Buffy ,'End of Days'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, flaming otters, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Lots of people have gotten much poorer mileage out of their hybrids than the EPA estimats. For any car, how you drive it will affect mileage, but for hybrids the way you drive can have a huge impact.
Yeah, I'm just wondering if people are going to want to pay a premium for a hybrid if the figures on the sticker aren't as dramatically higher as non-hybrid models.
Yeah, I wonder that too. But AFAIK the new figures will be a better reflection of reality.
Oh, they don't. My cousin looked into the Prius seriously and wound up going mini-cooper because the gas-mileage you'd get wasn't any better and the mini was easier to find.
But AFAIK the new figures will be a better reflection of reality.
I think it's all for the good to get more realistic figures, but I'm just curious what the impact will be. In semi-related news, Mercedes is getting ready to sell diesel models that will be clean enough for California and New York.
I wonder why the hybrids were muscalculated so? I've been very watchful of my mileage with a normal gas-burner (hey, at 100+ gallons a month I have to be) and it's very close to the estimated mpg.
I think the current testing method just happens to be ideal conditions for hybrids to turn in big mileage numbers.
I wonder why the hybrids were muscalculated so? I've been very watchful of my mileage with a normal gas-burner (hey, at 100+ gallons a month I have to be) and it's very close to the estimated mpg.
Do you drive it properly, Matt (I'm betting you do)? I know that with NoiseDesign's hybrid, you're supposed to drive it much differently than a normal car. If you stomp on the gas to accelerate and such, the electric motor kicks in much less frequently. ND has even talked about finessing the heater on cold days, only turning it on it spurts, so that he can still use the electric motor most of the time (high-energy systems, like the heater, force hybrids to run off the gas motor).
How the EPA tests mileage: [link]
Specific speeds, acceleations, etc of the EPA tests: [link]
Huh. The highway mileage is tested at an average speed of 48 mph and a maximum speed of 60 mph.
Of course, when this test standard was put into effect we had a national 55 mph speed limit.
So if you're a retiree in Florida, the mileage figures may be accurate.
Do you drive it properly, Matt (I'm betting you do)?
The police departments of Jonesboro and Memphis might give a different answer than I, but I keep it maintained regularly and avoid jack rabbit starts, etc.
Hmph.
You did say public domain.
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