I agree. My brother has a '92 Saturn sedan. 35/40 mileage. Then again, the
car is made mostly out of fiberglass.
"TG" <ab7rs@arrl.netnospam> wrote in message
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> The Toyota Echo can be had for under $10,000 at 38 MPG combined.
> The Volkswagen Golf and Jetta TDI models get 32/41 respectively (combined
> city and hwy) and cost thousands less than the hybrids. Hybrids are
getting
> better and I like the development of new choices but they are certainly
not
> answer for the vast majority of consumers at this point. TG
>
> "Fruit Pie the Magician" <no.email.address@email.blows.com> wrote in
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> > In article <2hcjj0FaujecU1@uni-berlin.de>,
> > "Charles Perry" <pipesandtobacco@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > You may have missed a few recent articles in US newspapers regarding
> > > hybrids. It seems they get MUCH worse mileage than their EPA ratings.
> The
> > > EPA tests do not accurately measure the true fuel consumption of a
> hybrid
> > > vehicle.
> > >
> > > Charles Perry P.E.
> >
> > Note that they're still getting the best mileage overall. The big
> > problem is that Toyota, et al, CANNOT use realistic numbers -- they are
> > required by law to display and advertise the EPA numbers and as you
> > note, the EPA's testing gives erroneous numbers for hybrids.
> >
> > -FPtM
>
>