[DaBears]

Originally Posted by Mr. iNCREDIBLE

the main problem with any hybrid car is this..

if you drive like an ass, there is no savings..

a hybrid, volt, prius, altima, civic, fusion, whatever: only get better mileage in stop and go, low speed short distance drives.. Commuting.

if you are driving 85mph on the highway you are no different than any other 4-banger and you are NOT saving jack, and you ARE polluting as much as any other car..

this is why HOV stickers on a hybrid is plain retarded, they do NOT need to be in the HOV lane buzzing by at 85mph, they are most efficient, and least polluting in the slow lane doing stop and go like everyone else.

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my wife bought a 2007 Camry Hybrid in 2007, and she routinely gets >51 mpg out of it.. 900+ miles per 18 gallon tank..

why? because she drives only streets, always under 40 mph, all stop and go and she keeps the thing on battery as much as possible by slow starting, not idling, and driving it in the manner in which it was designed, for city driving.

She spends $60 on gas about every 6 weeks. I spend that weekly sometimes.. though I can occasionally squeeze 12 days out of a tank..


every hybrid I see on the road is hot rodding it, 20+ over the limit, jack rabbiting from light to light, and driving it like a ass, they are doing nothing to save gas or pollution. and it is these butt turds that moan that their hybrid gets crappy mpg.

I borrowed my friends fusion Hybrid and I'm a lead foot. I drove it 2weeks and even with my lead foot in still got 40mpg city. The new Fusion Hybrid for 2013 can go 63mph on electric only. So being a lead foot, at least with a fusion, matters not.