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Originally Posted by tai
I would put more weight on the posts by Prius owners. Sure they may be slightly biased, but everyone else is repeating what they may have heard without the straight facts. That's where stuff like "it only get's 35 mpg" comes from. In 100K miles of mixed driving with 3 different drivers (one is a 21 year old!), I have never had a tank with mileage that low.
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Depends where yu live and how one drives. One persons
local driving maybe more like
freeway driving to another person
in a different locale.
Hybrids excell in local driving for the most part. On the Highway they are not that far ahead of a solid non hybrid economy car in terms of MPG.
Yu need a lesson in developing a HYPERMiLER Foot. Check the advertised EPA MPG ratings.
A yaris might be the way to go.
The 09 Corolla got me 36 MPG (cruise at 72-85 mph)a month ago on a 400 mile trip to NC. Not even
broken-in yet with 423 miles on the engine. 28MPG is easy to get also in very local stop and go traffic. The New Corolla is much larger now too.
Just not as big as a Prius. But close.
And it is not electrically "bloated".