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AngryAmish

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17. They won't sell plug in Prius in Illinois

Mon Dec 30, 2013, 01:05 PM

Dec 2013

Otherwise I would have bought one. As it was we got the regular hybrid, 45 mpg. My wife drives it, she has a stout commute while I putter around town.

What I wanted to get was a Nissan Leaf. With discounts, recent upgrades and federal and state incentives it would be paying for itself in 5 years. But there are battery issues and my wife was anxious about range - she has a plug at work but the round trip range was going to be iffy. Also, Nissan doesn't really sell the Leaf, or train their salesmen about it. That car would be perfect for me, we have a garage with electricity in the city. Alas, I refuse to have three cars and we need the wagon with the kids. Wagon only has 95k on it so I think I'll replace that one in a decade or so.

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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