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underpants

(191,549 posts) Mon Dec 30, 2013, 09:43 AM Dec 2013

Hybrid - 43/48 MPG [View all]

Back from Roanoke (VA) - New car report on the Honda Insight - I put 403 miles on it in 3 days burning (approx.) 9 gallons of gas. There are 65 miles left in the 10.6 gallon tank. Averaged about 43 MPG for the whole trip including THE HILLS and City driving in Roanoke. The trip calculator, with 3 stops and stoplights, said that it averaged 48 MPG for the trip home today. Not bad. Just learned how to work the battery/gas element and the car supposedly will learn how I drive.

Oh and I wasn't slowpoking it - we got home in the normal 3 hours for a normal trip to Roanoke. We cut through Appomattox so we do take the "low road".

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Hybrid - 43/48 MPG [View all] underpants Dec 2013 OP

If you lived in Europe you could have gotten a VW Blue Motion Savannahmann Dec 2013 #1

Clean Diesels are incredible! solarhydrocan Dec 2013 #5

Plug In Prius Over 60 MPG In Town. 47MPG Highway. TheMastersNemesis Dec 2013 #2

They won't sell plug in Prius in Illinois AngryAmish Dec 2013 #17

Is this actually dividing the miles driven by the gallons used? madokie Dec 2013 #3

I don't about the Honda, but our 2006 Prius seems accurate csziggy Dec 2013 #6

Thats good thanks madokie Dec 2013 #8

We keep the "Consumption" page up on the dash screen csziggy Dec 2013 #11

It has but I don't think he pays any attention to it madokie Dec 2013 #12

The car can't do it all csziggy Dec 2013 #14

I find I'm about 3 mpg lower when I do the math, in my Prius Schema Thing Dec 2013 #7

Neighbor had to fill up several times and use the combined miles + gallons to get his 42 mpg figure madokie Dec 2013 #9

The over all 43 is yes underpants Dec 2013 #18

Thanks madokie Dec 2013 #19

Remember when guys used to brag if they had 300+ hp instead? Electric Monk Dec 2013 #4

what year make and model? Skink Dec 2013 #10

2010 Honda Insight LX underpants Dec 2013 #21

I wish Mazda offered hybrids PasadenaTrudy Dec 2013 #13

I got 23.5 mpg with my 4wd, 350 Hybrid V8 Crew Cab Chevrolet B Calm Dec 2013 #15

Congratulations...and watch out for Appomattox. Orsino Dec 2013 #16

The new 2014 Accord Hybrid gets 50 city and 48 highway bigdarryl Dec 2013 #20