Consumer Reports: 26 mpg
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Consumer Reports: 26 mpg
Before me and my wife decided on our Titanium green FEH, I bought a consumer reports used car buyers guide. At the time we were planning on buying something used. Anyway, they have the FEH as averaging 26 mpg, breaking it down as 22 city and 29 highway. Theoretically this thing should do better in the city, since that is when it uses the HV battery the most. They must have been taking off fast because I noticed during the test drive before I bought mine that if you give too much throttle, the ICE starts immediately. My guess is this is how they were driving it to get those results. My average econ was 22 when we drove it home and has risen to 27.8 in one week. It's still going up every time we drive it. What do you guys think?
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Re: Consumer Reports: 26 mpg
Originally Posted by KermitCar
you have to keep in mind that they must drive the car like a "normal" person would, so the numbers are going to be on the lower side.
Also, do they give any indication as to how long their test drives were?
Not only do those numbers seem to be backward, they seem to be outrageously low.
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Re: Consumer Reports: 26 mpg
Originally Posted by Tim K
are you sure those numbers aren't reversed? 29 city and 22 hwy would make more sense.
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Re: Consumer Reports: 26 mpg
Originally Posted by Kermie
Yeah, I'm sure because I thought that too. I triple checked it. Maybe the were driving around in the Max A/C position. That would reflect those numbers probably. I feel I wasted 10 bucks on the book anyway. Basically if it's not a Honda or Toyota, they say not to buy it.
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Re: Consumer Reports: 26 mpg
I don't know what they are doing with theirs. I get 29-31 with 4WD. And I've done NOTHING to mine. My tire pressure is still at 35psi, and I don't use the "L" driving trick or anything and I even drive to work 9 miles (short trip each day). I just take it easy and try to coast a bit. I've got about 8000 miles on it so far.