Hybrid - 43/48 MPG

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11. We keep the "Consumption" page up on the dash screen

That tells us when we're using gas or electricity and when we're charging the batteries. If we keep our eyes on that, we reduce our energy usage. Now it's become more of a habit to drive in a way to keep the usage down, though there are times when we ignore it, if we're late to an appointment for instance.

My husband's previous vehicle, a GMC Envoy, had a similar feature and it really changed his driving habits a lot even though the car was not very efficient and did not keep a running average of mpg. When he first got it, he would accelerate right up to a stop, do jack rabbit starts, and was not an efficient driver at all. When he started watching the indicator of how many mpg he was getting, he learned to coast to stops, start up slower and to coast more overall. We didn't keep a record of mpg on that car, but I know he seemed to have improved a lot by the time he totaled it in August.

Maybe your friend needs to put up an indicator of that sort - I can't imagine that Honda doesn't have something similar.