprised at the milage. It has a lot of power and so you do need to hold onto the steering wheel if you are pulling out to pass and you are "give'n it gas."

If you are in neutral and step on the gas, you cannot rev the engine up - that is the intelluct of it. If you get stuck in snow, you have to free up the wheels a little bit (with a shovel) to get motion and than you are away (have had to do that once when I drove off the side on our steep, paved driveway).

Occassionally, our model, when applying the brakes, feels like they are releasing - they are not - it has something to do with the regenerative braking system interacting with the hydralics of the brakes.

We would definetely buy another one.